24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED. 



42477 to 42519— Continued. 



42511. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1176." 



42512. -'Paulsen hybrid No. 1901." 



42513. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1511." 



42514. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1321." 



42515. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1742." 



42516. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1776." 



42517. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1548." 



42518. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1902." 



42519. "Paulsen hybrid" (number not legible). 



42520 to 42523. 



From Azua, Santo Domingo. Received through Dr. J. N. Rose, TJ. S. 

 National Museum, April 13, 1910. Quoted notes by Dr. Rose. 



42520. Coccothrixax argextea (Lodd.) Sarg. Phcenicacese. Palm. 

 (Thrinax argent ca Lodd.) 



•'A common species of Santo Domingo. It has purple -fruit." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40524. 



42521. Guilaxdina boxduc L. Ca?salpiniaeea?. 

 (Caesalpinia bonducella Fleming.) 



"A low shrub." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 38S91. 



42522. Ixodes keglecta (Beccari) O. F. Cook. Phoenicace.ne. 

 (Kabul ncgleeta Beccari.) 



"A tree about 20 feet high, with large, fanlike leaves and large more 

 or less drooping flower clusters. It doubtless would prove a valuable palm 

 for introduction into the warmer parts of this country." 



" This palm was first described by Beccari in AVebbia, vol. 2, p. 40, 1907, 

 as Subal ncgleeta. It is closely related to the hat palm of Porto Rico, 

 Inodes causiarum, and is therefore placed in that genus.'' (O. F. Cook.) 



42523. Picrodexdeon medium Small. Simaroubacea?. 



" This plant is common about Azua, Santo Domingo. It is a tree with 

 round, orange-colored fruit." 



42524. Dioscorea daemona Roxb. Dioscoreacea?. Yam. 



From Singapore. Straits Settlements. Tubers presented by Mr. I. Henry 

 Burkill, Botanical Gardens. Received April 14, 1916. 



"A large climber of the tropical forests of India and Burma. Steins twining 

 to the left, sometimes prickly; leaves digitately three to five nerved; capsule 

 longer than broad and seeds winged at the base only. This wild yam is exten- 

 sively used as a famine food, chiefly in Burma and the Central Provinces and 

 Central India. It appears never to have been cultivated. Some writers, how- 

 ever, say the roots are highly poisonous and cause intoxication, but are rendered 

 edible by boiling and steeping in running water, this treatment being repeated 

 two or three times. Ridley speaks of the tubers being used in the manufacture 

 of dart poison.'' ( Watt, The Commercial Products of India, p. Jj[9-'f.) 



