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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



34349 and 34350. Secale cereale L. Rye. 



From Rittergut Wronow, Gerniany. Presented by Mr. Fritz Claaasen. Received 

 October 2, 1912. 



34349. "'Original K. von Rumker's winter rye. No. 1." Yellow. 



34350. "Original K. von Rumker's winter rye. No. 2." Green. 



34351. Pentaclethra macrophylla Bentham. 



From Calabar, Southern Nigeria. Presented by Mr. F. Evans, Superintendent 

 of Agriculture. Received October 4, 1912. 



"African oil-bean tree. Besides producing edible seeds which jield a good oil. the 

 tree is large and well formed and useful as a pasture shade." (Evans.) 



"This tree has large flattened seeds covered with a hard, brown seed coat. They 

 are from 1^ to 2| inches in length, 1.2 to 1.8 inches in breadth, and 0.3 to 0.4 inches 

 in thickness. The oil, which is not a drying oil, on examination by a firm of 

 soap makers was valued at about 10 per cent less than refined cottonseed oil, since the 

 soap made was softer. The oil cake might be of equal value with that from cotton seed, 

 but no tests have been reported." (Bull. Imperial Institute, vol. 5. p. 10-14, 1908.) 



Distribution. — The valley of the Kamerun and Gabon Rivers in the Senegambia 

 region of Upper Guinea, in western Africa. 



84352. JuNiPERUs CEDRus Webb. Juniper. 



From Teneriffe, Canary- Islands. Presented by Dr. George V. Perez, through 

 ^Ir. Raphael Zon, Chief of Sihdcs, Forest Service, United States Department 

 of Agriculture. Received October 7, 1912. 

 "Dr. Perez has carried on a number of experiments with juniper berries. His 

 advice is to separate the pulp from the seed and plunge the seed in boiling water for 

 10 seconds before sowing." (Zon.) 



34353. Mangifera verticillata Eobinson. Bauno. 



From the Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. William S. Lyon, Gardens of 

 Nagtajan, Manila. Received October 5, 1912. 

 For description, see S. P. I. No. 34431. 



34354. Salix sp. Willow. 

 From Patagonia. Presented through ^h. Raphael Zon by Mr. Joseph E. Wing, 



who procured them from Senor Domingo Errecobarde, Trelew, Chubut, Argen- 

 tina. Received October 7, 1912. 



"Red willow." 



34355. Saguerus mindorensis (Beccari) O. F. Cook. Palm. 



(Arenga mindorensis Beccari, Perkins, Fragmenta Florae Philippinae, 

 p. 48, 1904.) 



From Itlindoro. Presented by Mr. E. D. Merrill, botanist, Bureau of Science, 

 Manila, P. I. Received October 5, 1912. 

 Seeds of a Philippine palm were received as Arenga mindorensis Beccari, the 

 name under which the species was first described. The generic name Areng was 

 published in 1803 by Labillardiere (Mem. Inst. Nat. Paris, Sci. Math. Phys., vol. 4, 

 p. 209), with one species, Areng saccharifera (p. 215), now identified with Sagy^'us 

 jyinnata Wurmb. (Verh. Batav. Gen., vol. 1, p. 351, 1779), the type of the genus 

 Sagiiei-us. As both genera were founded on the same species, the older name 

 Saguerus is being used instead of Areng, or Arenga. 



