54 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



47629 to 47830— Continued. 



47743. Ophiopogon intebmedius D. Don. Liliacese. 



A hardy perennial, indigenous to Ceylon, with grasslike leaves and 

 white flowers. It reaches a height of about a foot, and is suited to moist, 

 shady places. (Adapted from Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Garden- 

 ing and Planting, p. 393.) 



47744. OsBECKiA NEPALENsis Hook. Melastomacese. 



A handsome plant, native to the Himalayas, with a rough, erect stem 

 lA feet high, opposite, lanceolate, rigid leaves, and large purplish rose 

 flowers in terminal and axillary panicles or corymbs. (Adapted from 

 Hooker, Exotic Flora, vol. 1, pi. 31.) 



47745. OsBECKiA NUTANS Wall. Melastomacese. 



A woody, branching, small shrub with narrow leaves and small clusters 

 of mauve-purple flowers. It is a native of the sul)tropical regions 

 of the Himalayas from Sikkim, India, eastward. (Adapted from Hooker, 

 Flora of British hidia, vol. 2, p. 521.) 



47746. OsBECKiA BOSTBATA D. Don. Melastomacese. 



An erect, unbranched plant with broadly lanceolate leaves 3 to 8 inches 

 long and terminal corymbs of rose-purple flowers. It is a native of 

 swampy places at the foot of the Himalayas from Nepal to Burma. 

 (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 517.) 



47747. OsTODES panicxjlata Blume. Euphorbiacese. 



A large evergreen tree, native to the forests of Sikkim, India. It yields 

 a gum which is used as sizing in paper manufacture. (Adapted from 

 Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 5, p. 654.) 



47748. OxYSPOBA panicui.ata (D. Don) DC. Melastomacese. 



A large spreading shrub, with drooping branches terminated by large, 

 lax, almost naked, panicles of rose-purple flowers. The opposite leaves 

 are ovate-acuminate and 4 to 5 inches in length, rarely longer. This 

 shrub is a native of the subtropical and tropical Himalayas from Nepal to 

 Bhutan. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 525.) 



47749. Pavetta indica L. Rubiacese. ■ Pawatta. 

 A very variable bush or small tree, common throughout most of India. 



ascending to 4.000 feet in Gurhwal. The powdered root is used as a 

 laxative in native medicine, and the fruit, a 2-seeded berry, is picked and 

 eaten in Madras. The white flowers, which occur in broad flat corymbs, 

 are said to be used as food by the hill people of Matheran. (Adapted from 

 Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 6, pt. 1, p. ll-'h 

 and Brandts, Forest Flora of India, p. 275.) 



47750. Pentagonia physalodes (L.) Hiern. Solanaceae. 

 (Nicandra physaloides Gaertn.) 



A very attractive annual, 2 or 3 feet high, with ovate-oblong, unevenly 

 cut leaves and rather large, bell-shaped, lavender flowers. It is a native 

 of Peru and Chile. (Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 

 2458.) 



47751. Phyllanthus emblica L. Euphorbiacese. Nelli. 

 "A moderate-sized deciduous tree found throughout the tropical for- 

 ests of India, either wild or planted. It has gray bark and feathery light- 

 green foliage and yields a gum of which little is known. The trunk is 

 often crooked or gnarled. The hard, close-grained wood is used for agri- 



