DOCSLIB.ORG

Seeds and Plants Imported

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

- - \ y -, ' '' '" •• * V x * -- :, '"•:' ;- •"' '. "" ^';-- ^" vlMned April, fr, 19jg. \ " ^ . o, l>Jctri\:K 1 JVIiiiN I AJr /\vjrKlL.ULr I Ulvjb,v -v / >, J- OF PtANT INDUSTRY. * " .;^1^ .- A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau. INVENTORY ""/ ' OF •u-.y, SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEEH AND PLANT INTRODUCTION " DURIUG THE PERIOD FROM-JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. (No'. 42; NOB. -39682 TO 40388.) V WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1918. Issued April 17, 1918. U. S. DEPARTMENT.OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau. INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. (No. 42; Nos. 39682 TO 40388.) • • • WASHINGTON: •..:' GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1918. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Chief of Bureau, WILLIAM A. TAYLOR. Associate Chief of Bureau, KARL P. KELLER MAN. Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. ROCKWELL, Chief Clerk, JAMES E. JONES. FOBEKJN SEED AND PLAN* INTRODUCTION. SCIENTIFIC STAFF. David Famnild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. Washington staff: P. II. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Stations. B. T. Galloway, Plant Pathologist, in Charge of Plant Protection and Plant Propa- gation. Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution. Frank N. Meyer, Wilson Popenoe, and F. C. Reimer, Agricultural Explorers. II. 0. Skeels, S. C. Stimtz, and R. A. Young-, Botanical Assistants. David A. Bisset, Paul G. Russell, and Glen P. Van Eseltine, Assistants. Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator. H. Y. Gouldman, Laboratory Aid. Field staff: Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal. E. (). Orpet, Assistant in Plant Introduction. It. S. Atwater, F. B. Livingston, and D. M. Wallen, Field Station Aids. Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Subtropical Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla. E. J. Rankin and C. II. Steffani, Field Station Aids .John M. Rankin, Superintendent, Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, Rock- villa, Md. Harry Puffield, jr., Assistant in Plant Introduction. J. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla. M. E. Batchelor and M. H. Lee, Field Station Aids. H. E. Juenemann, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Bellingham, Wash. II. A. Houser and B. L. Peters, Field Station Aids. Collaborators: Aaron Aaronsohn, Director, Jewish Agricultural Experiment Station, Haifa, Palestine ; Thomas W. Brown, Gizch, Cairo, Egypt; H. M. Curran, Laurel, Aid.; M. J. Dorsey, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.; Dr. Gustav Eisen, Neir York City; E. C. Green. Servieo do Algodoa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; A. C. Hartless, Seharunpur Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur, India; Barbour Lathrop, Chicago, 111.; II. Nehrling, Gotha, Fla.; Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, Washington, D. C; Charles Simpson, Littleriver, Fla.; II. P. Stuekey, Experiment, Ga.; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service Botanique, Algiers, Algeria; II. N. Whitford, Yale Forestry School, New Haven, Conn.; E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass, 2 158:194 CONTENTS. Page. Introductory statement 5 Inventory 11 Index of common and scientific names 113 ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. PLATE I. Giant acorns of a Mexican oak (Quercus insiynis, S. P. I. No. 39723).. 16 II. The sycamore fig (Ficus sycomorus, S. P. I. Nos. 39827, 39857, and 39858) 16 III. An interesting hardy citrus fruit from Kansu, China (Citrus sp., S. P. I. Nos. 39897 and 40039) 32 IV. The Tangutian bush almond (Amygdalus tangutioa, S. P. I. No. 39898) 32 V. A Kansu poplar (Populus suaveolens przewalsMi, S. P. I. No. 39900). 36 VI. A tall-growing gooseberry from Kansu, China (Ribes alpeslre yigan- teum, S. P. I. Nos. 39916 and 40022) 36 VII. Trunk of Potanin's peach (Amygdalus persica potanini, S. P. I. No. 40007) 48 VIII. A. hardy wild pear tree in Kansu, China (Pyrus ussuriensis, S. P. I. No. 40019) 48 IX. A hardy gum-producing treo in Kansu, China (Eueornmia uhnoides, S. P. I. No. 40028) 54 3 INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915 (NO. 42; NOS. 39682 TO 40388). INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. Owing to the disturbed condition of ocean traffic and the uncer- tainty of getting perishable plant material in, no expeditions were undertaken except that into the Province of Kansu, China, which had been planned for two years. Nevertheless, an unusual number of interesting and important plants are described in this number of the inventory. Mr. Frank N. Meyer, who made the Kansu expedition, although hampered by the difficulty of getting good interpreters who were willing to accompany him to the borders of Tibet, suc- ceeded in getting as far as the capital of Kansu Province, but was obliged to retrace his steps from that point. He discovered a number of very