56 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



its size, the large dull yellow i bur inclining preen) flowers and the copious 



bracteas turn: _ n or black in age. This plant is called ' and I'lnja 



in Chile, where the soft substance of the stem is used for corks and bungs ; the 

 flowers yield a remedy for hernia, and the Indians use the spines of the leaves 

 r fishhooks." {Curtift's Botanical Magazine, vol. 9, pi. £715.) 



42083. Perilla frtttescens (L.) Britton. Menthaceae. Perilla. 

 (Perilla ocymoides I-.' 



From Yokohama. Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Company. 

 Received March 13, 1916. 

 See S. P. I. No. 42062 for previous introduction and description. 



42084. Aralia cordata Thunb. Araliaeese. Udo. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Poors purchased from L. Boehmer & Co. Re- 

 ceived March 13. 1916. 

 ■Japanese Xakate White, from Kanagawa Ken.'' < Boehmer d I 



42085. Garcinia epunctata Stapf. Clusiacese. 



From Mount Coffee, Liberia. Presented by Mr. Henry O. Stewart. Received 

 March 15, 1916. 

 "A wild fruit which grows on very large trees, 20 to 30 feet high." (Stetcari 



42086. Nepheuum lappaceum L. Sapindacese. Ramtmtan. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. J. C. Koningsberger, director, 

 anic Garden. Received March 15, 1916. 

 "Ramboetati atjeh watjan. A tree up to 25 meters high. A fruiting tree 

 which is an ornament of the Javanese village groves because of the pretty, often 

 more or less dense, leaf crown, decorated on the outside with the numerous, long- 

 stemmed scarlet fruits the size of a lien's egg. Arillus white, very juicy, more 

 or less sour." (Koorders and VaJeton, Boomsoorten van Java.) 



■■ One of the most delicious and snowy fruits of the Dutch East Indies, closely 

 related to the litchL" (FatrchUd.) 



See S. P. I. Noa 13571, 17515, and 34494 for previous introductions with 

 description-. 



42087 to 42136. 



From Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Presented by Mr. A. E. V. Richard- 

 - in, agricultural superintendent, Department of Agriculture. Received 

 March S, 1916. Notes by Mr. Richardson. 



42087. Avexa ojuentalis Schreb. Poacea. Oats. 



Black Tartarian. 



42088 and 42089. Avena sativa L. Poacese. Oats. 



42088. " Ruakura oats raised in New Zealand by Primrose .' 

 nell and having the reputation of being rust resistant." 



42089. " Clydesdale." 



42090 and 42091. A vena sterieis L. Ivaceie. Oats. 



42090. "Algerian," 42091. - Calcutta." 





