16 SEEDS AISTD PLAITTS IMPORTED. 



43070. AxANAs SATivus Schult. f. Bromeliacese. Pineapple. 



From Lawnton, Queensland, Aiistralia. Suckers presented by Mr. Regi- 

 nald W. Peters, director, Queensland Acclimatization Society. Received 

 August 3, 1916. 



"A seedling pineapple we raisp<l and have named Commmiicealth. It is dis- 

 tinct, of fair size, and very tender, with almost entire absence of stalk or core. 

 It is sweet and perhaps lacking a little in subacidity, but is a fruit most con- 

 sumers would enjoy." (Leslie Gordon Carrie.) 



43071 and 43072. 



From South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia. Presented l)y ^Ir. J. Cronin, 

 curator, Melbourne Botanic Gardens. Received July 24, 191G. 



43071. OwEXiA VENOSA F. Muell. Meliaceae. Queensland sour plum. 

 An Australian tree reaching a height of 40 feet, with a diameter of 3 



feet. A native beverage is made from the sour fruit, and the durable, 

 easily worked wood, which is of great strength and is highly coloretl in 

 various shades from yellow to black, is used for cabinetwork, although 

 its excessive weight and hardness are against its comrmon use. (Adapted 

 from Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, pp. Jt9 and 581.) 



43072. LiviSTONA australis (R. Br.) Mart. Phoenicacefe. 



Australian fan palm. 



"An Australian fan palm with stem reaching a height of 80 feet, 

 slender and marked with circular scars; leaves in dense crown, round, 

 3 to 4 feet in diameter, divided to or l)elow the middle into 40 to 50 

 narrow, acuminate segments, either entire or two cleft at the apex. It 

 is more stubby growing in greenhouse culture than Livistona chinensis, 

 the leaves are stiffer, smaller in proportion, and less graceful, and the 

 footstalks are more thoroughly armed with stout spines. (Adapted from 

 Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticnltiire, vol. 4, p. 1895.) 



43073. CoFFEA A5IARA Bruijniiig. Rubiacese. Coffee. 



From Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard, Port 

 Louis, Mauritius. Received August 1, 1916. 



" Local name Mautsaka. French name Cafe Marclml. AVithout caffeine." 

 {Regnard.) 



43074. Urexa lobata L. Malvacese. 



From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, bota- 

 nist. Agricultural Experiment Station. Received August 5, 1916. 



" The most promising native fiber plant, known as Malva blanca. Is con- 

 sidered a good substitute for jute." (Roig.) 



43075. TuMiON NuciFERUM (L.) Greene. Taxacese. 

 (Torre ya nucifera Sieb. and Zucc. ) 



From Hankow, China. Procured through the American consul general. 

 Received July 14, 1916. 



Fei tsu. " Occurs in the southern islands of Japan and in the forests of 

 southern and central Hondo, attaining its greatest development on the banks 

 of the Kisagawa River, rising to a height of 80 feet and forming a tree un- 

 equaled in the massiveness of its appearance and in the beauty of its bright 

 red bark and lustious dark-green, almost black foliage. On the southwest 



