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Saraea declinata (Jack.) Miquel. (Caesalpiniaceae . ) 

 44900. Kisokka seeds from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented 

 by Dr. J. C. Koningsberger, Director, Botanic Garden. 

 An ornamental tree, rarely more than 20 feet high, 

 with alternate, pinnate leaves composed of 6 to 8 

 pairs of oblong-lanceolate leaflets which are pur- 

 plish brown when young. The bright yellow, reddish- 

 tinged flowers occur in corymbs, sometimes on the 

 trunk, and make a pleasing contrast with the crimson 

 peduncles of the corymb. The oblong, flat pods are 

 about a foot long, and are of a beautiful purplish 

 crimson while immature. (Adapted from Van Nooten, 

 Fleurs & Fruits de Java, Part 3, 1863.) 



Strophanthus eaudatus (Burm. ) Kurz. (Apocynaceae . ) 

 44901. Kikoeija seeds from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented 

 by Dr. J. C. Koningsberger, Director, Botanic Garden. 

 A very ornamental, shrubby vine, with white-dotted 

 dark brown bark; simple, opposite, smooth, oval-acu- 

 minate, green leaves; and large, showy, red and white 

 flowers occurring either singly or in corymbs. The 

 fruits are follicles sometimes 2 feet in length, and 

 the seeds, which are provided with long, silky hairs, 

 are very pretty. This vine is a native of the East 

 Indies, where the women use the flowers to adorn their 

 head dresses. (Adapted from Van Nooten, Fleur & Fruits 

 de Java, Part 7, 1864, under 5. dichotomies.) 



Telopea speeiosissima (Smith) R. Brown. (Proteaceae . ) 

 44837. Waratah seeds from Sydney, Australia. Presented 

 by Mr. J. H. Maiden, Director, Botanic Gardens. A 

 stout, erect, glabrous shrub 6 to 8 feet high, with 

 leathery, cuneate-oblong leaves, 5 to 10 inches long, 

 and very handsome cr-imson flowers in dense heads or 

 racemes 3 inches in diameter. The fruit is a leathery, 

 recurved follicle 3 to 4 inches long, containing 10 to 

 20 seeds. It is a native of New South Wales. (Adapted 

 from Bentham & Mueller Flora Australiensis , vol. 5, 

 p. 534.) 



Trifolium pratense L. (Fabaceae.) 44906. Red clover 

 seeds from Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Mr. I. A. 

 Pullman, through Dr. Robert Regel, Bureau of Applied 

 Botany. "(March 25, 1917.) Late, tufted. Second gen- 

 eration; I. A. Pullman, selector. Crop of 1916. From 

 2.7 acres were harvested 10,000 pounds of hay and 600 

 pounds of seeds." (Pullman.) Introduced for the Office 

 of Forage Crop Investigations. 



