48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



43378 and 43379— Continued. 



qiiesas Islands, where it grows wild in the low-lj'ing valleys and along the 

 seashore. Mr. Ahnne has supplied specimens of this plant, not because 

 of its qualities as a forage (since it has no value as an animal food), but 

 because he believed it might be of interest to the Department of Agri- 

 culture to learn of its presence here. There are very few forage grasses 

 in the colony, and the land available for pastures is of limited area." 



43380 and 43381. 



From Dindigul, southern India. Presented by Rev. Willis P. Elwood, Ameri- 

 can jMadura Mission. Received September 27, 1916. Quoted notes by 

 Rev. Mr. Elwood. 



43380. Canavali gladiatum (Jacq.) DC. Fabacefe. Sword bean. 

 " The beans are a very good variety and are perennial. A kind of 



trellis or arbor should be provided for the beans to run on, as they are 

 rampant growers. The pods when young and tender are cooked, and no 

 Golden Wax bean can surpass them in quality. Of course, they are a 

 purely tropical plant, but they would probably grow in the most southern 

 parts of the country." 



43381. Maximilianea gossypium (L.) Kuntze. Cochlospermacese. 

 {CocMospermum gossypium DC.) 



" The seeds are of a variety of silk cotton. The trees grow in shallow 

 soil on the top of sloping rocks. The flowers are lemon colored, up to 

 6 inches in diameter, and are v^-y fragrant. The trees grow at altitudes 

 of 2,000 to 2,500 feet in latitude 10° N. They are never seen anywhere 

 except above rocks." 



43382. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalacese. Peach. 



(Prunus persica Stokes.) 

 From Swatow, China. Presented by Mr. G. Hanson, American consul. 

 Received September 28, 1916. 



" Cling variety." 



43383 to 43385. 



From Brazil. Collected by Dr. J. N. Rose, United States National Museum. 

 Received September 25, 1916. 



43383. Akaucakia brasiliana A. Rich. Pinacese. 



" Rose No. 20427. From Monte Serrat, vicinity of Itatiaya, Brazil ; 

 collected July 26, 1915." 



A tall evergreen tree, native in southern Brazil, sometimes 100 feet 

 high, with large and nearly globular cones. The wood is used in con- 

 struction work for turning, ship's masts, cabinetwork, and for matches. 

 The thick, resinous bark yields, by a fermentation process, an agreeable 

 medicinal drink, and the ashes contain much potash ; the resin exuded by 

 the bark furnishes by-products useful in the industries and in medicine. 

 The edible seeds produce white and delicate starch. (Adapted from 

 BaUey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, p. 3Jf6, and from Correa, 

 Flora do Brazil, p. 61.) 



43384. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulaceae. 



"Rose No. 19969. From the vicinity of Machado Portella, Bahia, 

 Brazil ; collected June 19 to 23, 1915." 



