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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



33913 to 34038— Continued. 



33923. Atriplex cristata H. B. K. 



DMbution.—An annual herb belonging to the pigweed family found in 

 tropical America and naturalized on the sandy coasts of Florida. 



33924. Baryxylum dubium (Spreng.) Pierre. 

 {Peltophorum vogelianum Walp.) 



Distribution. — A large forest tree belonging to the Caesalpiniaceae foimd in 

 the province of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Geraes in Brazil. 



33925. Beloperone plumbaginifolia (Jacq.) Nees. 



Distribution. — A shrubby \Tiie belonging to the Acanthacese found in deep 

 woods on the slopes of the mountains in Brazil. 



33926. Berberis ruscifolia Persoon. Barberry. 

 Distribution. — A yellow-flowered, spiny-leaved shrub found in the %icimty 



of Buenos Aires in Argentina. 



33927. BrxA orellana L. Arnotto. 

 Distribution. — A small evergreen tree which furnishes the arnotto dye; gen- 

 erally cultivated in the Tropics. 



33928. Saloa hieronymi (Urban) Stuntz. 



{Blumenbadiia hieronymi Urban, Jahrbuch K. Botanisches Garten, Ber- 

 lin, vol. 3, p. 249, 1884.) 

 Seeds of this loasaceous plant from Argentina were received under the name 

 Blumenbachia hieronymi. The generic name Blumenbachia was first used by 

 Koeler in 1802 (Descriptio graminum, p. 28) for a genus of grasses, based on 

 Eolcus haleppensis, thus invalidating its use in 1825 by Schrader (Commenta- 

 tiones K. Gesellschaft Wissenschaft Gottingen, vol. 6, p. 92) for the present 

 loasaceous genus. As no other name has been given to this genus, the name 

 Saloa, anagram of Loasa, to which the plant was formerly assigned, is here adopt- 

 ed as the generic name, the type being Saloa imignis {Blumenbachia insignis 

 Schrad.) 



33929. Bradburya brasiliana (L.) Kuntze. 

 {Centrosemxi brasilianum Benth.) 



Distribution. — An herbaceous leguminous \ine found in the pro\'inces of 

 Para and Bahia in Brazil. 



33930. Bromelia sp. 



Seeds of this plant were received under the name Bromelia caraguata, but 

 as yet the place of pubKcation of this species has not been found. 

 The fiber plant from whose fiber is made the celebrated nanduti lace. 



33931. Bruxsfelsia mutabilis Poiteau. 



Distribution. — A solanaceous shrub or small tree, only known under culti- 

 vation. 



33932. Byttneria cordata Lamarck. 

 {Buettneria cordata Lam.) 



Distribution. — A shrub belonging to the Sterculiacese, found in the \'icinity 

 of Lima in Peru. 



33933. Caesalpixia melanocarpa Grisebach. 



A stout, bushy-topped, leguminous tree. The fruits contain considerable 

 tannin, and the hard, almost black, wood is used for building wagons and for 

 framing houses. | 



Distribution. — Found in the woods in the \'icinity of Tucuman in Argentina. 



