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32911 to 32913— Continued. 
Seeds of the following: 
32011. Aesculus turbinata Blume. 
Distribution. — A tree found on wooded mountain slopes in the provinces of 
Kiangsu and Chekiang in China and in the islands of Japan. 
32912. Pterocarya sorbifolia Sieb. and Zucc. 
Distribution. — Wooded mountain slopes of Japan. 
32913. Randia Formosa (Jacq.) Schum. 
Distribution. —The countries in the northern part of South America, including 
Guiana, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru, and the islands of the Caribbean Sea. 
32914 to 32916. 
Presented by Mr. Walter Fischer, Campo de Cultura Experimental Paraense, 
Para, Brazil. Received February 27, 1912. 
Seeds of the following: quoted notes by Mr. Fischer: 
32914. Sapixdus sp. 
"A species of Sapindus, which I found along a roadside about 6 miles from 
Santarem. The tree grows to a height of 30 to 40 feet and is found along the 
borders of clearings. The natives were familiar with the saponifying property of 
the seeds, but as far as I could learn made no use of them. Santarem is located 
at the north of the Tapajos on the Amazon, about 500 miles from Para." 
32915 and 32916. Pithecolobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth. 
"Two varieties of seeds that I found and collected in Barbados. The local 
name is 'bread and cheese.' The seeds are from a very attractive ornamental 
email tree much used as a border shrub and as a hedge plant for which latter 
purpose it is well adapted. It has a clean foliage of compound leaves, each 
leaf consisting of a twin pair of obovate leaflets. What makes the plant most 
conspicuous and attractive is its heavy burden of dense panicles of pods, open 
and twisted when ripe and showing the shiny-black small seeds to each of which 
is attached a red or a white arillus. This hedge plant would be excellently 
adapted to southern Florida where it may already exist." 
32915. "Seed with white aril." 
32916. "Seed with red aril." 
Distribution. — Sandy soil in southern Florida and in the West Indies and 
the tropical part of South America. 
32917 to 32973. 
From La Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy. Presented by Prof. Alwin Berger, cura- 
tor of the garden. Received March 2, 1912. 
Seeds of the following: 
32917. Ampelopsis humulifolia Bunge. 
Distribution.— A vine found in the .province of Chihli, Shingking, Kansu, 
and Hupeh in China, and in Chosen (Korea), Formosa, and in Japan. 
32918. Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels. Argan. 
See Nos. 3490 and 28783 for previous introductions. 
32919. Aristotelia macqui L'Heritier. Maqui. 
See No. 26306 for description. 
32920. Berberis globosa Benth. Barberry. 
See No. 31245 for previous introduction. 
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