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44895 to 44901— Continued. 



The alternate, compound leaves are smooth and light green when mature, 

 but when young are red or pink or, in some varieties, yellow. From the 

 trunk and branches appear the corymbs of small pink or white flowers. 

 The flattened, roundish, light-brown pods have a fleshy portion which is 

 very palatable when stewed. The tree is a native of Java. (Adapted 

 from Van Nooten, Fleurs et Fruits de Java, pt. 6, pi. J/.) 



44896. Hydnocarpus alpina Wight. Flacourtiacese. 



Var. elongata. Apparently an unpublished varietal name. 



The species may be described as follows : A large tree, 70 to 100 feet 

 in height, with very variable leaves (red when young and deep green 

 when old) up to 7 inches in length and 2 J inches in widtli, and dioecious 

 flowers in axillary racemes. The fruit is globose, about the size of an 

 apple, with a brown, hairy surface. The seeds yield an oil which is used 

 as fuel, and the wood is employed for general carpentry. It is a native 

 of the Nilgiri Hills in southern India. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary 

 of the Economic Products of India, vol. '/, p. 308, and from Hooker, Flora 

 of British India, vol. 1, p. 197.) 



44897. Lagerstroemia speciosa (Muenchh.) Pers. Lythracese. 



(L. flos-reginae Retz.) Crape myrtle. 



A large deciduous tree, with smooth grayish bark, elliptic or lanceolate 

 leaves 4 to 8 inches in length, and large panicles of flowers. The indi- 

 vidual flowers are 2 to 3 inches wide and change from pink to purple 

 from morning to evening. It is a native of India and Biirma, where it 

 is considered one of the most important timber trees, the light-red wood 

 being hard and shiny. The tree has been introduced into southern Cali- 

 fornia as an ornamental. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of 

 Horticulture, vol. Jf, p. 1775, and from GaniMe, Manual of Indian Timbers, 

 p. 373.) 



44898. Mussaenda rtjfinervia Miquel. Rubiacese. 



A shrub with shiny, elliptic-oblong leaves 4 to 6 inches in length, red- 

 dish flowers about half an inch long in terminal corymbs, and oval-oblong 

 fleshy berries. It is a native of Sumatra. (Adapted from Miquel, Flora 

 Indiae Batavae, vol. 2, p. 211.) 



44899. Otophora alata Blume. Sapindacese. 



Pisang tjina. A tall Javanese tree, with compound, glabrous, green 

 leaves, and purplish flowers in pendulous axillary racemes, or sometimes 

 solitary. The fruits are not much eaten, but hang in graceful clusters, 

 remarkable for their beauty. The juice of the fruits is said to be useful 

 in removing stains from linen. (Adapted from Yan Nooten, Fleurs et 

 Fruits de Java, pt. 3, pi. 4-) 



44900. Saraca declinata (Jack) Miquel. Csesalpiniacese. 



KisoJcka. An ornamental tree, rarely more than 20 feet high, with 

 alternate, pinnate leaves composed of six to eight pairs of oblong-lanceo- 

 late leaflets which are purplish brown when young. Tlie bright-yellow, 

 reddish tinged flowers occur in corymbs, sometimes on the trunk, and 

 make a pleasing contrast with the crimson peduncles of the corymb. 

 The oblong, flat pods are about a foot long and are a beautiful purplish 

 crimson while immature. (Adapted from Van Nooten, Fleurs et Fruits 

 de Java, pt. 3, pi. 2. ) 



