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Acer eampbellii (Aceraceae), 47629. Maple. From 

 Darjeeling, India. A collection of seeds presented by 

 Mr. G. H. Cave, director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. This 

 is the principal maple of the northeastern Himalayas, 

 where it grows at an altitude of 7,000 feet and more. 

 The leaves are a beautiful green with red petioles. 

 The grayish white, close-grained wood is moderately 

 hard and is extensively used for planking and for tea 

 boxes. The tree reproduces freely by seed or by coppice , 

 and plays an important part in the regeneration of the 

 hill forests. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the 

 Economic Products of India, vol. 1, p. 69.) 



A inerimnon 8188QO (Fabaceae) , 47637. From Darjeeling, 

 India. A collection of seeds presented by Mr. G. H. 

 Cave, director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. "The timber 

 is very valuable, and is one of the numerous kinds 

 which are known in the timber trade as rosewood. The 

 heartwood is brownish, and it posseses great strength 

 and elasticity. It Is also heavy, its weight being 

 about 50 Ibs. to the cubic foot. The wood is used for 

 all kinds of joinery and cabinet work, carving, build- 

 ing material, gun carriages, etc. It requires a 

 tropical or subtropical temperature." (Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, Jan. 31, 1914, p. 82, under Dalbergia sissoo . ) 



Anacardium excelsum (Anacardiaceae) , 47929. From 

 New York, N. Y. Seeds presented by H. P. Finlay & Co. 

 Ltd. "Seeds, called 'mijagua,' that come from Vene- 

 zuela, where they are used as a substitute for Indian 

 corn in the feeding of hogs. These seeds are much 

 cheaper than Indian corn in Venezuela." (Finlay.) 



A majestic tree, related to the cashew nut, found 

 at altitudes ranging from sea level to 2,700 feet in 

 torrid regions. The wood is hard and heavy and worked 

 with difficulty, but it is used in making boats and 

 canoes. Fish are very fond of the fruit and it is 

 stated that in ancient times the Indians in Talamanca 

 used the cut-up bark of this tree to stupefy the fish 

 and thereby to catch them more easily. (Adapted from 

 Pittier, Plantas Usu.ales de Costa Rica, p. 92.) 



For previous introduction and description see 

 Plant Immigrant Bulletin No. 111-2, p. 904, S. P. I. 

 No. 40987. 



Araehis kypoi'aea (Fabaceae), 47865. Peanut. From 

 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Seeds presented by Capt . 



