60 SEEDS AND PLAXTS IMPORTED. 



47629 to 47830— Continued. 



47788. ScHEFFLERA vENULosA (Wight and Arn.) Harms. Araliacese. 



(Heptapleurum venulosutn Seem.) 



A small glabrous tree or climbing shrub frequent in the mixeil forests 

 throughout tropical and subtropical India. The light-brovs'n soft wood is 

 used as lumber. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Prod- 

 ucts of India, vol. .',. p. 222.) 



47789. ScHiMA WALLiCHii (DC.) Choisy. Theacese. 



A large evergreen tree, 80 to 100 feet in height, native to the eastern 

 Himalayas at altitudes of 2,000 to 5,000 feet. The wood, which is rough, 

 red, close grained, and moderately hard, is used for many purposes, chiefly 

 building. The bark causes itching of the skin. (Adapted from Watt, 

 Dictionary of the Economic Products of Didia, vol. 6, pt. 2, p. J/S-j.) 



47790. Selixum texuifolium Wall. Apiacese. 



A highly ornamental Himalayan plant with very finely divided fernlike 

 leaves. When the plant is isolated on a lawn and not allowed to flower, 

 the effect is very striking because of the fresh green color of the leaves. 

 It is perfectly hardy in England. (Adapted from The Garden, vol. 38, 

 p. 221.) 



47791. Senecio sc.\>-dens Buch.-Ham. Asteracese. 



A beautiful autumn-flowering senecio from the Himalayas, with a 

 woody stem and climbing habit. The yellow flowers are in few-flowered 

 loose paniclelike clusters. Because of its rustic beauty and its habit of 

 flowering in October, this plant is a very desirable ornamental. (Adapted 

 from Revue Horticole, vol. SI, p. -'(01.) 



47792. Senecio uxcinelltjs DC. Asteracese. 

 (S. derisiflorus Wall.) 



A tall, shrubby plant, native to the central and eastern Himalayas at 

 altitudes of 4.000 to G.OOO feet. In the district of Huzara the leaves are 

 applied to boils. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Prod- 

 ucts of India, vol. 6, pt. 2, p. 500.) 



47793. Shtjteria hirsvta Baker. Fabaceae. 



A densely hairy, trifoliolate climber with lax racemes of purple flowers 

 and recurved hairy pods. It is a native of Sikkim and Khasia. India, 

 where it grows at altitudes of 3,000 to 5,000 feet. (Adapted from Hooker, 

 Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 182.) 



47794. SiDA ACUTA Burm. f. Malvacese. 



A shrubby perennial distributed generally throughout the hotter por- 

 tions of India, from whose stems a good fiber is obtained. From the 

 long cylindrical root is obtained by decoction a remedy for stomach 

 troubles. The expressed juice of the root is also employed as a vermi- 

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

 India, vol. 6, pt. 2, p. 679.) 



Received as S. carpinifoHa, which is now referred to this earlier species. 



47795. Skimmia laureola (DC.) Sieb. and Zucc. Rutacere. 



An evergreen, strongly aromatic shrub, found throughout the tem- 

 perate Himalayas at altitudes ranging from 6,000 to 10,000 feet. The 

 white flowers are crowdetl into terminal panicles, and the red fleshy 

 fruits are ellipsoid and up to three-fourths of an inch in length. The 



