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SEEDS AND TLANTS IMPORTED 



33716— Continued, 



generally put up in bales of about 200 pounds weight. It is not known that any leaves 

 have been shipped from Porto Rico, but in 1895, 95 gallons of bay oil, valued at 

 $1,390, and 12,544 gallons of bay rum, valued at $6,414, were exported. The trees 

 occur in all parts of the island and are said to be abundant in some districts on the south 

 side. 



''In the fresh condition the leaves of this tree have the taste and odor of lemon, 

 whence the propriety of the name ' limoncillo.' or little lemon. Although more common 

 in Porto Rico as a shrub, this species is said to grow to a height of 35 or 40 feet and to 

 attain a diameter of a foot or more; the wood is light-colored, mottled, verj^ hard, and 

 heavy." (Cook and CoUiiis, Economic Plants of Porto Pico, 1903, pp. 74 and 75.) 



33718. Myrtus sp. (?) 



From Burringbar, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. B. Harrison. 

 Received July 31, 1911. Numbered June 10, 1912. 

 "Blackfellow's 'lollies' or 'sweets.' Fruit small, mottled; flavor sweet, spicy." 

 (Harrison.) 



33719. Galega officixalis L. Goat's-rue. 



From Paris, France. Purchased from Vilmorin Andrieux & Co. Received June 

 28, 1912. 



See No. 25481 for previous introduction. 



33721 to 33735. Asparagus spp. Asparagus. 

 From Kew, England. Presented by ^Ii'. Arthur W. Hill, Royal Botanic Gardens. 

 Received May 28, 1912. 

 Seeds of the following: 



33721. Asparagus sarmentosus L. 



Distribution. — A woody climber found in South Africa from the Kalahari 

 region southward to the Cape. 



33722. Asparagus umbellatus Link. 

 Distribution. — Found in the Canary Islands. 



Plants of the following: 



33723. Aspara&us africaxus Lam. 



33724. Asparagus drepaxophyllus ^Yelw. 



33725. Asparagus falcatus L. 



33726. Asparagus madagascariexsis Baker. 



33727. Asparagus myriocladus Baker. 



Distribution. — A suberect, slightly woody perennial found in the Adcinity of 

 Tnanda in Natal, South Africa. 



33728. Asparagus plumosus Baker. 



33729. Asparagus plumosus Baker. 

 Variety tenuissimus. 



33730. Asparagus racemosus Willd. 



Distribution.— Throughout tropical and subtropical India, ascending to an 

 elevation of 4,000 feet in the Himalayas, and in tropical Africa and Australia. 



33731. Asparagus retrofractus L. 

 Variety arboreus. 



Distribution. — The central and coast regions of South Africa. 



