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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



34180. IMalus sp. 



Crab apple. 



(Pyms sp.) 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Mr. Charles W. Livermore, Brookline, 

 Mass. Received August 7, 1912. 

 See No. 32360 for previous introduction and description. 



34181. MiCROCOS LATERIFLORA L. 



{Grewia asiatica L., Mantissa, p. 122, 1767.) 

 From Saff, Egypt, Presented by Mr. Alfred Bircher, The Middle Egypt Botanic 

 Gardens. Received August 6, 1912. 

 Seeds of this yellow-flowered tiliaceous shrub from India were received under the 

 name Grewia asiatica. The generic names Microcos and Grewia, which are recognized 

 as congeneric, were both published in Species Plantarum, 1753, Microcos on page 

 514 and Grewia on page 964. Microcos having priority of publication, it is necessary 

 to adopt it. The present species was published by Linnaeus as Grewia asiatica in 1767, 

 but had been pre^^ously published (Species Plantarum, p. 514, 1753) as Microcos 

 lateriflora, which name it is necessary to use here. 



34182. Stizolobium cinereum Piper and Tracy. 



From Baitul, Central Pro\dnces, India. Presented by D. Hooper, esq., Office of 

 Economic Botanist, Botanical Survey of India Department. Received 

 August 6, 1912. 

 "Locally called 'dadaball.' " {Hooper.) 



From Khotan, Chinese Turkestan. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, 

 agricultural explorer for this Department, September 11, 1911. Numbered 

 August 9, 1912. 



Brownish black seeds. Picked out of S. P. I. No. 31806. See that number for 

 remarks. 



34184 to 34194. Gossypium spp. Cotton. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. M. M. Saleeby, Bureau of 

 Agriculture. Received July 13, 1912. 

 "These seeds were collected and briefly described by several of our field men sta- 

 tioned in the above provinces, and the following is a description of each species or 

 type as given by them." (Saleeby.) 



34184. GoSSYPItTM ARBOREUM L. 



^^Gapas Kinachila. Locality, southern part of Cebu, principally in the towns 

 of Oslob, Buljo-on, and Dalaguete. This species is planted usually as a garden 

 or door^^ard crop throughout the greater part of the province. It is grown to a 

 greater extent in the towns mentioned above, where the fiber is used for spin- 

 ning and for the weaving of cloth by primitive wooden looms. It is supposed 

 to have been introduced by the Spaniards, but when and by whom it was 

 introduced could not be determined. Several of the natives claim that it was 

 introduced from China, but no definite proof is given to sustain this claim. It 

 has been grown for at least several generations. The name, translated into 

 English, means 'Spanish cotton.' Full-grown plants average about 2 meters 

 in height, while isolated plants sometimes reach the height of 3J meters. The 

 flowers are white. On the inside of the corolla, extending from the base half- 

 way up to the tips, the petals are purple. There are no distinct purple spots 

 at the base of the petals, but there is a purple coloration at the base of the outside 

 of the petals, gradually fading into white." 



34183. PiSUM ARVENSE L. 



Pea. 



