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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



51113 to 51115. 



From Rawalpindi, Punjab, India. Seeds presented by Dr. R. R. Stewart, 

 Gordon College. Received July 7, 1920. Quoted notes by Doctor 

 Stewart 



51113. TuLiPA STELLATA Hook. Llliacese. Tulip. 

 A very delicate species which is certainly a valuable acquisition to 



our gardens. It is remarkable for the narroiwness of the petals and their 

 spreading out almost flat in the middle of the day when the sun shines, 

 and closing again in the evening. The small broadly ovate bulb, capped 

 with three or four lanceolate segments thickly lined with fulvous hair, 

 flowers in two months. In India, where the plant is common, the bulbs 

 are frequently eaten by natives and are sold for that purpose in some 

 of the bazaars. The terete, glaucous stem, nearly 2 feet high in the 

 cultivated species, bears four to five linear-lanceolate leaves. The dainty, 

 erect flowers, oblong in the bud, are solitary or two upon the same stem. 

 The lanceolate, concave petals are pure white, with a faint tinge of 

 pink and green at the points, on the outside, and bright yellow at the 

 base within. Three of the petals are longer than the i-est and some- 

 times have a single tooth. (Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, 

 pi. 2762; and Watt, Dictionary of the EcononUc Products of India, vol. 

 6, pt. 4, P- 203.) 



51114. ZiziPHUs JUJUBA Mill. Rhamnace«. Jujube. 

 (Z. sativa Gaertn.) 



" Wild jujube bought in market. A form widely cultivated in the 

 Punjab." 



51115. ZiziPHUs sp. Rhamnaceae. Jujube. 

 " Wild jujubes bought in market." 



61116 to 51125. 



From San Jose, Costa Rica. Collected by Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural 

 Explorer of the United States Department of Agriculture. Received July 

 14, 1920. Quoted notes by Mr. Popenoe. 

 51 lie. BxjNCHOsiA GLANDULiFEKA H. B. K. MalpighiacesB. 



"(No. 412. July 1, 1920.) Ceresa. Plants presented by Carlos 

 Werckl^, of El Coyolar, Costa Rica. 



" A small, slender tree, reaching about 20 feet in height. It bears 

 short racemes of yellow flowers which are followed by elliptic, bright- 

 red fruits about 1 inch long. Mr. Wercklg thinks the fruit nearly as 

 good in quality as that of the Japanese persimmon ; in my opinion, 

 however, it is considerably inferior. The thin skin surrounds a large 

 elliptic seed and a small quantity of red pulp which, like that of the 

 persimmon, must not be eaten until it is very soft." 



51117. Castilla nicoyensis O. F. Cook. Moracese, Nicoya rubber. 



"(No. 416a. July 1, 1920.) Seeds collected from a tree in the door- 

 yard of the ranch house at El Coyolar, (3osta Rica. It is a Central 

 American rubber tree, said to be a more vigorous grower than Castilla 

 elastica and less exacting in its soil requirements." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42386. 



