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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



34837 to 34850— Continued. 



34846. Pallasia capensis Christm. 



{Calodendrum capensis Thunb.) 

 See S. P. I. No. 31857 for previous introduction. 



34846. PrTHECOLOBiuM PRUiNOSUM Benth. 

 See S. P. I. No. 7212 for previous introduction. 



Distribution. — A tree with the flowers in globular umbels found along 

 streams in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. 



34847. PiTTOspoRUM REVOLUTUM Dryaudor. 



Distribution. — A tall shrub with tomentose shoots and leaves. Foimd on 

 ridges and in river valleys in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, 

 Australia. 



34848. Polyscias elegans (Moore and Mueller) Harms. 



{Panax elegans Moore and Mueller.) 

 Distribution. — A large and handsome tree found along rivers and on shores 

 of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. 



34849. CoRDYLiNE TERMiNALis Kunth. Palm lily. 

 Distribution. — A shrubby plant found in the tropical part of India and east- 

 ward through the Malay Archipelago to Australia. 



34860. CORDYLINE BAUERI Hook. f. 



Distribution. — A treelike plant often 20 feet high found on Norfolk Island, 

 east of Australia. 



34851. Prunus brigantina Villars. 



From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. F. Mader. Received January 31, 1913. 

 "Seeds of Prunus brigantina (S. P. I. No. 31954) I sent you from Tenda. Unfortu- 

 nately last year I was unable to procure, in the eastern Maritime Alps, fruits for making 

 an exact comparison, and the question whether there are two varieties or even species 

 going under that name can only be solved next autumn. However, I send you now 

 some seeds of the western form, exceedingly common near the springs of the Var 

 stream, etc. If the differences quoted prove to be constant and important, this, and 

 not the eastern form from Tenda, must be considered as the true typical Prunus 

 brigantina (or prunier des Alpes of French foresters). I hope you will now have the 

 two plants, whether they be different or not." {Mader.) 



34852. Trifolium pratense L. Red clover. 



From Amsterdam, Holland. Presented by Prof. Hugo de Vries, through Mr. 

 Walter T. Swingle, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 29, 

 1913. 



''Seeds of the 5-leaved clover." {De Vries.) 



34853. Leptospermtjm scoparium Forster. Nicholls's manuka. 



From Long Rock, Cornwall, England. Presented by Rev. A. T. Boscawen. 

 Received January 31, 1913. 

 Nichollsii. "The history of this species has been given by Mr. M. L. Roberts, of 

 Christchurch, New Zealand. During the summer of 1905 Mr. M. W. Nicholls, of Bel- 

 fast, New Zealand, visited the establishment of Nairn & Son, wearing in his button- 

 hole flowers of this shrub. These horticulturists, who saw at the first glance that it 



