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subacid, aromatic flesh of excellent flavor. (Adapt- 

 ed from P. J. Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review, 

 February, 1914. ) 



Castanopsis selerophylla (Lindl.) Schottky. (Fabaceae.) 

 44663. Seeds from Nanking. An evergreen tree, 25 to 

 65 feet tall, growing in woods of Hupeh and Chekiang, 

 China, at elevations up to 1500 m. (5000 feet). It is 

 a handsome tree with nearly smooth, dark gray bark, 

 and a densely-branched flattened crown. The natives 

 gather the small chestnut-like nuts and crush them, 

 making an edible paste resembling bean-curd in ap- 

 pearance and the chinkapin in flavor. (Adapted from 

 C. S. Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 3, p. 201, 

 202, 1916.) 



Catalpa bungei C. A. Meyer. (Bignoniaceae . ) 44664. 

 Seeds from Nanking, China. Presented by Prof. Joseph 

 Bailie, University of Nanking. A quickly-growing 

 Chinese tree, up to 100 feet in height and with a 

 trunk 10 to 15 feet in diameter a few feet above the 

 ground. The wood, which is strong, light, durable 

 and non-warping, resembles walnut to a large extent 

 and is much in demand for fine furniture. The tree 

 might be cultivated in the semiarid sections of the 

 United States .where the winters are not too severe. 

 It prefers a porous soil, and is easily propagated 

 from suckers which spring up from .the roots that are 

 near the surface of the ground. (Adapted from note 

 of Frank N. Meyer.) Not the dense round bush ordina- 

 rily grown as C. bungei Hort. 



Clerodendrum trichotomum fargesii (Dode) Rehder. (Ver- 

 benaceae.) 44533. Seeds from Ventimiglia, Italy. 

 Presented by the Superintendent, La Mortola Botanic 

 Gardens. A Chinese shrub, 3.5 to 4 meters (10 to 15 

 feet) in height; with dark green, oval, lance-shaped 

 leaves, 10 to 15 cm. (4 to 6 inches) long; very frag- 

 rant, light pink flowers in axillary cymes; and dark 

 purple drupes, 4 to 5 mm. (1/5 inch) in diameter, with 

 very hard, black seeds. It is easily raised from seed, 

 in ordinary soil. (Adapted from J. Pinelle, in Revue 

 Horticole, vol. 83, p. 522-523, under C. fargesii.) 



Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hooker. (Pinaceae.) 



Seeds from Nanking, China. Presented by Prof. 



Joseph Bailie, University of Nanking. "This handsome 



tree is found all over the temperate parts of China 



