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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



33913 to 34038— Continued. 



33972. Heteropteris umbellata St. Hilaire. 



Distribution —A shrubby climber belonging to the Malpighiacese; found in 

 moist soil in the province of Entre Rios in Brazil. 



33973. Jacobinia coccinea (Aubl.) Hiern. 



Distribution. — A shrubby perennial with scarlet flowers found along streams 

 in the mountains in French Guiana and in northern Brazil. 



33974. JoDiNA RHOMBiFOLiA Hookcr and Arnott. 

 (lodina rhombifolia Hook, and Arn.) 



Distribution. — A shrub or low tree belonging to the sandalwood family; found 

 in the southern provinces of Brazil and in Uruguay. 



33975. JuGLANS AUSTRALIA Grisebach. Walnut. 

 Distribution. — A large tree whose timber is much used for furniture; found 



on the slopes of the Andes in the vicinity of Oran in northern Argentina. 



33976. Jacobinia suberecta Andre. 



33977. JusTiciA VENTRicosA Wallich. 



Distribution. — An evergreen shrub with scarlet flowers found in the province 

 of Kwangtung in China, and in Pegu and Tenasserim in India. 



33978. Lass hastata (Cav ) Kuntze. 

 {Pavonia hastata Cav.) 



Distribution. — A shrubby plant belonging to the mallow family; found in the 

 province of Cordoba in Argentina. 



33979. Lathyrus magellanicus Lamarck. 



Distribution. — An herbaceous perennial legume with bluish-purple flowers 

 found at the Straits of Magellan. 



33980. Leucaena glauca (L.) Benth. 



33981. Lithrea molleoides (Veil.) Engler. 

 {Lithrea aroeirinha March.) 



The juice of the fruit when fermented gives a drink like the Indian chicha 

 made from maize. 



Distribution. — A shrub found on the edges of forests and along streams in the 

 provinces of Minas Geraes and Sao Paulo in Brazil, and in Bolivia. 



33982. Alegria divaricata (Martins) Stuntz. 



(Liihea divaricata Martins, Nova Genera et Species, vol. 1, p. 101, 1824.) 



Seeds of this tiHaceous tree from Guiana were received under the name Liihf:a 

 divaricata Mart. The generic name Liihea was first used in 1793, by F. W. 

 Schmidt (Neue und Seltene Pflanzen, p. 23), for a verbenaceous genus, thus 

 invalidating the Willdenovian tiliaceous Luehea, published in 1801 (Neue 

 Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin, vol. 3, p. 410). The next name given 

 the genus is Alegria, published in 1824 by De Candolle (Prodromus, vol. 1, p. 

 516) with a single species, A. Candida. This is recognized as congeneric with 

 the present plant, and the generic name Alegria is therefore adopted. 



A tree belonging to the linden family, with very light, close-grained, white 

 wood, used for musket stocks and wooden shoes. 



Distribution. — Found in the province of Sao Paulo in Brazil. 



33983. Maba sp. 



Seeds of this plant were received under the name Maba argentinensis, but 

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



