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53563 to 53590— Continued. 



53570. Cassia fistula L. Caesalpiniaceae. 



" Comnion in pioneer monsoon-deciduous forests througlioiit penin- 

 sular India and up to 4,000 feet in the Himalayas. Collected at Shank- 

 argarh, 25 miles south of Allahabad, India, April 8, 1921." 



A moderate-sized tree with large, bright-yellow, fragrant flowers In 

 lax, pendulous racemes 1 to 2 feet long. Common throughout India 

 in tlie forest tracts in Tfaiis-liuhis on the hills near I'eshawar, and 

 ascends to 4.000 feet in the outer Himalayas. The red wood is beau- 

 tifully mottled and streaked, hard, tough, is easily worked, and takes 

 a fine polish, but is somewhat brittle and apt to crack. It is, how- 

 ever, very durable and is used for posts, plows, etc. The bark is used 

 for tanning and dyeing, and red juice exudes from wounds in the 

 bark, which liardens into a gum used like kino. The twigs and leaves 

 are lopped for cattle fodder in Oudh and Kumaon. (Adapted from 

 Brandts, Forest Flora of India, p. IGJ).) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 32316. 



5.3571. Ci KHODENDGi'M iNFOKTUNATUM Gaertu. Verbenacefe. 



"A component of survival woody vegetation of the plains, where hu- 

 man pressure is heavy. Collected at Shankargarh, 25 miles south of 

 Allahabad, India, April 8, 1921." 



An ornamental shrub 3 to 8 feet high, with white, sweet-scented 

 flowers tinged with pink, followed by small black drupes seated on an 

 enlarged pink calyx which sometimes reaches over an inch across the 

 lobes when spread out. The large leaves, 4 to 10 inches long, are 3 to 8 

 inches wide. (Adapted from Cooke, Flora of Bombay, vol. 2, p. 1(82.) 



53572 and 53573. Diospykos titru Buch.-Haui. Diospyracea?. 



A small tree with woolly branchlets and leathery leaves over 3 inches 

 long. The smooth globose fruits are three-fourths of an inch in diame- 

 ter. Native to the west Dekkan peninsula. (Adapted from Hooker, 

 Flora of British India, vol. 3, p. 563.) Received as Diospyros tomentosa 

 Roxb., which is now referred to D. tupru. 



53572. " Collected at Manikpur, April 21, 1920." 



53573. "A small tree characteristic in the pioneer monsoon-decidu- 

 ous forests of peninsular India. Collected at Shivpuri (Sipri). 

 Gwalior State, India, April 2, 1921." 



53574. Ekiolaena hookebiana Wight and Am. Sterculiacese. 



" Collected near INIanikpur, in the forests of the low Vindhya Moun- 

 tains, April 21, 1920." 



A south Indian shinib or small tree with cordate leaves and few- 

 flowered, lax racemose cymes of long-peduncled flowers 1^ inches across. 

 (Adapted from Cooke, Flora of Bombay, vol. 1, p. 131.) 



53575. Exjphoebia eoyleana Boiss. Euphorbiaceae. 



"A treelike Euphorbia on the rocky cliffs and talus slopes in the range 

 of the Bauhinia monsoon-deciduous forest in the outer Himalayas, at 

 altitudes of 3,000 to 5,500 feet. Collected at Dharassu, upper ( Hima- 

 layan) Ganges Valley, .June 1, 1920. I .should think this would stand a 

 climate about like that of Virginia." 



A large shrub of cactuslike aspect attaining a height of 15 feet, with 

 ascending 2 to 7 angled, thorny stems, 2 to 3 feet in girth. The sessile 

 entire caducous leaves are inserted along the angles of the branches, and 

 the yellow involucres, half an inch in diameter, are home in sessile 

 cymes. The milk contains a large amount of gutta-percha which has a 

 sweet odor when fresh and is believed to be of value as a waterproofing 

 material or as a paint for ships. (Adapted from Collett, Flora Simlen8i.8, 

 p. JtJfG, and from ^Vatt, Commercial Products of India, p. 531.) 



