14 SEEDS A>n) PLANTS IMPORTED. 



46019 to 46023— Continued. 



tralia. The compound leaves are made up of tliree to five somewhat 

 coriaceous, ovate leaflets 2 to 4 inches long, and the rose-red flowers are 

 produced in branched racemes 4 inches long. (Adapted from Hooker, 

 Flora of British Indi<h, vol. 2, p. 2Jf2.) 



46020 and 46021. Lansium: domesticum Jack. Meliacese. Langsat. 

 " The tree is rather slender in habit, with a straight trunk and compound 

 leaves composed of three or more pairs of elliptic to obovate leaflets 3 or 4 

 inches in length. The fruits, which ripen in the Straits Settlements from 

 July to September, are produced in small clusters ; in general appearance 

 they suggest large loquats, the surface being straw colored and slightly 

 downy. The skin is thick and leathery and does not adhere to the white, 

 tran.slucent flesh. The flavor is highly aromatic, at times .slightly pungent. 

 Each of the five segments of the flesh normally contains an oval seed, but 

 some of the segments in each fruit are usually seedless. The fruit is com- 

 monly eaten fresh, but is also said to be utilized in various other ways." 

 (Wilson Popenoe.) 



46022. Mangifeba longipes Griffith. Anacardiaceae. 



A hirge evergreen tree from the Malay Peninsula, relate<^l to the mango. 

 The lanceolate, coriaceous leaves are 6 to 10 inches long and 1 to 3 inches 

 wide. The panicles of white flowers with yellow veins are branched and 

 longer than the leaves. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, 

 vol. 2, p. 15.) 



46023. Pangium edule Reinw. Flacourtiacese. Pangi. 



A quick-growing, spreading tree with very large heart-shaped leaves, 

 found on the Malay Peninsula. The large rusty-brown woody fruits are 

 the size of small coconuts and contain numerous large seeds. The seeds are 

 said to be poisonous until boiled and macerated in water, when they be- 

 come edible. (Adapted from Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening 

 and Planting, p. 578.) 



46024 and 46025. 



From Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Presented by Dr. M. S. Bertoni. Re- 

 ceived April 17, 1918. Quoted notes by Dr. Bertoni. 



46024. Bbitoa sellowiaxa Berg. Myrtaceae. 



" Nyandu-aphisd. A shrub growing to a height of 2 to 4 meters. The 

 edible fruits are sweet, but slightly acid. The plant has withstood a 

 temperature of — 4° C." 



46025. GuABEA GEANDiFOLiA DC. MeliacesB. 



" A small or medium-sized tree of rapid growth. It is a good shade 

 plant for coffee and is ornamental because of its dense crown of large 

 leaves." 



46026. Sabinea carixalis Griseb. Fabaceae. 



From Dominica, British West Indies. Presented by Mr. Joseph Jones, 

 curator of the Botanic Gardens. Received April 19, 1918. 



"This small tree is known locally as Bois Charibe and is one of the most 

 showy of our native plants. It is a very fine flowering tree, and I have seen 

 nothing in the Tropics to surpass it as a mass of color. If grown on fairly 



