30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



48024 to 48034. 



From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Re- 

 ceived September 18, 1919. 



48024. AcEB cAMPBELLii Hook. f. and Thoms. Aceracese. Maple. 

 A large deciduous tree, with smooth gray bark; the chief maple of 



the northeast Himalayas at altitudes above 7,000 feet. The growth is 

 moderate, and the grayish white wood is fairly hard, shining, and 

 close grained. It is used extensively for planking and for tea boxes. 

 This tree plays an important part in the regeneration of the hill forests, 

 because it reproduces freely either by seed or coppice. (Adapted from 

 Gamble, Manual of Indian Timbers, p. 100.) 



48025. BoMBAX MALABABicuM DC. Bombacacese. Silk-cotton tree. 

 Ngiu or i-ed' silk-cotton tree. A silk-cotton tree, common in the north- 

 ern provinces of Siam. The tree may attain a height of 160 feet or 

 more and a girth of 8 feet. The trunk and branches are thorny and 

 the flowers are red. It grows in far larger numbers in the jungle 

 than near the villages, for the most part spontaneously. As soon as the 

 fruit reaches maturity it is gathered. A tree about 65 feet high yields 

 on the average 3.000 to 6,000 pods. If by chance these are left too 

 long upon the tree, the shell bursts and the seeds, together with the 

 silk cotton that surrounds them, drop out. The cotton obtained from 

 this tree is yellowish white and almost as fine and glossy as silk. 

 (Adapted from Commerce Reports, July 20, 1914, p. S78.) 



48026. Casuarina deplaxcheaxa Miquel. CasuarinacesE. 



A tree or shrub, native to New Caledonia, with whorled, erect, some- 

 what stout branches. Its wood is very heavy and durable, excellent for 

 turners' and wheelwrights' work. The natives use it to make their war 

 clubs and tomahawks. (Adapted from DeCandolle, Prodromns, vol. 16, pt. 

 2, p. 3J^2, and Ann<iles du Musee Colonial de Marseille, 2d scr., vol. 9, p. 

 236.) 



48027. CENTArREA RAGUsiNA L. Astcracese. 



"A round bush, sometimes nearly 6^ feet across, which grows best in 

 a vertical position on rocks or walls and is then strikingly effective. 

 Native to Crete and Dalmatia." (Proschotcsky.) 



48028. CoRONiLLA GLAUCA Jusl. Fabacese. 



Sea-greeti or day-smelUng Coronilla. A small round bush with beauti- 

 ful glaucous-green foliage and pure-yellow flowers. This very ornamental 

 shrub, native to southern France, remains almost constantly in bloom in 

 a greenhouse and is admirably adapted for use in bouquets. The flowers 

 are remarknbly fragrant by day and almost scentless at night. (Adapted 

 from Ciirtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 13.) 



48029. DoDoxAEA viscosa (L.) Jacq. Sapindacese. 



A small slu-ub, native to Australia, with smooth red branches and obo- 

 vate, coriaceous leaves. The few-flowered racemes are shorter than the 

 leaves. The small flowers, with large purple anthers and red filiform 

 styles, are dioecious. (Adapted from Edicards, Botanical Register, pi. 

 10.51.) 



