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42464 to 42469— Continued. 



4 to 6 inches long. Peduncles axillary or lateral, very thick and broad, 

 more or less flattened, one-half to 1 inch long, with about five to seven 

 rather large closely sessile flowers. Stamens richly colored, nearly 

 half an inch long, inflected in the bud; anthers oblong with distinct 

 parallel cells. Ovary short, flat topped. Fruit ovoid or urceolate, very 

 thick and hard, more or less prominently ribbed, 1 to nearly 2 inches 

 long, the rim rather thick, the capsule deeply sunk. (Adapted from 

 Bentham, Flora Australiensis, vol. 3, p. 228.) 



42468. Macadamia minor F. M. Bailey. Proteacese. 



A large shrub or small tree with slender brandies; three-parted leaves, 

 often crowded at the end of the branches; and nuts about seven-eighths 

 of an inch long and three-fourths of an inch in diameter. A native of 

 Queensland. (Adapted from F. M. Bailey, Queensland Agricultural 

 Journal, vol. 25, p. 11, 1910.) 



42469. Syncaepia hillii F. M. Bailey. Myrtacese. Turpentine tree. 



A myrtaceous tree from Frazer's Island, North Queensland, having 

 wood of a dark-pink color, close grained, and tough, being useful for 

 building purposes. (Adapted from Bailey, Proceedings of the Royal 

 Society of Queensland, vol. 1, p. 86, and Maiden, Useful Native Plants 

 of Australia, p. 602.) 



42470 to 42475. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, di- 

 rector, Bureau of Agriculture. Received April 8, 1916. 



42470. Uvaria rufa (Dunal) Blume. Annonaeese. 



" Banauac; Susong calaoao. Fruits of this species are oblong, reniform, 

 3 sometimes 4 centimeters in length, in bunches of 18 to 20, averaging 

 115 grams in weight; surface bright red, velvety, ferruginous pubesceat; 

 skin thin, brittle; flesh scant, whitish, juicy, aromatic, subacid, without 

 a trace of sugar; quality rather poor; seeds many. Season, September." 

 (Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review, p. 321, July, 1U13.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 31522. 



42471 to 42475. Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Malvaceae. Roselle. 



42471. "Rico. The young plants of the Rico retain their unifolio- 

 late leaf characters longer than the Victor [S. P. I. No. 42473], and 

 later are mostly tripartite instead of five parted. The stems and 

 calyces are dark red and the leaves dark green with reddish veins. 

 The calyx is of about the same length as the Victor, but of greater 

 equatorial diameter; the fleshy spines subtending the calyx lobes 

 are stout and stand at nearly a straight angle from the axis of 

 the fruit; the apex of the calyx lobes is frequently incurved. The 

 Rico has been named and described from plants grown from seed 

 obtained by the writer in 1911 from Mr. J. E. Higgins, horticul- 

 turist of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, and has 

 probably descended from a variety grown in 1902 at the Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, Mayaguez, Porto Rico, by Mr. O. W. 

 Barrett." {Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review, p. 126, March, 

 1912.) 



