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38733 to 38741— Continued. 



38739. Trachycarpus hartiana (Wall.) Wendl. Phoenicacea?. Palm. 

 "This species is found growing in the temperate Himalayas at alti- 

 tudes of 6,000 to 8,000 feet, and from Nepal eastward to the Khasiu Hills 

 at altitudes of 4,000 to 5,000 feet. It is also found growing at Burma at 

 altitudes between 6,000 and 6,500 feet. The trunk is 20 to 50 feet long 

 and slender, clothed beneath the crown with persistent leaf sheaths. The 

 younger parts are softly furfuraceously hairy. The leaves are 4 to 5 feet 

 in diameter, subglaucous beneath, cut about half way down into linear 

 two-lobed segments. The flowers are yellow, ovaries villous. Drupe 1 to 

 Si inches long, dirty blue in color." (Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 

 6, p. 436.) 



38740. Terminalia tomentosa (Roxb.) Wight and Am. Combretacea?. 



38741. (No. 17.) (Undetermined.) 



38742 to 38751. Panax quinquefolium L. Araliaceae. Ginseng. 



(Aralia quinquefolia Decne. and Planch.) 



From China. Presented by His Excellency Tsao Julin, twice Minister for 

 Foreign Affairs, through Dr. Paul S. Keinsch, American minister, Peking, 

 China ; at the request of Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for 

 the Department of Agriculture. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 37S70 and 37S71 for other varieties and for description. 



Quoted notes by Tsao Julin. 



38742. " Seeds of the wild ginseng from Linkiaughsien." 



38743. " Seeds of the wild ginseng from Kwantien. Located in Fung- 

 huang Subprefecture, Shengking Province. Latitude 40° 42' N. and 

 longitude 124° 49' E." 



38744. " Seeds of the cultivated ginseng from Kwantien." 



38745. " Seeds of cultivated ginseng from Fushun. Located northeast 

 of Mukden. Latitude 41° 53' N. and longitude 123° 51' E." 



38746. " Seeds of cultivated ginseng from Chianhsien, located in 

 Shengking Province, Manchuria, in Hsingking Subprefecture." 



38747. " Seeds of cultivated ginseng." 



38748. " Seeds of cultivated ginseng from Antuhsien." 



38749. " Seeds of cultivated ginseng from Linkiaughsien." 



38750. " Seeds of cultivated ginseng from Tunghwahsien, located In 

 Hsingking Subprefecture, Shengking Province, Manchuria, east of 

 Mukden. Latitude 41° 37' N. and longitude 128° 7' E." 



38751. "Seeds of cultivated ginseng from Fusung." 



38752 to 38755. Okyza sativa L. Poacese. Rice. 



From India. Presented by Mr. H. G. Carter, economic Botanist to the 

 Botanical Survey of India, Indian Museum, Calcutta, India. Received 

 July 3, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Carter. 



38752. "(No. 35958, Bengal, India.) Kalojira. From the district 

 agricultural officer, Mymensingh, Bengal Province." 



38753. "(No. 36241, Bombay, India.) DhundhaH. From the district 

 agricultural overseer, Broach, Bombay Province." 