interesting plants, however, among which perhaps the most important will be found to be some large- fruited wild freestone peaches, Amygdalus spp. (No. 40001 to 40006) ; the Tangutian bush almond, Amygdalus tangutica (Nos. 39898, 40010. and 40011), a species very resistant to drought and cold; a wild pear. Pyrus ussuriensis (No. 40019), of the melting, juicy type, quite distinct from the characteristic hard, gritty ones of China; a wild species of grape, Vitis sp. (No. 40026), with small bunches of black edible berries; wild hardy apricots, Prunus armeniaca (Nos. 40012 and 40013), which may enable breeders to extend the area of success- ful apricot culture farther northward; a very hardy dwarf crab apple. Mains sp. (No. 39923), from an altitude of 9,000 feet in Kansu; a wild gooseberry, Ribes alpestre giganteum (No. 39916), growing 15 feet tall, found on dry embankments, a promising hedge plant for the cold semiarid sections of the United States; a very vigorous-growing currant, Ribes sp. (No. 39910), from 7,000 feet altitude, which makes B bush 25 feet tall; a wTild cherry, Prunus setulosa (No. 39911), which has possibilities as a stock plant; Potanin's peach, Amygdala* persica potan'nu (Nos. 40007 to 40009), a bushy form resembling otherwise A. daridiana, which lias been so successful as a stock, but 5 6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. which, according to Mr. Meyer, is likely to prove even more drought resistant than the latter species and be useful as a stock in the dry regions of this country; two wild plums, Prunus spp. (Nos. 40014 and 40015), with possibilities for breeding purposes, from Shensi Province; and a citrus species (Nos. 39897 and 40039), with fruits resembling those of a sour mandarin, which would appear to ha TO unusual hardiness. Of shade trees and shrubs for dooryards, Mr. Meyer secured a poplar, Populus suaveolens przewalskii (No. 39900) ; a beautiful evergreen bush, Daphne tangutica (No. 39914), suited to regions like Long Island; a bush honeysuckle, Lonicera sp. (No. 39915), for low hedges in the colder sections of the country; a Chinese rowan, Sorbits sp. (No. 40021) ; an ideal cover for shady portions of the door- yard, Schizandra sphenanthera (No. 40025) ; a valuable late-flowering porch climber with white flowers, Polygonum sp. (No. 40034) ; and Wilson's horse-chestnut, Aesculus wilsonii (No. 40037), from near Chenghsien, Kansu, a new form of this valuable avenue tree. Of the introductions made through correspondents the following are the most noteworthy : Four varieties of corn, Zea mays (Nos. 39936 to 39939), were col- lected by Mr. F. Kingdon Ward in the Valley of Nmaihka in Upper Burma, where a remarkable corn culture exists at an altitude of 5,000 to 6,000 feet, which appears to be very ancient. On one of these varieties (No. 39937) Mr. Collins has found signs of the characteristic waxy endosperm which has heretofore appeared only on corns from eastern China and nowhere else in the world, and this fact may be of value in determining the origin of this remarkable corn. A surpris- ingly interesting collection of Spanish corn varieties, Zea mays (Nos. 40259 to 40294), from Spain and the Canary Islands and different portions of the mainland, which was made by Senor Valero, an offi- cial agricultural engineer who recently visited this country, has already unusually excited the interest of the corn specialists. So much interest attaches to the spineless cactus that the dis- covery in Hawaii of a form without spines and with very few spicules, Opuntia sp. (No. 39853), which is supposed to have been brought there by Don Marin and which in comparison with Biirbank's spine- less cactus has shown its ability to live on dry islands of the Hawaiian group where the Burbank cactus has quickly perished, will interest a wide circle of experimenters. The Porto Bican black walnut, Juglans portorieensis (No. 40236), which matures its nuts in April and May; the red bush nut from New South Wales, Hiclcsheachia pinnatifolia (No. 39871) ; the late-bloom- ing varieties of English walnut, Juglans regia (Nos. 39839 to 39844 and 39881 to 39886), from Grenoble, France, to which our attention was directed by Prof. J. Russell Smith; the Tibetan tree hazelnut, Corylus JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 7 chinensis (No. 39007), which grows to 100 feet in height and of which Mr. Meyer has secured seeds in China; the wild small-fruited but probably very hardy walnuts from Kansu, Juglans regia (No. 40016) ; and a new form of the comparatively disease-resistant Chinese chestnut with slender trunk, Castanea sp. (Nos. 40035 and 4003G), will be of particular interest to nut specialists. Extensive introductions of sweet-potato varieties have been made through Mr. Koig from the experiment station at Santiago de las Vegas, where many trials have been conducted with this vegetable, Ipomoea batatas (Nos. 30720 to 30735, 30741 and 39742, 39709 to 39802, 39831 to 39833, 39941 to 30045, 40237 to 40258, and 40388). A Japanese gentleman visiting this country, Mr.
Recommended publications
  • Winter Edition 2020 - 3 in This Issue: Office Bearers for 2017

