OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1912. 



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"This palm is from 1^ to 3 meters in height; grows in thickets and on open grassy 

 slopes. It should prove to be of decided value as an ornamental plant in green- 

 houses. It is probable, also, that it will grow out of doors in southern CaUfomia and 

 southern Florida; cenainly in the West Indies and Central America." {Merrill.) 



34356 to 34359. 



From Piracicaba. Brazil. Presented by Dr. Clinton D. Smith, director, School 

 of Agricultiu-e. Received' October 7, 1912. 

 Quoted notes by Dr. Smith: 



34366. Galipea multlflora (Nees and Mart.) Schultes. Guamixinga. 



"The irop cleaner, a tree called here ^chupaferro.' ^' Timber used for 

 interior construction and boxes. 

 Descrrption. — A tree fotind in the \'icinity of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. 



34357. AspiDOSPERMA MACROCARPON Martius. Guatambti. 

 "An important commercial wood, the 'guatambu', of which such tilings as 



rake and hoe handles are made. It has a lai'ge pod with flat, thin seed 

 coverings. ' ' 



Distribution. — The plains of the State of Minas Geraes in Brazil. 



34358. AspiDOSPERMA POLYNEURON Muell. Arg. Peroba. 

 "The most valuable wood commercially in this part of the State." 

 Distribution. — A tree found in the primeval forests of the State of Rio 



de Janeiro, in Brazil. 



34359. FiRMiANA SIMPLEX (L.) W. F. Wight. 



(Sterculia platanifolia L. f.) 



■'A tree of no great value, except to embellish parks. The leaves are not 

 metamorphosed at all, yet bear on their margins little round fruits." 



34360. AcTiNiDiA CHiNENSis Planch. Yang taw. 



From Ruling, China. Presented by Rev. John Berkin. Received October 10, 

 1912. 



See S. P. I. No. 21781 for description. 



34361. ViciA viLLOSA Roth. Hairy vetch. 



From Guelph. Canada. Presented by Prof. A. W. Mason, Ontario Agrictiltm-al 

 Experiment Station, through Mr. H. N. Vinall, of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agricultm"e. Received October 10, 1912. 

 'A strain of hain>' vetch developed by the Ontario Agricultiu^l Experiment Sta- 

 tion. This strain seeds hea^■ily at Guelph and seems to be adapted to the humid 

 conditions of the East . " {Vinall.) 



34362 and 34363. Phaseolus spp. 



Presented by Walter W. Charter, Esq., Director of Agriculture, Quilimane, 

 Portuguese East Africa. Received September 27, 1912. 

 •'Seeds of 'Soroko'' grown in the Zambezi delta and much relished by the natives; 

 also a variety of so-called Indian ^Soroko' which is also grown here." (Charter.) 



34362. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Mung bean, 

 • ' Green seeded . ' " 



34363. Phaseolus mungo L. TJrd, or black gram, 

 "Brown seeded." 



