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44660 to 44670— Continued. 



44661. Aleueites fordii Hemsl. Euphorbiaceae. Tung-oil tree. 

 Collected on a mountain, Chekiang, November 14 to 30, 1916. Chinese 



name Yu t'ung." (Bailie.) 



"A rapid-growing, broad-leaved deciduous tree which attains a height 

 of 25 to 35 feet. It is said to be comparatively short lived. Clusters 

 of pinkish white flowers are produced just as the leaves begin to come 

 out in the spring and are followed by green or reddish fruits somewhat 

 larger than the fruit of the black walnut. The fruits contain the large 

 nutlike oily seeds from which tung oil, a valuable drying oil, is ex- 

 pressed. The oil constitutes about 24 per cent (by weight) of the seeds, 

 or about 40 per cent of the kernels from which the shells have been 

 removed. The tree appears to be particularly well adapted to the sandy 

 clay soils and climate of northwestern Florida and the adjacent regions 

 of Alabama and Georgia." (R. A. Young.) 



44662. Querctjs sp. Fagacese. OaTsu 

 " From Anhwei, November 14 to 30, 1916. Collected by students of Nan- 

 king University." (Bailie.) 



44663. Castanopsis sclerophylla (Lindl.) Schottky. Fagacea\ 

 (Quercus sclerophylla Lindl.) 



" From grave land on a mountain, Chekiang, November 14 to 30, 1916. 

 Obtained from natives by students of the university. Chinese name K'u 

 chu tzu (bitter acorn)." (Bailie.) 



An evergreen tree 25 to 65 feet tall, growing in the woods of Hupeh and 

 Chekiang, China, at altitudes up to 1,500 m. (5,000 feet). It is a hand- 

 some tree with nearly smooth, dark-gray bark and a densely branched 

 flattened crown. The natives gather the nuts and crush them, making an 

 edible paste resembling bean curd in appearance and the chinkapin in 

 flavor. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 3, p. 201.) 



44664. Catalpa bungei Meyer. Bignoniacese. 



"From open land, Chekiang, China, November 14 to 30, 1916. Chinese 

 name Tzu:' (Bailie.) 



A quick-growing Chinese tree, up to 100 feet in height, with a trunk 

 10 to 15 feet in circumference a few feet above the ground. The wood r 

 which is strong, light, durable, and nonwarping, resembles walnut to a 

 large extent and is in much demand for fine furniture. The tree might be 

 cultivated in the semiarid sections of the United States where the winters 

 are not too severe. It prefers a porous soil and is easily propagated from 

 suckers which spring up from the roots that are near the surface of tht, 

 ground. (Adapted from a note of Frank N. Meyer under &. P. J. No. 

 38254.) 



44665. Belis lanceolata (Lamb.) Sweet. Pinacese. 

 (Cunningham ia sinensis R. Br.) 



" Collected on a mountain, Chekiang, November 14 to 30, 1916. Chinese 

 name Shan shu (pine tree)." (Bailie.) 



" This handsome tree is found all over the temperate parts of China 

 from sea level up to 2,000 m. altitude, but does not occur where the 

 winters are severe. It is abundant in Fukien, Hunan, Hupeh, and more 

 especially in western Szechwan, where it is partial to red sandstone and 

 forms pure forests. The trunk is mastlike; and the branches are 



