﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  51 
  

  

  32784 
  to 
  32826— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32811. 
  Holoptelea 
  integrifolia 
  (Roxb.) 
  Planchon. 
  Indian-elm. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  large, 
  spreading 
  tree 
  found 
  in 
  India 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  ranges 
  

   of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  southward 
  and 
  eastward 
  to 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  Cochin 
  China. 
  

  

  32812. 
  Kydia 
  calycin 
  a" 
  Roxburgh. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree 
  with 
  large 
  panicles 
  of 
  white 
  or 
  pink 
  flowers, 
  found 
  in 
  

   India 
  from 
  the 
  tropical 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  in 
  Kumaon 
  eastward 
  to 
  Burma 
  

   and 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  Coromandel 
  Coast. 
  

  

  32813. 
  Lagerstroemia 
  parviflora 
  Roxburgh. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree 
  with 
  small 
  white 
  flowers 
  found 
  in 
  India 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  western 
  Himalayas 
  southward 
  throughout 
  the 
  Dekkan 
  Peninsula. 
  

  

  32814. 
  Lagerstroemia 
  speciosa 
  (L.) 
  Persoon. 
  

  

  "A 
  beautiful 
  tree 
  cultivated 
  throughout 
  India, 
  producing 
  a 
  great 
  abundance 
  

   of 
  beautiful 
  purple 
  flowers. 
  It 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  crape 
  myrtle 
  of 
  the 
  

   South, 
  but 
  the 
  flowers 
  are 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  handsomer. 
  It 
  should 
  succeed 
  in 
  

   Florida 
  and 
  southern 
  California. 
  " 
  

  

  32815. 
  Lantana 
  sp. 
  

  

  32816. 
  Leucaena 
  glauca 
  (L.) 
  Bentham. 
  

  

  32817. 
  Nyctanthes 
  arbor-tristis 
  L. 
  Hursingar. 
  

   "A 
  dwarf 
  tree 
  with 
  spreading 
  top 
  and 
  highly 
  scented 
  white 
  flowers. 
  " 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  small 
  tree 
  with 
  flowers 
  in 
  heads, 
  found 
  in 
  India 
  at 
  an 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  1,000 
  to 
  3,000 
  feet; 
  generally 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  Tropics. 
  

  

  32818. 
  Oroxylon 
  indicum 
  (L.) 
  Vent. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  29183 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  32819. 
  Owenia 
  cerasifera 
  F. 
  Mueller. 
  Queensland-plum. 
  

   "A 
  handsome 
  evergreen 
  tree; 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  eaten. 
  " 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  small 
  tree 
  growing 
  along 
  the 
  Bufdekin 
  River 
  in 
  Queensland, 
  

   Australia. 
  

  

  32820. 
  Parkinsonia 
  aculeata 
  L. 
  

  

  32821. 
  Phoenix 
  farinifera 
  Roxburgh. 
  

  

  "The 
  leaves 
  of 
  Phoenix 
  farinifera 
  are 
  made 
  into 
  coarse 
  sleeping 
  mats 
  in 
  India, 
  

   while 
  the 
  split 
  petioles 
  are 
  fashioned 
  into 
  baskets. 
  In 
  China 
  the 
  fiber 
  is 
  used 
  

   for 
  brushes. 
  " 
  (Dodge, 
  Useful 
  Fiber 
  Plants.) 
  

  

  "A 
  dwarf 
  species, 
  adapted 
  to 
  sandy 
  and 
  otherwise 
  dry 
  and 
  barren 
  land, 
  but 
  

   prefers 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  sea. 
  Berry 
  shining 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  sweet 
  mealy 
  pulp. 
  " 
  

   (Mueller, 
  Select 
  Plants.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Along 
  the 
  Coromandel 
  Coast 
  of 
  southern 
  India, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   northern 
  part 
  of 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  32822. 
  Phoenix 
  paludosa 
  Roxburgh. 
  

  

  "A 
  stout 
  Indian 
  species, 
  not 
  very 
  tall, 
  of 
  value 
  for 
  decorative 
  culture." 
  

   (Mueller, 
  Select 
  Plants.) 
  

  

  "The 
  leaves 
  supply 
  material 
  for 
  rough 
  ropes 
  in 
  the 
  Sundarbans, 
  which 
  are 
  

   used 
  for 
  securing 
  boats, 
  logs, 
  etc., 
  and 
  its 
  leaves 
  are 
  also 
  employed 
  for 
  thatch- 
  

   ing. 
  " 
  (Dodge, 
  Useful 
  Fiber 
  Plants.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  small 
  tree 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  rivers 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  

   India 
  from 
  Bengal 
  to 
  Burma 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Andaman 
  Islands; 
  also 
  in 
  Siam 
  and 
  

   Cochin 
  China. 
  

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