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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  32111 
  to 
  32135— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32115. 
  ARUNDIN 
  ELLA 
  sp 
  . 
  

  

  "(No. 
  70, 
  August 
  11, 
  1911.) 
  From 
  mountains 
  near 
  Garoet, 
  Java. 
  Makes 
  a 
  

   good 
  sward 
  and 
  is 
  probably 
  valuable 
  as 
  pasturage. 
  Seed 
  habits 
  good." 
  

  

  32116. 
  Axonopus 
  compressus 
  (Swartz) 
  Beauv. 
  

  

  " 
  (No. 
  71, 
  July 
  26, 
  1911.) 
  Best 
  lawn 
  grass 
  in 
  Buitenzorg; 
  will 
  grow 
  in 
  dense 
  

   shade." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  "West 
  Indies 
  and 
  southward 
  to 
  Brazil; 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  

   Tropics 
  of 
  the 
  Old 
  World. 
  

  

  32117. 
  Syntherisma 
  sanguinalis 
  (L.) 
  Dulac. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  72, 
  July 
  25, 
  1911.) 
  Collected 
  in 
  shady 
  ground 
  at 
  Hotel 
  des 
  Indes, 
  

   Batavia, 
  Java. 
  A 
  lawn 
  grass 
  much 
  like 
  St. 
  Augustine, 
  but 
  hardly 
  as 
  good." 
  

  

  32118. 
  Syntherisma 
  debilis 
  (Desf.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  (Panicum 
  debile 
  Desf., 
  1800, 
  Flora 
  Atlantica, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  59.) 
  

   The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  grass, 
  received 
  from 
  Java 
  as 
  an 
  unidentified 
  species 
  of 
  

   Syntherisma, 
  belong 
  to 
  Panicum 
  debile 
  Desfontaines. 
  This 
  species 
  seems 
  not 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Syntherisma 
  heretofore. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  73, 
  July 
  26, 
  1911.) 
  Growing 
  in 
  an 
  orchard 
  near 
  Buitenzorg. 
  Much 
  

   smaller 
  and 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  our 
  crab-grass, 
  but 
  perhaps 
  of 
  similar 
  value. 
  

   Makes 
  a 
  good 
  turf. 
  " 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Found 
  on 
  the 
  plains 
  and 
  low 
  hills 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  extends 
  east- 
  

   ward 
  through 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

  

  32119. 
  Panicum 
  maximum 
  hirsutissimum 
  Nees. 
  

  

  " 
  (No. 
  74, 
  July 
  2, 
  1911.) 
  Growing 
  at 
  Singalong 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Manila, 
  

   P. 
  I. 
  Smaller 
  than 
  Guinea 
  grass. 
  Decumbent 
  at 
  base, 
  and 
  roots 
  at 
  nodes." 
  

  

  32120. 
  Syntherisma 
  longiflora 
  (Retz.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  {Paspalum 
  longifiorum 
  Retz., 
  1786, 
  Observationum 
  Botauicarum, 
  vol. 
  

   4, 
  p. 
  15.) 
  

  

  The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  grass, 
  received 
  from 
  Ceylon, 
  were 
  identified 
  as 
  Paspalum 
  

   longifiorum 
  Retz., 
  which 
  seems 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  heretofore 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Syntherisma. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  75, 
  August 
  25, 
  1911.) 
  From 
  Peradeniya, 
  Ceylon. 
  A 
  creeping 
  species 
  

   rooting 
  at 
  the 
  joints, 
  which 
  makes 
  a 
  good 
  but 
  thin 
  turf." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Found 
  in 
  India 
  from 
  Kashmir 
  to 
  Ceylon, 
  and 
  in 
  Malakka; 
  is 
  

   generally 
  distributed 
  in 
  the 
  tropical 
  and 
  subtropical 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  

   Hemisphere. 
  

  

  32121. 
  Pterocarpus 
  indicus 
  Willd. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  42, 
  August 
  15, 
  1911.) 
  From 
  Singapore. 
  A 
  beautiful 
  shade 
  tree, 
  elm- 
  

   like 
  in 
  form, 
  but 
  with 
  drooping 
  branches. 
  Abundantly 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  Malay 
  

   Peninsula, 
  but, 
  according 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Ridley, 
  is 
  not 
  native. 
  Said 
  to 
  differ 
  from 
  the 
  

   true 
  Pterocarpus 
  indicus 
  in 
  having 
  larger 
  pods." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  -A 
  tall 
  tree 
  found 
  throughout 
  India 
  and 
  eastward 
  through 
  

   China 
  and 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

  

  32122. 
  Salakka 
  edulis 
  Reinw. 
  

  

  " 
  (No. 
  44, 
  July 
  24, 
  1911.) 
  From 
  Batavia, 
  Java. 
  A 
  palm 
  cultivated 
  in 
  Java. 
  

   The 
  fruit 
  consists 
  of 
  three 
  carpels 
  enclosed 
  in 
  a 
  scaly 
  envelope. 
  Each 
  carpel 
  

   is 
  fleshy, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  central 
  seed. 
  The 
  flesh 
  is 
  firm 
  and 
  much 
  like 
  quince 
  in 
  

   flavor. 
  Abundant 
  in 
  the 
  Java 
  markets 
  in 
  July. 
  Malay 
  name 
  Salak." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago. 
  

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