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well inland providing it is protected from frost." 

 (Wright. ) 



For previous introduction and description see 

 Plant Immigrant Bulletin No. 122, p. 1017, S. P. I. 

 Nos. 42851, 42852. 



Pavetta indiea (Rxzbiaceae) , 47749. Pawatia. From 

 Darjeeling, India. Seeds presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, 

 director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A very variable bush 

 or small tree, common throughout most of India, as- 

 cending to 4,000 feet- in Garhwal. The powdered root 

 is used as a laxative in native medicine, and the fruit, 

 a two-seeded berry, is picked and eaten in Madras. The 

 white flowers, which occur in broad flat corymbs, are 

 said to be used as food by the hill people of Matheran. 

 (Adapted from Watt , Dictionary of the Economic Poducts 

 of India, vol. 6, p. 114; and Brandis, Forest Flora 

 of India, p. 275. ) 



For notes on the interesting bacterial nodules 

 of the leaves, see Pavetta zimmerinanniana , S. P. I. Nos. 

 42767 and 45554, Plant Immigrant Bulletin Nos. 121 and 

 141, pp. 1003, and 1267 respectively. 



Pieris ovalifoli'.i (Ericaceae), 47755. From Darjeeling, 

 India. Seeds presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, director, 

 Lloyd Botanic Garden. A shrub or small tree with ovate 

 or somewhat oblong leathery leaves 3 to 6 inches long, 

 and racemes of white or bluish, or sometimes flesh- 

 colored flowers. Because of a poisonous principle the 

 young leaves and buds are a useful insecticide. It is 

 a native of the temperate parts of the Himalayas. 

 (Adapted from Brandis, Forest Flora of India, p. 280; 

 and Watt , Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, 

 vol. 6, p. 22 9 . ) 



Primus cerasifera inyrobalana ( Amygdalae eae ), 47932. 

 From Auckland, New Zealand. Plants presented by Mr. 

 H. R. Wright. "'Coffee's Myrobalan. ' This variety we 

 use for the working of European plums and prunes (Prunus 

 domestica) . They grow well, and make a good union on 

 it. It strikes almost as freely as a willow. " (Wright.) 



Randia uliginosa (Rubiaceae), 47769. From Darjeel- 

 ing, India. Seeds presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, di- 

 rector, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A small, deciduous tree 

 of eastern, central, and southern India, with shining 

 leaves and large, showy, white or cream-colored flowers. 

 The succulent fruit is used in dyeing as an intensi- 

 fier, and also in medicine as an astringent. Boiled 



