JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1913. 



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35690 to 35700— Continued. 



35698. Citrus sp. Lime. 

 ^'Sylhet or Rangpur. It is difficult to account for the double name attached 



to this variety. Sylhet is a well-known district in eastern India, whereas 

 Rangpur is a district in the United Provinces. I think that originally plants 

 L were obtained from both places and subsequently found to be identical. I 

 ■ think this is the same as Reasoner Bros.' 'Sour Rangpur.' It is an excellent 

 lime and is in fruit most of the year." (A. C. Hartleys.) 



"From the botanical gardens, Seharunpur, India." (Woglum.) 



35699. Citrus medica L. Sour citron. 

 Jamberi. From the government gardens, Nagpur, India." (Woglum.) 



To be used for stocks. 



35700. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Orange. 

 "Sikhim. From the botanical gardens, Seharunpur, India." (Woglum.) 



35701. Prunus armeniaca L. Apricot. 



From Rome, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, California Academy of 

 Sciences, San Francisco, Cal. Received July 17, 1913. 

 "Cuttings of a new apricot from Monte Porcio Catone. It is the handsomest apricot 



1 have yet seen, though not the very largest, and this year I have come across a variety 

 of Crisomelo much larger. The Monte Porcio Catone is the most highly colored 

 apricot I have seen, carmine red on one side, and the yellow is vivid, like that of a 

 peach, and not dull, as is generally the case with apricots. It is of high flavor, ripening 

 here at the end of June, and very sweet, the only defect being that the seed is slightly 

 adherent to the flesh, but its other good qualities will make it valuable. As far as I 

 can learn it is a seedling. ' ' (Eisen.) 



35702. Haemanthus fascinator Linden. 



From Brussels, Belgium. Presented by Air. Edmund Leplace, acting director 

 general. Ministry of the Colonies. Received July 17, 1913. 

 "Seeds of a beautiful species of the genus Haemanthus, from Belgian Kongo." 

 (Leplace.) 



"Plant with a bulbous base. Leaves 6 to 9, petiole 15 to 17 cm. long, semicyhn- 

 drical, enlarged, sheathed at the base, with wings 2 to 3 mm. wide at the center; limb 

 oval, subacute, rounded at the base, 21 to 22 cm. long and 10 cm. wide, pale on both 

 sides, with the medial nerve violet colored on the back; lateral nerves to the number 

 of 13 to 16 on each side of the medial nerve. Peduncle central with relation to the 

 leaves, about 30 cm. long and 8 mm. wide; umbel attaining a diameter of 20 cm.; 

 multiflorous; valves of the spathe linear oblong, 5 to 6 cm. long, reflexed. 



"Flowers bright red, with slender pedicels, 30 to 40 mm. long; ovary green, 3 to 4 

 mm. in diameter; tube cylindrical, short, 7 to 10 mm. in length; lobes lanceolate 

 linear, 22 to 25 mm. long, acute, furnished with a tuft of down at the summit, about 

 3 mm. wide. Filaments of the stamens 37 to 42 mm. long, with anthers about 2 mm. 

 long. Style slender, much longer than the filaments. 



"Since its appearance this species, gathered in the Kongo, has attracted the atten- 

 tion of the horticultural world . Haemanthus fascinator belongs in the same group as 

 H. germarianus, H. longipes, H. eetveldeanus, and H. laurentii, and is closely related to 

 H. diadema and H. lindeni, from which it differs by the much shorter tube of the 

 perianth . It differs from H. longipes and H. eetveldeanus by the elongated filaments, 

 from 37 to 42 mm. long, and from H. laurentii by its lobes, only 22 to 23 mm. long and 



2 to 3 mm. wide. H. fascinator, mirabilis, and diadema have been described in the 



