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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



34295 to 34297. Iris spp. Iris. 



From California. Presented by Miss Alice Eastwood, San Francisco, Cal. Re- 

 ceived August 26, 1912. 

 Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Miss Eastwood: 



34295. Iris tenuissima Dykes. 



"From Goose Valley, Shasta Co., Cal. Collected by Wallace Dillman." 



34296. Iris sp. 



"Dunsmuir, Cal. I think it is Iris tenuissima, but it may be Iris amabilis. 

 Collected by Alice Eastwood." 



34297. Iris amabilis Eastwood. 



"Collected by Mr. G. P. Rixford, Loomis, Placer Co., Cal. 



34299 and 34300. 



Presented by Dr. C. F. Rife, Naperville, 111. Received August 22, 1912. 



34299. Carica papaya L. Papaya. 

 "From the Marshall Islands, Oceania. Mummy apple, called pawpaw in 



Australia." (Rife.) 



34300. Annona reticulata L. Custard-apple. 



"From Tahiti, Society Islands." (Rife.) 



34301 and 34302. 



From Edinburgh, Scotland. Presented by Prof. Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic 

 Garden. Received August 23, 1912. 

 Seeds of the following: 



34301. Cytisus hillebrandth (CJirist) Briquet. 



Distnhution. — A spreading leguminous plant found on the mountains in Gran 

 Canaria Island in the Canaries. 



34302. Cytisus albus microphyllus Aschers. and Graebn. 

 (C austriacus L.) 



Distribution. — A white-flowered, small-leaved leguminous plant found on the 

 slopes of the Balkans in southern Europe. 



34303 to 34308. 



From Edinburgh, Scotland. Presented by Prof. Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic 

 Garden. Received August 23, 1912.^ 

 Seeds of the following: 



34303. Acacia whanh F. Mueller. 



Distribution. — A leguminous shrub with flowers in globular heads, found in 

 Victoria in Australia. 



34304. Berberis guimpeli Koch and Bouche. Barberry. 



34305. Carissa bispinosa (L.) Desf. Amatungulu. 

 (C. arduina Lam.) 



34306. Pittosporum eugenioides Cunningham. Tarata. 

 "A beautiful tree, sometimes 40 feet in height, whose pale-green, broadly 



oblong leaves, 2 or 3 inches long, with undulating margins, emit, when bruised, 

 a lemonlike odor. The delicate venation and light-colored, almost white 

 midrib add to the beauty of the leaf. The Maoris mix the resinous exudation 

 from the white bark with the juice of the sow thistle and work it into a ball, 



