30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



47548 to 47550— Continued. 



47549. Callistemon bigidus R. Br. Myrtacese. 



" Bottle brush." 



A shrub, sometimes 30 feet tall, native to New South Wales. The 



leaves, 2 to 5 inches long, are narrowly linear, and the red flowers, 

 with dark-red stamens an inch long, are borne in large, dense spikes. 

 (Adapted from Bentham, Flora Australiensis, vol. S, p. 121.) 



47550. Callitkis cupeessiformis Vent. Pinacese. 

 (Frenela rhomhoidea Endl.) 



" Murray pine. Grows in low districts of the mallee." 



The timber is strong, durable, and close grained. It is much used 



for telegraph poles and for building purposes. (Adapted from Maiden, 



Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. 543.) 



47551. Bauhinia sp. Caesalpiniacese. 



From Cristobal, Canal Zone. Presented by Mr. S. P. Verner. Received. 

 June 2, 1919. 

 "I have a suspicion that this is the cacique carey.'' (Verner.) 

 "This name probably refers to a beautifully mottled wood which is used 

 for making walking sticks." (W. E. Safford.) 



47552 to 47555. Dahlia spp. Aster aceae. Dahlia. 



From Leyden, the Netherlands. Seeds presented by the director of the 

 botanical laboratory, Rijks Universiteit. Received June 2, 1919. 

 Introduced for experiments being conducted by specialists of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture in tracing the ancestry of our cultivated dahlias. 

 47552. Dahlia MEBCKn Lehm. 

 47553 to 47555. Dahlia vabiabilis Desf. 



47553. Hybrids. 47555. Apparently mixed varieties. 



47554. Variety paeoniaeflora. 



47556 to 47558. Saccharum ornciNARUM L. Poacese. 



Sugar cane. 



From Porto Rico. Cuttings from Dr. E. W. Brandes, Office of Sugar-Plant 

 Investigations. Received April 25, 1919. 



47556. Rayada. 47558. Dll. 



47557. Din. 



47559. Hyjsienaea courbaril L. Caesalpiniacese. Courbaril. 



From Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela. Fruits presented by Mr. J. G. 



Meyer. American vice consul. Received June 5, 1919. 



This important tree flourishes throughout the tropical parts of the Western 



Hemisphere. The pods contain an edible substance surrounding the seeds, and 



the wood is fine grained, hard, and heavy. The principal use of the tree is in 



furnishing South American copal, a gum which exudes from wounds in the 



bark [and is also said to exude naturally from the roots and lower part of the 



trunk]. Some of the trees in the Brazilian forest are 6 feet in diameter above 



the buttresses and are estimated to be more than 1,(X)0 years old. These trees 



produce large quantities of gum during their lifetime, and the spot in which 



