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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



35894. Abelmoschus mindanaensis Warb. 



From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, horti- 

 culturist, Division of Horticulture, Lamao Experiment Station. Received July 

 21, 1913. 



35895. Tecoma jasminoides Lindl. Bower of beauty. 



From Tolga, Queensland, Australia. Presented by I^Ir. J. A. Hamilton. Re- 

 ceived July 17, 1913. 

 "Seeds of a wild tecoma vine, very ornamental and sweet scented, but it grows only 

 in our drier districts in granite formations." {Hamilton.) 



Distribution. — A woody climber with panicles of white flowers having a red throat, 

 found in Queensland and New South "Wales. 



35896. Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Willd. Divi-divi. 



From Contreras, Federal District of Mexico, Mexico. Presented by ]\Ir. WilUam 

 Brockway, superintendent, Hotel Imperial Gardens. Received July 21, 1913. 

 ^'Cascalote. This is a small tree, 20 to 30 feet high, native of several of the West 

 Indian Islands, Mexico, Venezuela, and north Brazil. The primary divisions of its 

 leaves vary from 9 to 15, each bearing from 16 to 24 narrow, oblong, blunt leaflets 

 marked with black dots on the under surface. It has branched racemes of white 

 flowers, which produce curiously flattened pods about 2 inches long by three-fourths 

 broad, and curved so as to bear some resemblance to the letter S. The large percentage 

 of tannin in these pods renders them exceedingly valuable for tanning purposes; 

 they are known in commerce under the names of Divi-divi, Libi-divi, or Libi-dibi, 

 and chiefly imported from Maracaibo, Paraiba, and the Dominican Republic. " (A. 

 Smith, in Lindley's Treasury of Botany.) 



35897. Sesamum orient ale L. Sesame. 



(Sesamum indicum L.) 

 From Contreras, Federal District of Mexico, Mexico. Presented by Mr. WilHam 

 Brockway, superintendent. Hotel Imperial Gardens. Received July 21, 1913. 

 ' ' Local name Ajoujili. ' ' {Brockway.) 



35898. SwARTziA LANGSDORFFii Eaddi. 



From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Presented by Mr. E. C. Green. Received July 

 24, 1913. 



"One of Brazil's local timber trees, native of this State (Rio de Janeiro). Tree 16 

 inches in diameter, 75 feet high. Local name Pacoya macacos. Endures a little frost 

 on the higher lands. Likes granite and clayey loam soils." {Green.) 



35899. Solan™ sp. Bitter potato. 



From Guaqui, Bolivia. Presented by Dr. C. W. Foster, through Mr. W. F. 

 Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received August 22, 1913. 

 "This Solanum is the papa amarga, or bitter potato, which the natives of some parts 

 of both Peru and Bolivia offer in the market in a frozen state. It is apparently rarely, 

 if ever, placed on sale in the natural or ordinary condition." {Wight.) 



35900. GLADroLtJS sp. Wild gladiolus. 



From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Presented by Fred G. Nicholson, secre- 

 tary, Transvaal Agricultural Union. Received July 24, 1913. 

 "Bulbs of the wild gladioli common in the Transvaal." {Nicholson.) 



