12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



39332 to 39334— Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. B. H. Hunnicutt.) 



season covers a number of months. It grows well on (lie poorest, driest 

 grounds wo have and blooms during the dry season. I think it has been 

 cultivated in some gardens in Brazil, although I never have seen it. 

 Ornamental only." 



39334. Stryphnodendron barbatimam Mart. Mimosaceae. 



Barbatimao. 



" Barbatimao. The bark of this is used for tanning purposes." 



"Total dissolved solids, 31.6 per cent: solids soluble in cold water, 



28.6 per cent; nontannins, 6.7 per cent; tannins, 20.1 per cent." (Letter 



from Bureau of Chemistry, November 21, 1914.) 



39335. Dolichos hosei Craib. Fabacese. Sarawak bean. 



From Kuala Lumpur, Malay States. Presented by the director, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Received October 16, 1914. 



Seed from plants sent by Mr. Hose to Kuala Lumpur Experimental Planta- 

 tion. 



" I have found a small creeping bean of the Vigna family which is indigenous 

 to Sarawak, but as yet I have been unable to ascertain its name; and I think 

 it is just possible that it has never been reported from Sarawak. This bean 

 appears to fulfil all that is required (a low-growing leguminous plant which 

 can be dug into the soil and reproduce itself in time to check the growth of 

 weeds and grows readily from cuttings), but seeds are very difficult to procure. 

 The flower is yellow and the leaf a rich light green ; the roots do not penetrate 

 the ground more than 1 inch ; the plant forms a thick level mass about 6 inches 

 thick on the ground; it will grow on almost any soil, but for preference a light 

 soil, and in six months after planting should prevent all wash if planted 3 feet 

 apart. I have been planting this bean with rubber for three years and have 

 now 200 acres planted with it, and it has proved itself in every way a success." 

 (Hose, in Agricultural Bulletin of the Federated Malay States, p. 276.) 



39336. Chorisia speciosa St. Hil. Bombacaceae. Samuu. 



From Asuncion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead. Received Octo- 

 ber 15, 1914. 

 " Seeds of the Samuu, as called here. As to its beauty as an ornamental 

 plant. I have every confidence in its making good. 1 wish to call your attention 

 to one difference this variety has in comparison with the kind described in the 

 department bulletins, which is that this tree does not need a humid atmosphere, 

 and it will stand a very decided nip from frost, though to what degree I have 

 not registered." (Mead.) 



39337 to 39340. Manihot spp. Euphorbiacea?. Manicoba. 



From Labia. Brazil. Presented by Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferrfio. Received 

 October 5. 1914. Quoted notes by Dr. Argollo. 

 "The good name that Jequie rubber had was on account of being prepared in 

 sheets and pure, because the Manihot dichotoma is tapped ou the bark in 

 porangOB (tins) like Hevea, so such rubber is clean from impurities ami is easily 

 prepared in thin sheets of nice appearance. Manihot heptaphyUa (Rio Sao 

 Francisco zone) and I/, piauhyensis (State of Piauhy) being tapped near the 

 roots, if not tapped carefully, give rubber that has a large proportion of sand 



