62 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOBTED. 



50359 to 50373 — Continued. 



50363. Cracca Candida (DC.) Kuntze. Fabaceae. 

 {Tephrosia Candida DC.) 



A shrub which attains a height of about 10 or 12 feet. It makes a great deal 

 of soft growth and covers the ground well. This shrub has been very well 

 reported on in the East and in various parts of the West Indies. A characteristic 

 feature is its long taproot. (Adapted from Proceedings of the Agriculttiral 

 Society of Trinidad and Tobago, vol. 12, p. 256.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47666. 



50364. DocYNiA i.vDicA (Wall.) Decaisne. Malaccas . 



A small erect tree with yellowish bark and spreading branches. The sparse 

 glabrous ovate leaves are 2 to 3 inches long. The white flowers, three or four 

 in a single umbel, with hairy calyxes, are followed by smooth, roundish, 

 greenish yellow fruits with orange-colored spots. The flavor of the fruit some- 

 what resembles that of the quince. (Adapted from Wallich, Plantae Asiaticae 

 Rariores, vol. 2, p. 173.) 



50365. EcHiNOLAENA POLYSTACHYA H. B. K. Poaceae. Grass. 

 A perennial grass with decumbent straggling stems branched below into 



leafy slender branches 4 to 18 inches long, native to the eastern Himalayas 

 from Nepal to Sikldm at altitudes of 3,000 to 6,000 feet. The ovate-lanceolate, 

 flat, membranous leaves are 2 to 4 inches long. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora 

 of British India, vol. 7, p. -59.) 



50366. Fraxinus floribuxda Wall. Oleaceae. Ash. 



A large tree, leafless during part of winter, found locally in groups in shady 

 parts of mixed forests in Afghanistan, 'Kandahar, and rarely in the Sikkim Hima- 

 layas to a height of 11,000 feet. The finest specimens in the northwestern 

 Himalayas are those planted near \-illages and temples and on the Chenab, 

 some of which are exceedingly handsome trees, 120 feet high with a thick-based, 

 tall, erect trunk. The cinereous bark is smooth, but with deep longitudinal 

 cracks and transverse fmTows. The wood is sinular to that of the English ash, 

 tough and hard and much valued for plows, and in Kashmir is reckoned the 

 best wood for oars. (Adapted from Brandis, Forest Flora of India, p. 302.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47687. 



50367. Hydrangea robusta Hook, f . and Thorns. Hydrangeacese. 



A very robust species with cordate leaves, deeply and closely toothed and 

 fimbriated, and generally with winged petioles. The pedicels are red; the 

 broadly ovate, white, sinuate, acutely toothed sepals are faintly veined with 

 red-piu-ple. The small perfect flowers have blue petals and stamens. 

 (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 5038.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47694. 



50368. Indigofera dosua Buch.-Ham. Fabaceae. Indigo. 

 A low shrub with woody branches, clothed with a short gray or brownish 



pubescence. The leaves, 1 to 3 inches long, bear leaflets one-fourth to half an 

 inch long, which are dull green above, glaucous below. The racemes of bright- 

 red flowers are 1 to 3 inches long with lanceolate-cuspidate silky bracts. 

 (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 102.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43776. 



50369. Indigofera dosua tomentosa Baker. Fabaceee. Indigo. 

 A shrub of the temperate central and eastern Himalayas at altitudes of 6.000 



to 8,000 feet, with its branches clothed with silky pubescence. The leaves are 

 6 to 9 inches long, composed of 41 to 51 leaflets 1 inch long. The racemes are 



