60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



42173 to 42176. Indigofera spp. Fabacese. Indigo. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by tbe director, Department of Agri- 

 culture. Received March 15, 1916. 



42173. Indigofera iiirsuta L. 



An annual species of irifligo, native of Guinea, less esteemed for dye 

 production tban Indigofera anil L. and /. tinctoria L. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 23726 and 37068 for previous introductions. 



42174. Indigofera longeracemosa Boivin. 



In Madagascar and Zanzibar this species, which is very distinct from 

 both Indigofera tinctoria and /. sumatrana, is valued by the people be- 

 yond all the other species they grow, and they grow the following: (a) 

 Chiefly /. anil, (b) less often /. tinctoria, (c) occasionally /. sumatrana, 

 and (d), in the highlands of Madagascar, /. arrecta. (Adapted from 

 Watt, The Commercial Products of India, p. 662.) 



42175. Indigofera suffruticosa Mill. 



I A South American species cultivated in Burma, Indo-China, southern 

 China, and Java. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 24440 and 37391 for previous introductions. 



42176. Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn. 



This is the form of Indigofera tinctoria that was introduced from the 

 East into the West Indies and is the /. tinctoria of Lunan. If, there- 

 for, it be deemed necessary to give this plant a separate name and re- 

 move it from being one of the cultivated states of /. tinctoria L., then it 

 will have to be called /. sumatrana Gaertn. In addition to India (where 

 it is largely in use in the north from Bihar and Tirhut westward by north 

 to the Punjab) it also occurs in tropical Africa and Formosa. It may be 

 distinguished from the southern form of /. tinctoria by its leaflets, which 

 are larger and ovate-oblong or oblong instead of obovate or suborbicular. 

 The pods in /. sumatrana are also shorter, thicker, and blunter at the 

 apex, and are usually more numerous and straighter than in the Madras 

 form. (Adapted from Watt, The Commercial Products of India, pp. 

 662-663. ) 



42177 and 42178. 



From Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. H. It. Wright, Avondale 

 Nursery. Received March 17, 1916. 



42177. Pittosporum fairchildi Cheeseman. Pittosporacese. 



" This variety bears a striking resemblance to Pittosporum crassifolium 

 [S. P. I. No. 41290], but is the more dense of the two, consequently better ; 

 it ripens its seed several months later; makes a splendid hedge and is 

 good also as a shrub tree; height about 20 feet. This variety was dis- 

 covered by the late ('apt. Fairchihl, on an island off the New Zealand 

 coast. The seeds take a long time to germinate, and forcing them is 

 of no use. Plants are tender when young and must be kept from frost; 

 they are hardy when established." (Wright.) 



42178. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalacea?. Peach. 

 (I'runus persica Stokes.) 



" Weeping variety which will repeat from seed; best results obtained 

 by budding them on standards, or they may he worked on low stocks; tie 

 the bud up to a tall stake and top off at a given height. It is a very 

 fine dessert peach." (Wright.) 



