68 SEEDS AX1» PLANTS IMPORTED, 



47831 to 47858— Continued. 



47852. Rhynchotechum vb^stitum Wall. Gesneriacese. 



All erect, simple, shrubby plant, about 3 feet higb. with yellow-bairy. 

 elliptic leaves 9 inc-bes in length, many-tlowered axillary cynics of rose- 

 purple flowers, and globose, glistening-white berries more than a quarter 

 of an inch in diameter. The plant is a native of Sikkim, Bhutan, and 

 As.sjim. India. (Adapted from Hooker. Flora of British Imlia, vol. If. 

 p. 313.) 



47853. KuBiA SIKKIMENSI.S Kurz. Rubiaceae. 



A stout, handsome, creeping plant, native to Sikkim and Bhutan. India. 

 The stem and root of this plant yield the brilliant red dye used by the 

 natives of Naga Hills and Manipur, India. (Adapted from ^Yatt. Dic- 

 tioii'irii of Hie Ecomniiic Producta of Indiu. vol. 6. /it. 1. />. .J77.) 



47854. Salix tetkasperma Roxb. Salicacefe. Willow. 

 This willow is a native of India, where it grows at altitudes of 2,(XH3 



to T.CMX) feet .nid reaches a height of 4(» feet. The twigs are useful for 

 basketry. an<l the foliage as forage. (Adapted from Mueller, Select Ex- 

 tra-Tropical riants, p. Jf88.) 



47855. Termixalia myriocarpa Huerck and Muell. Arg. ("ouibretaceje. 



A very large evergreen tree, abundant in the subtropical valle.vs of 

 Sikkim and Bhutan, India. The heartwood is brown, beautifully mottled 

 with dark streaks, and is used for building purposes and for boxes. 

 (Adapted from Watt. Dictionary of the Econoiuic Products of India, vol. 

 6. pt. -',. p. 37. 1 



47856. Termixalia tomentosa (Roxb.) Wight and Arn. Combretacete. 

 A large deciduous tree, 80 to 100 feet tall, common throughout the 



moister parts of India. It yields copiously a transparent gum which is 

 eaten by the Santals. The bark is used for tanning. (Adapted from 

 Matt. Dictiomiry of the Economic Products of India, vol. 6. pt. 'i, p. S7.) 



47857. Urakia lagopus DC. Fabacese. 



A woody, densely cespitose. perennial leguminous plant, reaching 10 

 t<t 12 feet in height, with trifoliolate leaves and copious terminal and 

 axillary racemes of purple flowers. It is a native of India from the 

 Punjab to Assam. ( .\dapted from Hooler. Flora of British India, vol. 2, 

 p. 156.) 



47858. Wallichia densitlora Mart. Phoenicacese. Palm. 

 A palm with a very short stem or even stemless, found throughout the 



ti-<ii)i<iil Himalayas from Kumaon eastward. The leaves are S to 10 feet 

 long, the spathes are purple, and the male and female flowers are yellow 

 and iniriilisli. respectively. The duU-puiple fruits are about half an 

 inch in length. The leaves are sometimes used for fodder, and also 

 for thatching. (Adapted from Watt. Dictionary of the Economic Prod- 

 ucts of India, vol. 6. pt. '/. p. 299, and Hooker, Flora of British India, 

 vol. 6, p. Jil9.) 



47859. A:MAi{ANTHrspAXici LATusL. Amaranthace.T. Huauhtli. 



From the <Mty of Mexico. Mexiot. Presented by I>r. A. L. H^rreia. Direc- 

 tor de Estudios P.iologicos. Received .Tune .30, ]9]fl. 



"Seeds of the e<lible iilant jiojudarly called alcyria. cultivated in the IVderal 

 District." i llcrrcra.) 



