42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



47629 to 47830— Continued. 



47647. Betijla utelis D. Don. Betulaceje. Birch. 

 A moderate-sized tree, 40 to 50 feet in height, with smooth shining 



whitish bark and irregularly serrate leaves. The tough hard wood is 

 pinkish white and even grained. (Adapted from Kirtikar, Indian Medic- 

 inal Plants, pt. 2, p. 1213.) 



47648. Bbassaiopsis speciosa Dec. and Planch. Araliacefe. 



A small tree with the upper parts of the branches prickly and with 

 digitate leaves. The panicle is large, sometimes more than a foot 

 long. The tree is a native of Nepal, Assam, and Burma, India. (Adapted 

 from Hooker, F'.ora of British India, vol. 2, p. 737.) 



47649. BucKXANDiA POPTJLNEA R. Br. Hamamelidacete. 



A large evergreen tree, up to 80 feet in height, native to the eastern 

 Himalayas at altitudes of 3,(X)0 to 8,000 feet. The wood is grayish 

 brown, close grained, and durable, and is very much used in Darjiling for 

 planking and for doors and window frames. (Adapted from Watt, Dio- 

 tionarii of the Economic Products of India, vol. 1, p. 5Jf5.) 



47650. BuDDLEiA ASiATiCA Lout. Loganiacese. 



A graceful, large shrub or small tree, common through India and the 

 Malay Peninsula, ascending to 6,0(X) feet in the Nilghiri Hills. The 

 lanceolate leaves are 4 to 8 inches long, and the small, white, sweet- 

 scented flowers are borne in long, slender, spikelike racemes. This plant 

 flowers continuously for three months in India. (Adapted from Curtis' s 

 Botanical Mayazine, pi. 6323.) 



47651. Callicabpa eubella Liudl. Verbenacese. 



A small Chinese shrub, about 2 feet in height, entirely covered with 

 short hairs. The flat, yellowish green leaves are 4 to 5 inches long, with 

 strong dentations and cordate bases. The small njnk flowers are borne 

 in many-flowered cymes. (Adapted from Botanir-al Register, vol. 11. p. 

 88S.) 



47652. Callicabpa vestita Wall. Verbenacese. 



A medium-sized tree, often 30 feet high, with a thick trunk and ovate, 

 acute leaves with silky white lower surfaces, 4 to 10 inches long. The 

 lavender flowers are in axillary cymes. It is a native of Nepal and 

 Sikkim. India, where it ascends to 4,000 feet. (Adapted from Hooker, 

 Flora of British India, vol. J/, p. 567.) 



47653. Capp.^ris olacifolia Hook. f. and Thorns. Capparidacete. 



An erect thorny shrub, 6 to 8 feet tall, with shining leaves and large, 

 axillary flowers, white, with blue anthers. The shrub is found in the 

 tropical valleys of the Himalayas from Nepal to Assam. The wood is 

 white and hard, and weighs about 44 pounds to the cubic foot. (Adapted 

 from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 2, p. 

 1S2, and Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 178.) 



47654. Cassia laevigata WiUd. Csesalpiniacefe. Canudo de pito. 

 A tropical American ornamental shrub with panicles of whitish yeUow 



flowers. The reedlike branches are used in Brazil for making smoking 

 pipes. (Adapted from Rodrirjues, Hortus Fluminensis, p. UtS.) 



47655. Cassia toea L. Csesalpiniacese. 



An annual shrub, common throughout the Tropics, the seeds of which 

 have been recently used as an adulterant for coffee in Bombay, India, 



