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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



34079 to 34084— Continued. 



34081. Phoenicophorium borsigianum (Koch) Stuntz. 

 {Astrocaryum borsigianum C. Koch, Wochenschrift, p. 401, 1859.) 

 {Stevensonia grandifolia Duncan, Flore des Series, vol. 15, p. 177, 1865.) 



Seeds of this spiny-stemmed palm from the Seychelles Islands were received 

 under the name Phoenicophorium sechellarum Wendl. (Illustration Horticole, 

 vol. 12, Miscel., p. 5, 1865). The earliest name given this species, however, 

 was Astrocaryum borsigianum Koch, which specific name is here adopted. The 

 name Stevensonia grandifolia Duncan used in the Index Kewensis, although 

 there cited as appearing in 1862-63, really appeared in April, 1865, as shown 

 in the text, and Wendland's name is cited in the synonymy under this name. 



Distribution. — A palm with spiny stem and orange-red fruits, common in the 

 Seychelles Islands. 



34082. RoscHERiA melanochaetes Wendl. 

 See No. 33347 for previous introduction. 



34083. Verschafpeltia splendida Wendl. 



Distribution. — ^A tall palm with large leaves, found in rocky places in the 

 Seychelles Islands. 



34084. (Undetermined.) 



34085 to 34092. 



From Nogent sur Marne, Seine, France. Presented by the Director of the Colonial 

 Garden. Received June 3, 1912. 

 Plants of the following: 



34085. Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf. CitroneUa grass. 

 (Andropogon citratus DC.) 



34086. Annona cherimola Miller. Cherimoya. 



34087. Curcuma longa L. Turmeric. 

 Distribution. — An herbaceous plant cultivated and probably native in India; 



generally cultivated in the Tropics. 



34088. Passiflora laurifolia L. Passion fruit. 



See No. 23879 for previous introduction. 

 84089. Piper nigrum L. Pepper. 

 See No. 29467 for previous introduction. 



34090. Tabernanthe iboga Baillon. Iboga. 

 This shrub, which is cultivated around dwellings in the Kongo because of 



the use of its seeds in native medicine, furnishes an alkaloid, ibogain, of con- 

 siderable interest, which is being investigated for its possible value. 



Distribution. — ^A shrub or small tree found in the Gabon district of French 

 Kongo in western Africa. 



34091. Xanthosoma sagittaefolia (L.) Schott. 



"In small plants the blades stand nearly horizontal. The petioles are green, 

 with a whitish bloom, and there is a marginal line of maroon on the sinus 

 wing." (R. A. Young.) 



34092. Oryza sp. Perennial rice. 



This is a perennial rice from Senegal, West Africa. 



"In the Richard Toll region in North Senegal, Mr. Paul Ammann has dis- 

 covered a rice that differs from all other African rices in that it has rhizomes and 



