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39102 to 39141— Continued. 



to be met with in Tavoy. The bark of this tree yields an excellent fiber 

 which is extensively employed in rope making and in many parts of the 

 Himalayas it is used for the manufacture of paper. The roots are con- 

 sidered carminative, tonic, and diuretic and are also used in cases of 

 bilious complaints. The wood is of a yellowish brown color with a dark 

 center. The leaves afford a useful fodder." (Watt, Dictionary of the 

 Economic Products of India.) 



See S. P. I. No. 39023 for previous introduction and description. 



39125. Michelia cathcartii Hook. f. and Thorns. Magnoliacere. 



" This is a large tree which is found in the temperate forests of the 

 Sikkim Himalayas at altitudes of 5,000 to 6,000 feet. The sapwood is 

 large and white in color, while the heartwood is a dark olive brown 

 and moderately hard. The wood of this species is used for planking 

 and would do well for tea boxes." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic 

 Products of India.) 



39126. Osbeckia stellata Don. Melastomacese. 



" One of the 29 species of melastomaceous plants which are found in 

 the Indian peninsula. They are mostly herbs, sometimes shrubs, and 

 are worth cultivating on account of their beautiful flowers; otherwise 

 they are of little economic value. This species is a small shrub, native of 

 the eastern Himalayas and the Khasi Hills at altitudes ranging from 

 4,000 to 8,000 feet, common about Darjiling. The wood is light brown 

 and moderately hard." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of 

 India. ) 



39127. Pieris villosa Hook. f. Ericaceae. 



" This is a small tree resembling P. ovalifolia in leaves, flowers, and 

 fruits. It is a native of the alpine Himalayas at altitudes ranging from 

 9,000 to 10,000 feet. The leaves are hardly more villous beneath than 

 in some forms of P. ovalifolia. The calyx teeth are very narrow down- 

 wards, only shortly connate; the corolla is rather wider, but not defi- 

 nitely separated by the absence of horns at the apex of the filament." 

 (Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 3, p. 461.) 



39128. Piptanthus nepalensis (Hook.) Sweet. Fabacea?. 

 See S. P. I. No. 39043 for description. 



39129. Pittosporum floribundum Wight and Arnott. Pittosponu-eae. 



"A small tree found in the subtropical Himalayas, from Sikkim to 

 Garhwal, ascending to 5,000 feet on the hills. The medicinal virtues 

 and utilization of this plant have recently been brought to light. The 

 bark is bitter and aromatic and is said by the natives to possess nar- 

 cotic properties. The plant contains an aromatic rosin, yellow in color 

 and having very tenacious properties. The wood is light colored, strong 

 and tough, but of small size." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Prod- 

 ucts of India.) 



39130. Rubus niveus Thunb. Rosacea?. Raspberry. 



"This is a large, rambling, very valuable plant met with in the tem- 

 perate Himalayas, from Kashmir to Sikkim, at altitudes between o.OOO 

 and 10,000 feet, and also on the Khasi Hills, in the western peninsula, 



