Inventory 43, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate IV. 



910 



Seeds of the Oil Kim, or Kiri Oil Tree 'Aleurites cordata (Thunb.) 

 Muell. Arc.) of Japan (S. P. I. No. 40673). 



This species is quite distinct from iho related tuns-oil tree of central China, having much 

 smaller seeds. The kiri oil tree is grown only in southern Japan, Formosa, and the 

 coastal provinces of China. The seeds furnish a drying oil, similar to tung oil, which 

 finds a similar use in the chemical Industries. (Photographed by Mr. E. J.. Crandall, 

 March 26, 1909; P4589FS ; natural size; S. P. I. No. 25080.) 



