Inventory 50, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate VI. 



The Nipa Palm in Fruit Nypa fruticans, S. P. I. No. 44405). 



Along the low lands near the eoasl of the Malav Archipelago this stemless palm, covering vast areas, 

 raises its superb long leaves, like giant ferii fronds, above the swamps. It deserves to be natu- 

 ralized wherever it will grow, not onlv for its beautv, but for its possibilities as an alcohol-pro- 

 ducing plant and for its leaves, frord which beautiful floor mats are made. (Photographed 

 bj- P. L. Bryant, of the Far Eastern Review, August, 1915; P25002FS.) 



