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47629 to 47830— Continued. 



up to li inches across. The wood is white, tinged with yellow or pink, 

 easily worked, and is used for toys, combs, spoons, etc. ; in Assam it is 

 used for furniture. Under the name of conessi, the bark and leaves are 

 used medicinally, (Adapted from Brandis, Forest Flora of India, p. 326.) 



47693. HoLBOBaxiA iatifolia Wall. Lardizabalacese. 



A vigorous, much-branched vine, native of India, bearing axillary 

 racemes of delightfully fragrant green and violet flowers. The ovoid- 

 oblong fruits are about 5 inches long, violet-rose on the outside, with a 

 layer of white flesh just under the skin. This flesh is edible, tasting 

 like the pulp of the granadilla, or p.ission fruit. (Adapted from Revue 

 Horticole, vol. 62, p. 348.) 



47694. Hydrangea bobusta Hook. f. and Thoms. Hydrangeacese. 



A small tree or spreading shrub, 8 to 15 feet high, with large ovate 

 leaves up to 9 inches long and hairy corymbs of blue flowers. The white, 

 close-grained wood is moderately hard and easily worked. (Adapted from 

 Wait, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 4, p. 310, and 

 Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 404.) 



47695. Hypericum patulum Thunb. Hypericacese. St.-John's-wort. 

 An ornamental, hardy, Japanese perennial shrub, from 1 to 3 feet in 



height, with red stems and branches. It has bright-green leaves and very 

 large yellow flowers, about 2 inches across, borne in terminal, few- 

 flowered cymes. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 5693.) 



47696. Hyptis srA\'EOLENs (L.) Poit. Menthacefe. 



A rigid annual of the mint family, which grows to a height of 2 to 3 

 feet, has a hairy stem, extremely variable leaves, and secund flower heads. 

 It is a native of tropical America, although introduced into tropical Asia. 

 In Brazil the flowers and leaves are used meflicinally as an antispasmodic 

 and as a remedy for gout. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, 

 vol. 4, p. 630, and Correa, Flora do Brazil, p. 104.) 



47697. Ilex fbagh-is Hook. f. Aquifoliacese. Holly. 

 This holly, a native of the mountains of Sikkim and Bhutan, India, 



forms a small tree with bright deep-green leaves which are more mem- 

 branous than any of the other Indian species. The fleshy, globular fruits 

 are red. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 602.) 



47698. Ilex insignis Hook. f. Aquifoliacese. Holly. 

 A small shrub or tree with thick, grooved branches which are purplish 



when young ; native to the Himalayas of Sikkim, India. The leaves are 

 dark green, leathery, and pinnately lobed, with the lobes spine tipped 

 and alternately raised and depressed. (Adapted from The Oardenera' 

 Chronicle, 2d ser., vol. 14, p. 216.) 



47699. Ilex rNTRiCAXA Hook. f. Aquifoliacese. Holly. 

 A low, rigid, straggling shrub which forms matted masses with inter- 

 laced woody branches. The leaves are bright green, thick, leathery, and 

 spreading, and the fruits are globular and red. The shrub is a native of 

 Sikkim and eastern Nepal, India, where it grows at altitudes of 10,0(X) 

 to 11,000 feet. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, 

 p. S02.) 



