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47639 to 47830— Continued. 



47719. Maoutia puya (Hook.) Wedd. UrticacejE. 



A shrub, native to the tropical Himalayas and distrll)iitcd throuKlioiit 

 the Straits Settlenionts and .Tapan. It is not cultivated, but from the 

 bark is obtained a liber which is much used for fishing nets, game bags, 

 etc. The dark-Lireeu. serrate leaves have silvery lower surfaces. (Adapted 

 from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 5, p. 

 177.) 



47720. Meibomia CEPHALOTES (Roxb.) Kuntze. Fabacese. 

 (Desmodium cephalotes Wall.) 



A tall shrub, with densely silky, acutely angled, zigzag branches and 

 dense umbels of deep-red flowers. It is native to the eastern Himalayas. 

 The Santals of Bengal eat the pods. Cattle and goats are said to be 

 fond of the leaves. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionari/ of the Economic 

 Products of India, vol. 3, p. 81, and Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, 

 p. 161.) 



47721. Meibomia floribunda (D. Don) Kuntze. Fabaceie. 

 (Desmodium floribundum Don.) 



A w^oody, densely pubescent Himalayan plant with very copious axil- 

 lary and terminal racemes of red flowers. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora 

 of British India, vol. 2, p. 167.) 



Received as Desmodium sambuense, which is now referred to Mei- 

 bomia floribunda. 



47722. Meibomia gyroides (DC.) Kuntze. Fabacese. 

 (Desmodium gyroides DC.) 



A shrubby plant, S to 10 feet in height, with obtuse, pubescent leaves 

 and axillary and terminal racemes of red flowers. It is a native of the 

 tropical regions of the central and eastern Himalayas. (Adapted from 

 Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 175.) 



47723. Meibomia heterocarpa (L.) Kuntze. Fabacese. 

 (Desmodium polycarpum DC.) 



An erect or suberect undershrub found throughout the Himalayas and 

 in Burma. All of the bushy species of this genus are said to contain 

 good fibers used in some cases for paper making. (Adapted from Watt. 

 Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 3, p. 83.) 



47724. Meibomia pulchella (L.) Kuntze. F'abacese. 

 (Desmodium pulchellum Benth.) 



An erect pubes^cent shrub, wath trifoliolate leaves and red flowers in 

 spikelike axillary and terminal racemes. It is a native of southern India. 

 Bengal, and Burma. (Adapted from Brandis, Forest Flora of India, 

 p. U5.) 



47725. Meibomia sequax (Wall.) Kuntze. Fabaceae. 

 (Desmodium sequax Wall.) 



A shrub, 2 to 20 feet in height, with the branches clothed with dense 

 gray or brown pubescence, and with red flowers in copious racemes. It 

 is a native of the Himalayas from Simla and Kumaon to Sikkim. India. 

 (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 170.) 



47726. Meibomia tiliaefolia (D. Don) Kuntze. Fabacese. 

 (Desmodium tiliaefolium Don.) 



A large deciduous shrub of the Himalayas, from the bark of which is 

 obtained an excellent fiber used extensively in rope making and also in 



