﻿1910. 
  11 
  

  

  26499 
  and 
  26500. 
  

  

  From 
  Kavali, 
  Nellore 
  district, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  E. 
  Bullard. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  January 
  10, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Rev. 
  E. 
  Bullard: 
  

  

  26499. 
  Erythrina 
  indica 
  Lam. 
  

  

  "A 
  useful 
  hedge 
  tree 
  used 
  commonly 
  here 
  around 
  betel-leaf 
  gardens. 
  It 
  is 
  

   leguminous, 
  does 
  not 
  have 
  very 
  spreading 
  limbs, 
  grows 
  rapidly 
  in 
  almost 
  any 
  

   soil, 
  and 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  30 
  or 
  40 
  feet. 
  It 
  can 
  be 
  transplanted 
  and 
  propa- 
  

   gated 
  by 
  cuttings 
  of 
  any 
  size; 
  these 
  require 
  watering 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  until 
  well 
  rooted. 
  

   It 
  is 
  planted 
  close 
  together 
  as 
  a 
  hedge, 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  less 
  apart, 
  at 
  first, 
  and 
  the 
  spaces 
  

   between 
  are 
  filled 
  in 
  with 
  wild 
  sugar 
  cane. 
  The 
  leaf 
  of 
  the 
  Badidi 
  is 
  excellent 
  

   fodder 
  for 
  cattle, 
  sheep, 
  and 
  goats 
  — 
  probably 
  for 
  any 
  animals. 
  The 
  wood 
  is 
  also 
  

   used 
  in 
  making 
  some- 
  ordinary 
  implements. 
  By 
  being 
  cut 
  low 
  it 
  forms 
  an 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  hedge 
  for 
  keeping 
  out 
  animals. 
  The 
  Telugu 
  name 
  is 
  Badidi 
  or 
  Badishe." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  India 
  and 
  the 
  Polynesian 
  Islands; 
  often 
  

   cultivated. 
  

  

  26500. 
  Melia 
  azedarach 
  L. 
  

  

  "A 
  tree 
  called 
  TuraJca 
  vyapa 
  in 
  Telugu, 
  or 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  margosa; 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  

   inferior, 
  however, 
  to 
  the 
  usual 
  margosa, 
  though 
  useful 
  as 
  a 
  quick-growing 
  tree. 
  

   Its 
  seed 
  contains 
  an 
  oil 
  used 
  for 
  medicinal 
  purposes. 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  26501. 
  Rheum 
  nobile 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  and 
  Thorns. 
  

  

  From 
  Sikkim, 
  E. 
  Himalaya, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Capt. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superin- 
  

   tendent, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Sibpur, 
  near 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Received 
  Jan- 
  

   uary 
  10, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "The 
  individual 
  plants 
  of 
  Rheum 
  nobile 
  are 
  upward 
  of 
  a 
  yard 
  high, 
  and 
  form 
  conical 
  

   towers 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  delicate, 
  straw-colored, 
  shining, 
  semitransparent, 
  concave, 
  imbri- 
  

   cating 
  bracts, 
  the 
  upper 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  pink 
  edges, 
  the 
  large 
  bright, 
  glossy, 
  shining, 
  

   green 
  radical 
  leaves, 
  with 
  red 
  petioles 
  and 
  nerves, 
  forming 
  a 
  broad 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  whole. 
  

   On 
  turning 
  up 
  the 
  bracts, 
  the 
  beautiful 
  membranous, 
  fragile, 
  pink 
  stipules 
  are 
  seen, 
  

   like 
  red 
  silver-paper, 
  and 
  within 
  these, 
  again, 
  the 
  short-branched 
  panicles 
  of 
  insig- 
  

   nificant 
  green 
  flowers.— 
  The 
  stems 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  (called 
  ' 
  Chukot' 
  by 
  the 
  inhabitants) 
  

   are 
  pleasantly 
  acid, 
  and 
  much 
  eaten.— 
  The 
  seeds 
  should 
  be 
  planted 
  in 
  peat 
  soil 
  and 
  

   rockwork, 
  and 
  kept 
  very 
  cool 
  and 
  damp." 
  (J. 
  D. 
  Hooker. 
  Illustrations 
  of 
  Hima- 
  

   layan 
  Plants, 
  1855, 
  pi. 
  19.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  alpine 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalaya 
  Mountains, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  

   13,000 
  to 
  15,000 
  feet, 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Sikkim, 
  northeastern 
  India. 
  

  

  26502 
  to 
  26504. 
  

  

  From 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  Cotes, 
  Simla, 
  India. 
  Received 
  

   November 
  17, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26502. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

  

  26503. 
  Amygdalus 
  persica 
  L. 
  Peach. 
  

  

  26504. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

  

  26505 
  and 
  26506. 
  Sesamum 
  orient 
  ale 
  L. 
  Sesame. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  M. 
  W. 
  Farnham, 
  Shanghai, 
  China. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  January 
  5, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26505. 
  Black 
  seeded. 
  26506. 
  White 
  seeded. 
  

  

  