    Winter Edition 2020 - 3 in This Issue: Office Bearers for 2017

    1 Australian Plants Society Armidale & District Group PO Box 735 Armidale NSW 2350 web: www.austplants.com.au/Armidale e-mail: [email protected] Crowea exalata ssp magnifolia image by Maria Hitchcock Winter Edition 2020 - 3 In this issue: Office bearers for 2017 ......p1 Editorial …...p2Error! Bookmark not defined. New Website Arrangements .…..p3 Solstice Gathering ......p4 Passion, Boers & Hibiscus ......p5 Wollomombi Falls Lookout ......p7 Hard Yakka ......p8 Torrington & Gibraltar after fires ......p9 Small Eucalypts ......p12 Drought tolerance of plants ......p15 Armidale & District Group PO Box 735, Armidale NSW 2350 President: Vacant Vice President: Colin Wilson Secretary: Penelope Sinclair Ph. 6771 5639 [email protected] Treasurer: Phil Rose Ph. 6775 3767 [email protected] Membership: Phil Rose [email protected] 2 Markets in the Mall, Outings, OHS & Environmental Officer and Arboretum Coordinator: Patrick Laher Ph: 0427327719 [email protected] Newsletter Editor: John Nevin Ph: 6775218 [email protected],net.au Meet and Greet: Lee Horsley Ph: 0421381157 [email protected] Afternoon tea: Deidre Waters Ph: 67753754 [email protected] Web Master: Eric Sinclair Our website: http://www.austplants.com.au From the Editor: We have certainly had a memorable year - the worst drought in living memory followed by the most extensive bushfires seen in Australia, and to top it off, the biggest pandemic the world has seen in 100 years. The pandemic has made essential self distancing and quarantining to arrest the spread of the Corona virus. As a result, most APS activities have been shelved for the time being. Being in isolation at home has been a mixed blessing.
  • In Lathyrus Undulatus Boiss

    In Lathyrus Undulatus Boiss

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY ISSN Print: 1560–8530; ISSN Online: 1814–9596 12–284/2013/15–1–135–139 http://www.fspublishers.org Full Length Article Developmental and Cytochemical Features of Female Gametophyte in Endemic Lathyrus undulatus (Fabaceae) Filiz Vardar1* 1Marmara University, Science and Art Faculty, Department of Biology, Göztepe, 34722, İstanbul, Turkey *For correspondence: [email protected] Abstract The presented study describes developmental and cytochemical features of female gametophyte in Lathyrus undulatus Boiss. (Fabaceae), which belongs to subfamily Papilionoideae and is endemic to northwestern Turkey. The ovary is monocarpellate and the mature ovule is anatropous, bitegmic and crassinucellate. Differentiation of the outer integument determines a Y- shaped micropyle aperture. The nucellar epidermis is poorly developed. The inner parietal layers of the integument differentiate into a thin layer of endothelium. The hypodermally oriented archesporium is distinguished as one cell. Archesporium produces a parietal cell and a primary sporogenous cell. The primary sporogenous cell enlarges to form megasporocyte. After meiotic division, megaspores organize in an isobilateral manner of tetrad. Only one megaspore functions and it is one of the chalazal members of the tetrad. The functional megaspore develops into an embryo sac, which gives rise to a Polygonum type. The synergids lying above the egg cell are typical in structure. The antipodals are ephemeral and degenerate earlier without leaving any remnants. Embryo development is of Onagrad type. Suspensor degenerates at the globular embryo stage. The primary endosperm nucleus divides mitotically in a free nuclear manner and it is rich for insoluble polysaccharides and protein. © 2013 Friends Science Publishers Keywords: Lathyrus undulatus; Megasporogenesis; Megagametogenesis; Embryo; Endosperma Introduction studies were reported on the anthers of Lathyrus undulatus in detail (Vardar and Ünal, 2011a; 2011b; 2011c; 2012).
  • WO 2012/104728 Al 9 August 2012 (09.08.2012) P O P C T

    WO 2012/104728 Al 9 August 2012 (09.08.2012) P O P C T

    (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2012/104728 Al 9 August 2012 (09.08.2012) P O P C T (51) International Patent Classification: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BR, BW, BY, BZ, C07D 311/92 (2006.01) A61K 36/77 (2006.01) CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, A61K 31/352 (2006.01) C07D 493/08 (2006.01) DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, KR, (21) International Application Number: KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, PCT/IB20 12/000372 MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (22) International Filing Date: OM, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SC, SD, 1 February 2012 (01 .02.2012) SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (25) Filing Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (26) Publication Language: English kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (30) Priority Data: GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, 61/438,395 1 February 20 11 (01.02.201 1) US UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, MD, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, (71) Applicant (for all designated States except US): UNIVER¬ DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, SITY OF THE WEST INDIES [JM/JM]; A Regional In LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, stitution Established, By Royal Charter, Mona Campus, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, Kingston 7 (JM).
  • Annona× Atemoya Mabb.)

    Annona× Atemoya Mabb.)

    Journal of Agricultural Science; Vol. 11, No. 7; 2019 ISSN 1916-9752 E-ISSN 1916-9760 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Optimum Sample Size in the Germination of Atemoya Seeds (Annona× atemoya Mabb.) Rafaela Lanças Gomes1, José Raimundo de Souza Passos2, Juliana Iassia Gimenez1, Marília Caixeta Sousa1, Mariana de Fatima De-Pieri-Oliveira1, Carolina Ovile Mimi1 & Gisela Ferreira1 1 Department of Botany, ‘Júlio de Mesquita Filho’ São Paulo State University, Botucatu Campus, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil 2 Department of Biostatistics, ‘Júlio de Mesquita Filho’ São Paulo State University, Botucatu Campus, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil Correspondence: Rafaela Lanças Gomes, Department of Botany, IBB, ‘Júlio de Mesquita Filho’ São Paulo State University, Botucatu Campus, Rua Prof. Dr. Antonio Celso Wagner Zanin, s/n°, CEP: 18618-689, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil. Tel: 55-149-9759-3173. E-mail: [email protected] Received: February 11, 2019 Accepted: March 18, 2019 Online Published: May 31, 2019 doi:10.5539/jas.v11n7p239 URL: https://doi.org/10.5539/jas.v11n7p239 Abstract Atemoya currently has its seeds studied in several aspects, from the technological and physiological point of view. However, for the performance of the germination test, there is no standardization in relation to the number of seeds and replicates. Thus, this work aims to determine the optimal sample size for germination tests with atemoya seeds. A germination test was carried out with 5 treatments, considering 10, 20, 30 40 and 50 seeds per sampling unit with 50 replicates of each. Data were analyzed using logistic regression, non-linear Gompertz regression models, bootstrap simulation and graphs in the form of contour lines in order to be able to infer the best binomial of the number of seeds per sampling unit and the number of replicates.
  • Acer Buergerianum Plants, Adequately Moist in Summer but Well Drained in Winter Is "Trident Maple" a Pretty Small Tree Whose Grace Is Enhanced by the Key to Success

    Acer Buergerianum Plants, Adequately Moist in Summer but Well Drained in Winter Is "Trident Maple" a Pretty Small Tree Whose Grace Is Enhanced by the Key to Success

    Acer buergerianum plants, adequately moist in summer but well drained in winter is "Trident Maple" A pretty small tree whose grace is enhanced by the key to success. 3m. the small three-lobed leaves. Particularly good autumn colour begins scarlet turning orange-yellow. A good hardy Maple Acer x conspicuum 'Silver Cardinal' tolerant of many less favoured sites. 4m. This Snakebark has the most incredible pink and cream variegated foliage, highlighted by the red petioles and young stems. It Acer circinatum 'Monroe' occurred as a chance seedling of A. pensylvanicum and received A plant I've lusted after for years! Shrubby habit, with deeply an Award of Merit in 1985. Our stock is directly derived from incised light green leaves (even more so than A. japonicum the original seedling in the Windsor Great Park. Unless your soil 'Aconitifolium'). Predominantly yellow autumn colours may is very good, it is safest in dappled shade. 3m. develop some orange. Worthy of a special site. 3m. Acer x conspicuum 'Silver Vein' Acer circinatum 'Pacific Fire' A hybrid between A. davidii George Forrest and A. Imagine the coral bark colour of Acer palmatum 'Sangokaku' pensylvanicum Erythrocladum found at Hilliers about 1960. It is combined with the larger leaves and more tolerant growth arguably the best of the basic snakebarks for garden suitability requirements of this species, and the result is a plant with and good colour with its rich purple and white striped winter awesome potential. Fantastic autumn colour too. bark, becoming green with maturity. 5m. Acer circinatum 'Sunglow' Acer davidii This has been on my "wanted" list ever since I first saw it Delightful small tree noted for dazzling autumn colour and photographed! Apricot coloured young growth matures to attractive white striped purple bark in winter.
  • RAINFOREST STUDY Glicjjp

    RAINFOREST STUDY Glicjjp

    RAINFOREST STUDY GlICJJP ,. Group Leader DAVID JENKINSON NEWSLElTER NO, fi JULY 1991 18 SKENES AVE, ISSN 0729-5413 EASTWOOD NSW 21 22 Annual Subscription $5 "Rainforest provides a living laboratory harbouring many of the most primitive members of Australia's plant and animal groups." ANNUAL REPORT This is my second year of co-ordinating the Study Group and I admit to a certain amount of satisfaction at our achievements in that time. Membership has increased from 79 to 124. Contact during the year was through 4 Newsletters, various correspondence, and by meeting very many members. Three meetings were held at Sydney venues and a NSW campout. An active Brisbane branch that has recently been established, ably organised by Ran Twaddle, held 2 meetings in pleasant aurrowdings. Seed exchange is increasing and the first tentative steps in organlsing a cuttings exchange have been taken. Esther Taylor of Ipswich has accepted the position of Plant Registrar. We are setting up a library of donated material. A Flews- letter exchange with kindred groups has been initiated. We again have a bank balance. I would particularly wish to thank those many members for their various contributions - news and views for the Newsletter, material for the library, seed for offering to others, plants for fund raising, cash donations, the hospitality of people providing meeting places, the welcome given to Ber1.l and me by those . members we were able to contact on our travels in gaining knowledge on Rainforest generally and in seek- ing items and ideas for Newsletters. The Group's appreciation should be shown to the SGAP regions, QLD, NSW, Vic.
  • Flora.Sa.Gov.Au/Jabg

    Flora.Sa.Gov.Au/Jabg

    JOURNAL of the ADELAIDE BOTANIC GARDENS AN OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL FOR AUSTRALIAN SYSTEMATIC BOTANY flora.sa.gov.au/jabg Published by the STATE HERBARIUM OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA on behalf of the BOARD OF THE BOTANIC GARDENS AND STATE HERBARIUM © Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, Adelaide, South Australia © Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Government of South Australia All rights reserved State Herbarium of South Australia PO Box 2732 Kent Town SA 5071 Australia © 2013 Board of the Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium (South Australia) Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 26 (2013) 31–69 © 2013 Department of Environment, Water & Natural Resources, Govt of South Australia Notes on Hibbertia subg. Hemistemma (Dilleniaceae) 9. The eastern Australian H. vestita group, including H. pedunculata and H. serpyllifolia H.R. Toelken State Herbarium of South Australia, P.O. Box 2732, Kent Town, South Australia 5071 E-mail: hellmut [email protected] Abstract A taxonomic treatment of Hibbertia §Vestitae Benth. is presented. The distributions of the species range from near Hobart in Tasmania to tropical Queensland, north of Rockhampton. A key and full descriptions of all recognised taxa as well as selected illustrations are provided. The following taxa are recognised (newly described taxa and new combinations in bold): H. basaltica A.M.Buchanan & Schah., H. coloensis, H. demissa, H. dispar, H. ericifolia Hook.f. subsp. ericifolia, subsp. acutifolia, H. expansa, H. exponens, H. exposita, H. florida subsp. florida, subsp. angustinervis, H. fruticosa subsp. fruticosa, subsp. pilligaensis, H. horricomis, H. intermedia (R.Br. ex DC.) Toelken, H. marginata B.J.Conn, H.
  • Shrubs Shrubs

    Shrubs Shrubs

    Shrubs Shrubs 86 87 biibaya Broom bush Language name biibaya (yuwaalaraay) Scientific name Melaleuca uncinata Plant location Shrubs The biibaya (Broom Bush) is widespread through mallee, woodland and forest in the western part of the Border Rivers and Gwydir catchments. It often grows on sandy soils. Plant description The biibaya is an upright shrub with many stems growing from the main trunk. It grows between 1 to 3 metres high. The bark on older stems is papery. It has long, thin leaves which look like the bristles on a broom. Many fruit join together in a cluster which looks like a globe. Traditional use Can you guess what this plant was used for from its common name? The stems and girran.girraa (leaves) of the biibaya provided a useful broom. Bungun (branches) can also be cut and dried for use in brush fences. Paperbark trees (plants belonging to the genus Melaleuca) had many other uses also. The papery nganda (bark) was used to wrap meat for cooking and as plates, as well as being used as bandages, raincoats, shelter, blankets, twine and many other things. The nectar from the gurayn (flowers) could be eaten or drunk, steeped in water, as a sweet drink. Crushing the girran.girraa provides oil. Young girran.girraa can be chewed, or pounded and mixed with water, to treat colds, respiratory complaints and headaches. This mixture was also used as a general tonic. Inhaling the steam from boiling or burning the leaves provides relief from cold, flu and sinusitis (Howell 1983, Stewart & Percival 1997). The gurayn were also used for decoration.
  • Palatability of Plants to Camels (DBIRD NT)

    Palatability of Plants to Camels (DBIRD NT)

    Technote No. 116 June 2003 Agdex No: 468/62 ISSN No: 0158-2755 The Palatability of Central Australian Plant Species to Camels Dr B. Dorges, Dr J. Heucke, Central Australian Camel Industry Association and R. Dance, Pastoral Division, Alice Springs BACKGROUND About 600,000 camels (Camelus dromedarius) are believed to inhabit the arid centre of Australia, mainly in South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Most of these camels are feral. A small camel industry has developed, which harvests selected animals for domestic and export markets, primarily for meat. Camels can eat more than 80% of the common plant species found in Central Australia. Some plant species are actively sought by camels and may need to be protected. METHOD Observations of grazing preferences by camels were made periodically for up to 12 years on five cattle stations in Central Australia. Where camels were accustomed to the presence of humans, it was possible to observe their grazing preferences from a few metres. Radio transmitters were fitted on some camels for easy detection and observation at any time. These evaluations were used to establish a diet preference or palatability index for observed food plants. Table 1. Palatability index for camels Index Interpretation 1 only eaten when nothing else is available 2 rarely eaten 3 common food plant 4 main food plant at times 5 preferred food plant 6 highly preferred food plant 7 could be killed by camel browsing More information can be obtained from the web site of the Central Australian Camel Industry Association http://www.camelsaust.com.au 2 RESULTS Table 2.
  • Floral Ontogeny in Lathyrus Latifolius (Fabaceae-Vicieae)

    Floral Ontogeny in Lathyrus Latifolius (Fabaceae-Vicieae)

    ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Phyton, Annales Rei Botanicae, Horn Jahr/Year: 2003 Band/Volume: 43_2 Autor(en)/Author(s): Prenner Gerhard Artikel/Article: Floral Ontogeny in Lathyrus latifolius (Fabaceae-Vicieae). 392-400 392 ©Verlag Ferdinand Berger & Söhne Ges.m.b.H., Horn, Austria, download unter www.biologiezentrum.at Phyton (Horn, Austria) Vol. 43 Fasc. 2 392-400 29. 12. 2003 Floral Ontogeny in Lathyrus latifolius (Fabaceae- Vicieae) By Gerhard PRENNER*) With 4 Figures Received October 7, 2003 Key words: Lathyrus latifolius, Fabaceae, Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Vicieae. - Floral ontogeny, symmetry, asymmetry. Summary PRENNER G. 2003. Floral ontogeny in Lathyrus latifolius {Fabaceae-Vicieae). - Phyton (Horn, Austria) 43 (2): 392-400, with 4 figures. - English with German sum- mary. Floral ontogeny of Lathyrus latifolius was studied by the use of scanning elec- tron microscopy (SEM). No bracteoles are formed. The order of organ initiation dif- fers from the acropetal mode in that, that the members of the calyx, corolla and outer stamen whorl overlap at the time of initiation. Furthermore, the carpel is precocious and arises together with the petal whorl. The sepal whorl and both of the stamen whorls vary from the unidirectional mode, in that tendencies towards whorled organ initiation occur. In the calyx whorl the abaxial and the two lateral sepals are formed simultaneously, followed by the two adaxial sepals. Petal formation is unidirectional from the abaxial towards the adaxial side of the flower. In the episepalous stamen whorl the abaxial and the two lateral stamens are formed simultaneously, followed by the two adaxial stamens.
  • The Down Rare Plant Register of Scarce & Threatened Vascular Plants

    The Down Rare Plant Register of Scarce & Threatened Vascular Plants

    Vascular Plant Register County Down County Down Scarce, Rare & Extinct Vascular Plant Register and Checklist of Species Graham Day & Paul Hackney Record editor: Graham Day Authors of species accounts: Graham Day and Paul Hackney General editor: Julia Nunn 2008 These records have been selected from the database held by the Centre for Environmental Data and Recording at the Ulster Museum. The database comprises all known county Down records. The records that form the basis for this work were made by botanists, most of whom were amateur and some of whom were professional, employed by government departments or undertaking environmental impact assessments. This publication is intended to be of assistance to conservation and planning organisations and authorities, district and local councils and interested members of the public. Cover design by Fiona Maitland Cover photographs: Mourne Mountains from Murlough National Nature Reserve © Julia Nunn Hyoscyamus niger © Graham Day Spiranthes romanzoffiana © Graham Day Gentianella campestris © Graham Day MAGNI Publication no. 016 © National Museums & Galleries of Northern Ireland 1 Vascular Plant Register County Down 2 Vascular Plant Register County Down CONTENTS Preface 5 Introduction 7 Conservation legislation categories 7 The species accounts 10 Key to abbreviations used in the text and the records 11 Contact details 12 Acknowledgements 12 Species accounts for scarce, rare and extinct vascular plants 13 Casual species 161 Checklist of taxa from county Down 166 Publications relevant to the flora of county Down 180 Index 182 3 Vascular Plant Register County Down 4 Vascular Plant Register County Down PREFACE County Down is distinguished among Irish counties by its relatively diverse and interesting flora, as a consequence of its range of habitats and long coastline.
  • Fossil Fruit of the Macadamieae (Proteaceae) in the Tertiary of Eastern Australia: Eureka Gen

    Fossil Fruit of the Macadamieae (Proteaceae) in the Tertiary of Eastern Australia: Eureka Gen

    Memoirs of the Queensland Museum | Nature 55(1) © The State of Queensland (Queensland Museum) 2010 PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Australia Phone 06 7 3840 7555 Fax 06 7 3846 1226 Email [email protected] Website www.qm.qld.gov.au National Library of Australia card number ISSN 0079-8835 NOTE Papers published in this volume and in all previous volumes of the Memoirs of the Queensland Museum may be reproduced for scientific research, individual study or other educational purposes. Properly acknowledged quotations may be made but queries regarding the republication of any papers should be addressed to the Editor in Chief. Copies of the journal can be purchased from the Queensland Museum Shop. A Guide to Authors is displayed at the Queensland Museum web site http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/About+Us/Publications/Memoirs+of+the+Queensland+Museum A Queensland Government Project Typeset at the Queensland Museum Fossil fruit of the Macadamieae (Proteaceae) in the Tertiary of eastern Australia: Eureka gen. nov. Mary E. DETTMANN H. Trevor CLIFFORD Queensland Museum, Geosciences, Hendra Facility, 122 Gerler Rd, Hendra, Qld 4011, Australia. Email: [email protected] Citation: Dettmann, M.E. & Clifford, H.T. 2010 03 15. Fossil fruit of the Macadamieae (Proteaceae) in the Tertiary of eastern Australia: Eureka gen. nov.. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum — Nature 55(1): 147-166. Brisbane. ISSN 0079-8835. Accepted: 13 October 2009. ABSTRACT Eureka gen. nov. is proposed to accommodate fossil fruits recovered from several mid- Tertiary (early Oligocene-Miocene) sites in eastern Australia. The type (E.