28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



" Cork-barked elm. Like the type in leaf, but of stiff, spreading, low habit, 

 the branches 2 or more years old becoming furnished with usually four con- 

 spicuous corky ridges. It has to be noticed, however, that the corkiness of the 

 branches is often noticeable in a greater or less degree in what we regard as 

 the typical TJlmus nitens, and if seeds of the most suberous tree were sown, 

 It is probable that there would ai^pear many ordinary U. nitens among them. 

 Common in forests of central Europe." (Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in 

 the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 618.) 



Received as TJlmus turkestanica, which is recognized by Rehder as a form of 

 TJ. foliucea suberosa. 



43215. DiosPYROs ttjpru Buch.-Ham. Diospyracese. 



From Poona, India. Presented by Mr. P. C. Patit, Acting Deputy Director 

 of Agriculture. Received August 7, 1916. "• 



A tree of small, moderate, or large size, up to 60 to SO feet high; dioecious 

 or polygamous ; the heartwood is black in some trees and of a hard and heavy 

 substance called at Munghur Batti and at Saseram Abniis. The latter word 

 is said to be of Persian origin and a source from which our word ebony is 

 derived. Trunk gra3'-black ; alternate or opposite, ramified as in the oak. 

 Leaves bright green, 3 to 14 inches long by 1^ to 7^ inches wide. Pistillate 

 flowers three or four, white, one-third to five-twelfths of an inch long; 

 staminate flowers solitaiy. Fruit egg shaped or globose, about 1 inch long 

 by three-fourths of an inch thick ; fruiting calyx surrounding the base of the 

 fruit or spreading. The fruit when ripe is sweet and not very bad to the 

 taste. This valuable tree sheds all its leaves in the cold season, and they 

 appear again in the beginning of the hot weather (Beddome) ; not uncommon 

 in the Cuddapah, Salem, and Kurnool forests in Madras. (Adapted from Hiern, 

 Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, vol. 12, pt. 1, pp. 158-159.) 



43216 and 43217. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. Adn. Hernandez, Direc- 

 tor of Agriculture. Received August 21, 1916. 



43216. Mangifera ixdica L. Anacardiacese. Mango. 



" Carabao. This variety is a native of the Philippines and is without a 

 doubt the best mango fruit I have ever eaten. It is indigenous all over 

 the islands, principally found growing along the walls of the rice paddies. 

 Rarely cultivated in orchard form." (H. H. Boyle.) 



See S. P. I. 38390 for a previous introduction. 



43217. Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels. Myrtacese. Jambolan. 

 (Eugenia jambolana Lam.) 



"A small evergreen tree met with throughout India and Burma, ascend- 

 ing the hills to about 6.000 feet. It is chiefly found along river beds and 

 is especially cultivated for its fruit in gardens and in avenues. There are 

 several varieties that yield much better flavored fruit than others, but as 

 a rule it is astringent and only serviceable when cooked in tarts and pud- 

 dings. In Goa a wine is prepared from it, and a spirit (jambava) is 

 spoken of by recent Sanskrit authors as distilled from the jambu. Some 

 years ago brandy was made at Monghyr from the fermented fruit. The 

 jambu is extensively used all over India in the manufacture of vinegar. 

 The tasar silkworm is said to feed on the leaves of the tree. The timber 

 is fairly durable and is largely employed for building purposes, for agri- 

 cultural implements, and for well work, since it resists the action of 



