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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



37823 to 37869— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.) 



37852. "(No. 159a. Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. February 23, 

 1914.) A small cactus on the Ilha do Fogo in the Rio Sao 

 Francisco between Joazeiro and Petrolina. Pads flat, small, 

 almost spineless. Called palma by the natives." 



Plant of No. 68 [S. P. I. No. 37826]. 



37853. "(No. lS9a. Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. February 24, 

 1914.) Seed of a nearly spineless opuntia from Horto 

 Florestal." 



Plant of No. 70 [S. P. I. No. 37827]. 



87854 to 37860. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Bice. 



37854. "(No. 117a. Pirapora, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 

 9, 1914.) Taken from a spot in the field where the thrasher 

 had stood in the previous year and where the plants were 

 twice as tall as in other parts of the field. From the fazenda 

 of Col. Caetano Mascarenhas." 



37855 to 37857. 



From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. March 23, 1914. Seed from 

 Naples, Italy. 



37855. "(No. 206a.) Called Louro do Japdo. (Japanese 

 golden)." 



37856. "(No. 208a.) Called Kitaima do Japao." 



37857. "(No. 209a.) Var. franco, or white." 



37858. (Pirapora, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 9, 1914. 

 One head taken from specimen No. 358b [S. P. I. No. 37854].) 



37859 and 37860. 



"(Bahia, Brazil, December 18, 1913. Single heads taken from 

 specimen No. 114b.) Specimens taken from rather dry upland, 

 on the estate of Col. Joao ArgoUo, Agua Comprida, near Bahia. 

 Cultivated on a smaril scale only." 



37859. A. Length of head lOf inches. 



37860. B. Length of head 9 inches. 



87861 to 37865. Spondias tuberosa Arruda. Anacardiacese. 



Imbu. 



37861 and 37862. From Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil, Feb- 

 ruary 15, 1914. 



37861. "(No. 128a.) Seeds of the imhu or umhu, one of 

 the most popular fruits of this region. The tree, which 

 is wild here and quite common in some places, is of a 

 peculiar habit of growth, branching 4 to 6 feet above the 

 ground and forming a very broad, dense, and flat-topped 

 head of foliage. When the large limbs are cut and placed 

 in the ground as fence posts, they take root and grow. 

 The fruits, which are sometimes produced in great pro- 

 fusion and are ripe at this season, are oval in form, about 

 1^ inches in length, and light green in color. The skin is 



