40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



39897 to 39924— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.) 

 39924. Populus simonii Carriere. Salicacea?. Poplar. 



"(No. 12-10. Near Chenyatan (near Titao), Kansu, China. December 

 1, 1914.) A variety of Chinese poplar, the trunk of which is remarkably 

 warty, while the wood seems to be curled, as in bird's-eye maple. Col- 

 lected on sandy land at an altitude of 8,000 feet. For specialists in fig- 

 ured woods." 



39925. Canavali gladiatum (Jacq.) DC. P'abacese. 



Sword bean. 



From Changning, Kiangsu, via Swatow, China. Presented by Rev. C. E. 

 Bousfield, American Baptist Mission. Received February 23, 1013. 



39926. Angraecum fragraxs Thouars. Orchidaceie. 



From Curepipe. Mauritius. Presented by Mr. A. D. de Grandpre. Received 

 February 17, 1915. 



The interest attached to this little orchid is due to the persistent vanillalike 

 odor of the leaves when dry, which has led to its use as a tea in Bourbon, in 

 Mauritius, and even to some extent in France. According to a notice of an 

 article on this plant by a M. Gobley, in the Gardeners' Chronicle (1850, p. 599), 

 communicated to the Chemical Gazette, it is considered a digestive and even 

 recommended in diseases of the respiratory organs. The popular name is vari- 

 ously spelled Fahame, Faham, Fahan, Fahon, Fahum, and Faam, of the origin 

 of which I have no information. It is a native of both Bourbon and Mauritius. 

 Leaves few, toward the top of the stem, 3 to 4 inches long by one-half to three- 

 fourths inch broad. Flowers solitary, axillary, 2 inches in diameter across tha 

 sepals, pure white, fragrant. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 

 7161.) 



39927. Manisuris exaltata (L. f.) Kuntze. Poaceae. 

 (Rottbocllia exaltata L. f.) 



From Poona, Bombay, India. Presented by Mr. W. Burns, economic bot- 

 anist, Agricultural College. Received February 20, 1915. 



"Seeds from my herbarium specimens." (Burns.) 



Introduced for the work of the Office of Forage-Crop Investigations. 



39928 and 39929. 



From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Botanic Garden. 

 Received February 23, 1915. 



39928. Canangium odoratum (Lam.) Baillon. Annonacea-. 

 (Cananga odorata Hook. f. and Thorns.) Ylang-ylang. 



For previous introductions and descriptions, see S. P. I. Nos. 2090S, 

 352 13, and 3S(;."2. 



39929. Thunbergia cirsoni S. Moore. Acanthaceie. 



"A very fine climbing new species from east tropical Africa, with very 

 Intense, large, fiery orange flowers." {Buysman.) 



See S. P. I. No. 39G2G for previous introduction and description. 



