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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



were obtained in Zamboanga; very good fruits were found in Davao and Butuan, 

 and some that were very poor in Butuan and Surigao. The bauno is evidently very 

 variable pomologically, and the trees also seem to differ greatly in productiveness. 

 The excellent flavor of the bauno assiu-es this fruit a place among the tropical fruits 

 on a par with the mango as soon as a facile method of propagating the species asexu- 

 ally shall have been discovered, so that material of the best seedlings may be obtained 

 and systematic breeding begun, reducing the fiber in the fi'uit. Botanically as well 

 as horticulturally the bauno is a new fruit, having been named and described last 

 year." (Wester.) 



34432. CoRDYLiNE BANKsii Hook. f. Palm lily. 



From North Island, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. D. Petrie, Epsom, Auck- 

 land. Received October 24, 1912. 

 "A fine, hardy, palmlike species." (Petrie.) 



"Distinguished from Cordyline australis by its much longer leaves, 5 to 6 feet in 

 length, and its drooping panicle of flowers." (Laing and Blackvjell, Plants of New 

 Zealand.) 



Distribution. — A treelike liliaceous plant often 10 feet high, found in the northern 

 and middle islands of New Zealand. 



34433. HoLCUs sorghum L. Sorghum. 



(Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 

 From Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Presented by Dr. Moises S. Bertoni, Estacion 

 Agronomica. Received October 25, 1912. 



84434 to 34436. 



From Germany. Presented by Rev. J. B. Katzner, CoUegeville, Minn. Re- 

 ceived at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., October 19, 1912. 

 Numbered October 25, 1912. 

 Scions of the following: 



34434 and 34436. Prunus spp. Plum. 



34434. Blue plum. 34435. Large and prolific prune. 



34436. Prunus cerasus L. Cherry. 

 Sweet. 



S4437. Macadamia ternifolia F. Muell. Queensland nut. 



From Sydney, New South Wales. Purchased from Anderson & Co. Received 

 at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal.. October 21, 1912. 

 For description, see S. P. I. No. 18382. 



34438. Aleurites fordii Hemsley. Wood -oil tree. 



From Cairo, Ga. Presented by Mr. J. B. Wight; produced by trees sent him 

 under S. P. I. No. 21013, March, 1908. Received October 30, 1912. 

 For an illustration of the male blossoms of the wood-oil tree, natiu-al size, see Plate I. 



34439. Stizolobium sp. 



From Coimbatore, India. Presented by Mr. D. Hooper, economic botanist, 

 Botanical Survey of India Department, Calcutta, India. Received October 30, 

 1912. 



''This seed was sent in under the name Kakkavalli, but that name has not heretofore 

 been applied to the Stizolobium species. 



"While the plants resemble the Florida velvet bean very closely, they are not suit- 

 able for forage, owing to the trouble caused by the stinging hairs." (C. V. Piper.) 



