1492 



This introduction is producing more seed than A. fordii 

 or A. moluceana, and I am sending you a bag of it. It 

 grows well with us and the seed is easily gathered." 

 (May.) 



"This is a strictly tropical species of very 

 limited distribution, and is reported to fruit rather 

 irregularly and less prolif ically than the true lumbang, 

 A. moluceana, the more common, hard-shelled species. The 

 shell of the seed is much thinner and more easily 

 broken than that of the common lumbang, and the oil 

 obtained from the kernel is said to be very similar in 

 drying properties to that of A. fordii, the tung-oil tree 

 of China." (R. A. Young. ) 



For previous introduction and distribution, see 

 S. P. I. No. 44061, Plant Immigrant Bulletin, No. 129, 

 January, 1917, p. 1107. 



Amygdalus davidiana (Amygdalaceae ) , 47949. From 

 Dundee, 111. Presented by the D. Hill Nursery Co., 

 who purchased them from the Yokohama Nursery Co., 

 Yokohama, Japan. Seeds of the davidiana peach, part 

 of a shipment secured for stock purposes. The Yokohama 

 Nursery Co. presumably obtained the seeds from China. 

 So far as the Department is informed, this is the 

 first commercial introduction of davidiana peach pits 

 into the United States. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 Plate No. 194, Plant Immigrant Bulletin, No. 121, May, 

 1916. 



Anaxagorea brevipes (Annonaceae) , 47959. From 

 Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana. Presented by 

 Mr. J. B. Harrison, director, Science and Agriculture 

 Department, Botanic Gardens. . "Black Yarri-yarri . " A 

 tree with yellow, medium hard wood which is used for 

 fishing rods. (Adapted from Journal of the Board of 

 Agriculture of British Guiana, July, 1918, vol. 11, 

 p. 99.) 



Baukinia sp. (Caesalpiniaceae ) . 47940. Plants 

 growing at the Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, 

 Rockville, Md . , from seeds collected by Dr. J. N. 

 Rose, associate curator, National Herbarium. "No. 22119. 

 August, 1918. This plant was very common on the dry 

 hills above Huigra, Ecuador, associated with Cacti, 

 Fourcroya, and other semi-arid plants. It forms a 

 small round bush about 3 or 4 feet high with the 

 characteristic two-lobed leaf of the Bauhinia. The 



