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47629 to 47830— Continued. 



47734. Mimosa bubicaulis Lam. Miiiiosacp«e. 



A large, strangling, prickly slinil) fouiul througlioiit the greater part 

 of India, ascending to n.CKX) feet in the western Hinialn.vas. The leaves, 

 seeds, pods, and powdered roots are used by tlie natives medicinally. It 

 is said to be a valiiabU' hedgi' plant. (Adajited from Watt, Dirlionary of 

 the Economic Products of India, vol. 5, p. 2.}9.) 



47735. MiscANTHUS nepalensis (Trin.) Hack. Poaoea;. Grass. 

 A tall, perennial, ornamental grass from the temperate regi«ms of the 



Himalayas. It grows from 3 to G feet high and has many densely 

 crowded flower spikes witli purplish or guidcn-yellcnv, shining spikelets. 

 (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 7, p. 107.) 



47736. MtrcuNA maceocarpa Wall. Fabacere. 



A woody, purple-flowered climl)ing plant from the Himalayas of north- 

 eastern India, where it grows at altitudes of l.fHXt to G.iXM) feet. (.Adapted 

 from Hooker, Flora of British India-, vol. 2, p. ISO.) 



47737. Mussaenda ixcana Wall. Rubiacere. 



An erect herbaceous plant, 2 to 3 feet high, covered with soft, shining 

 hairs. The stiff, ovate leaves are 5 to 6 inches long and the leafy, 

 white calyx lobe is pubescent. The plant is a native of the tropical 

 Himalayas. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. S, p. 87.) 



47738. Mussaenda macrophylla Wall. Rubiaceje. 



A lai'ge shrub, native to the tropical Himalayas, with stout branches, 

 slightly hairy leaves up to 10 inches in length, and cymes of flowers 

 with orange-lobed corollas and white-lobed calyces. (Adapted from 

 Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 3, p. 89.) 



47739. Neillia thyrsiflora D. Don. Rosacese. 



A sparingly branched rosaceous shrul>, about 3 feet in height, with 

 deeply 3-lol)ed dentate leaves and terminal thyrsoid racemes of white 

 flowers which appear at the beginning of autumn. It comes originally 

 from the mountains of Nepal, India. (Adapted from Revue Horticole, 

 vol. 60, p. 415.) 



47740. NoTocHAETE hamosa Benth. Menthacefe. 



An erect, branched herb, 2 feet and more in height, with ovate acumi- 

 nate leaves 3 to 5 inches long and dense globular whorls of purple 

 flowers. It is a native of the Himalayas of northeastern India. (Adapted 

 from Hooker's Icoties Plantarum, vol. IS, pi. 1217.) 



47741. Nyssa sessiliflora Hook. f. and Thoms. Cornaceae. 



A large tree, found in the forests of the Himalayas of Sikkim, India. 

 The soft, gray, even-grained wood is used for house building and other 

 purposes. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products 

 of India, vol. 5, p. .'/3S.) 



47742. Olea gambi.ei C. B. Clarke. Oleacefe. 



A wild relative of the cultivated olive, from Sikkim, India, where it 

 grows In the Himalayas. The leathery leaves are oblong and acumi- 

 nate, and the fruit is sometimes nearly an inch long. (Adapted from 

 Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 3. p. 613.) 



