24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



37698 to 37705— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. P. J. Wester.) 



"Bahai is a medium-sized tree found very scattered in the dipteroearp 

 forest. The wood is red, but Is little known on the markets." (if. N. 

 Whit ford, Forests of the Philippines, vol. 2, p. 43, 1911.) 

 37705. Vitex pakvifloka A. Juss. Verbenacea*. Molave. 



"A timber tree of more or less value in the Philippines." 



''Molave is a tree that in exceptional cases will reach a height of 35 

 to 38 meters and a diameter up to 200 centimeters, with a bole 16 to 

 20 m. Usually, however, it is below 30 m. and may form in severe con- 

 ditions a scraggly tree with a bole 2 m. or less in length. The bole is 

 usually crooked, fluted, and buttressed. It has an open wide-spreading 

 crown. It is found throughout the [Philippine] Islands, especially on 

 the low coastal hills, usually on limestone, but may occur on volcanic 

 rocks. It is intolerant of shade, and partially or wholly deciduous dur- 

 ing the dry season. The bark is 8 to 10 mm. in thickness, yellowish 

 brown to gray in color, velvety to the touch, sometimes shedding in 

 small thin flakes ; otherwise smooth. The inner bark is light yellow, 

 with darker yellow rings when freshly cut, but rapidly turning brown ou 

 exposure. The leaves are opposite, usually trifoliately compound ; the 

 leaflets are smooth and vary in size from 5 to 15 cm. long and 2.5 to 

 7 cm. wide. The sapwood is creamy white ; the heartwood a pale yellow, 

 often turning to dull brown on exposure. It has a fine, usually cross 

 grain, with short and brittle fibers, making it easy to work. It is hard 

 and heavy. It turns greenish yellow when treated with an alkali, and 

 has a bitter taste and a slight odor. It stains water a greenish yellow 

 color. Molave is one of the best high-grade construction timbers in the 

 islands and is a good substitute for teak. It resists well the action 

 of fungi, teredo, and white ants. The following is an enumeration of 

 its uses: House construction (posts, doors, interior finish, flooring, joists, 

 siding, sills), shipbuilding (knees, cutwater, sternposts), wagon making 

 (axles, wheels, rims, spokes), bridges, cabinetmaking, carabao yokes, 

 cogwheels, docks, salt-water piles, pillars, plows, rice mortars, railroad 

 ties, sugar mills, paving blocks, furniture, balusters and other turned 

 work, hemp presses, sculpture, wooden tools, plane stocks, and tool 

 handles. Practically all the Provinces in the Philippines contain 

 molave, though in many it is no longer in commercial quantities." (H. N. 

 Whitford, Forests of the Philippines, p. 97, 1911.) 



37706 to 37711. 



From Copenhagen, Denmark. Presented by the Royal Danish Agricultural 

 Society, Received April 2, 1914. Quoted notes furnished by the society. 

 37706 and 37707. Hobdeum spp. Poacea-. Barley. 



37706. HoKDEUM DISTICHON NUTANS Schubl. 



"No. 3. Prentice barley of Tystofte; 2-ranked barley. Originally 

 from a single plant of the primitive species from England, and grown 

 by Mr. N. P. Nielsen at the Tystofte Experiment Station. The 

 most widely known species of barley in Denmark. A little late 

 The blade does not grow very long. Good quality of grain. Resists 

 well attacks of Helminthosporvum gramineum and smut (Ustilago). 

 Gives a large crop. Should be sown early and relatively thin. 

 Thrives especially well in good soil." 



