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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



35147 to 35160— Continued. 



used ill cooking, and it forms the only unguent and lamp oil in the country. This 

 fine palm is also tapped, as is the date in western India, for toddy, and the cheap- 

 ness of this tempo (the sura of West Africa) accounts for the prevalence of intoxi- 

 cation and the consequent demoralization of the Lakist tribes. This is the 

 celebrated palm oil, whose various official uses in Europe have already begun 

 to work a social reformation in West Africa. The people of Ujiji separate by 

 pounding the oily sarcocarpium from the one seed of the drupe, boil it for 

 some hours, allow the floating substance to coagulate, and collect it in large 

 earthen pots." {Burton, Journal Royal Geographical Society, vol. 29, p. 219, 

 1859.) 



' ' To-day the exports of palm olive to Europe are among the largest of exports 

 of any kind, requiring special steamer service. The oil is used extensively 

 in the manufacture of soap and many other manufactured products. The palm 

 has borne at Miami, Fla., but is not quite hardy there. See No. 35581." 



{David Fair child.) 



35151 to 35154. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Tomato. 



These varieties of the tomato were received under the specific names given, 

 two of which, L. pyriforme and L. racemigerum, are recognized in the Index 

 Kewensis as good species, although in cultivation, according to Dr. D. N. 

 Shoemaker, who has grown the plants, no specific differences from L. esculentum 

 are evident. 



35151. Received without variety name. 



35152. L. cerasi/orme Dunal." 



35153. "Z. pyriforme Dunal." 



35154. '^L. racemigerum JjBuge.'' 



35155. Malus cerasifera Spach. Apple. 



35156. Medicago carstiensis Wulfen. 



"A yellow-flowered Medicago from the Karst Mountains of Carniola. Peren- 

 nial, with shiny-black depressed pod, and oblong-reniform yellowish seeds. 

 ^\Tiole plant glabrous. ' ' ( Jacquin, Ohservationes.) 



35157 to 35160. Solanum nigrum L. Nightshade. 



These varieties of nightshade were received in response to requests for all 

 varieties obtainable of S. nigrum. They were received under the specific 

 names given, although these are generally recognized as synonyms of S. nigrum 

 or varieties thereof. 



35157. S . guineenseLsim. 35159. S. oleraceum Dunal. 



35158. S. miniatum Bemh. 35160. S. villosum Mill. 



35161. Phoenix dactylifera L. Date. 

 From Algiers, Algeria. Secured through Dr. L. Trabut, Government Botanist of 

 Algeria. Received April 5, 1913. 

 "This date, known to the Arabs as El Medjoul, but sold in the markets of Europe 

 under the name Tafilet, comes from the Tafilelt (also written Tafilet and Tafilalet) 

 region in southeastern Morocco. It is the finest variety in the Tafilet country, the 

 fruits being 2 to 2^ inches long and three-fourths to 1 inch thick. They are semi- 

 translucent, dark brown in color, and the flesh is rather firm in texture and of a most 

 delicious flavor." {Swingle.) 



