﻿34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



45092. Livistona attstralis (R. Br.) Mart. Phoenicacese. 



Australian fan palm. 



From Sydney, New South Wales. Seeds presented by Mr. W. J. Allen, 

 Department of Agriculture, New South Wales, through Prof. S. C. 

 Mason, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received August 23, 1917. 

 A tall, slender palm, 12 to 18 inches in diameter and 100 to 130 feet in 

 height. Native to eastern Australia. The moderately hard wood is light 

 colored and is occasionally used for light construction. The leaves are used 

 for baskets ; and the unexpanded fronds, after being dipped in boiling water, 

 are dried and the fiber used in making hats resembling Panamas. The " cab- 

 bage," either raw or cooked, is highly esteemed by the natives. (Adapted 

 from Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia.) 



45093. Kennedya sterlingii Lindl. Fabacese. 



From Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by Mr. Hugh Dixson. Re- 

 ceived August 24, 1917. 

 " Put seed into boiling water ; when cool, sow. Plant out seedlings in sandy, 

 peaty soil, well drained. Plants will not stand temperatures below frost 

 point." (Dixson.) 



A trailing or twining leguminous perennial with trifoliolate leaves, the leaf- 

 lets orbicular, and with scarlet or pale vermilion flowers in one or three 

 pairs. Native to Western Australia. (Adapted from Botanical Register, 

 plate 1845.) 



45094. Hoheria populnea A. Cunn. Malvaceae. 



From Avondale, Auckland, New* Zealand. Seeds presented by Mr. H. R. 

 Wright. Received August 24, 1917. 

 " Commonly called lacebark." (Wright.) 



A handsome small tree or shrub, 10 to 30 feet in height, with very variable 

 leaves and snow-white flowers produced in great profusion. (Adapted from 

 Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1496.) 



45095. Anacardittm occidentale L. Anacardiacea?. Cashew. 



From Pernambuco, Brazil. Seeds presented by Mr. Arminius T. Haeberle, 

 American consul. Received July 17, 1917. 

 A spreading tree, 30 to 40 feet in height, with large leathery leaves, bearing 

 fruits consisting of a large, swollen, pear-shaped stalk, 2 to 4 inches long, and 

 a small kidney-shaped nut, about an inch long, at the extremity. The stalk 

 is juicy and acid and is used in preserves ; the nut has an edible seed, which is 

 roasted and served as a dessert. The tree is supposed to be a native of the 

 West Indies and is propagated from seeds or by layering. (Adapted from Mac- 

 millan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, p. 134.) 



45096. Berberis trifoliolata Moric. Berberidaceae. Barberry. 



Plants grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Calif., from 



seeds originally received from Dr. David Griffiths, collected in Texas. 



Numbered August 31, 1917. 



Evergreen shrub, 2 to 5 feet in height, often forming large thickets. The 



leaves compound, the three leaflets each three to five lobed and spiny. Berries 



red, aromatic, and acid, about as large as peas; ripening in May; much used 



for tarts, jellies, etc. (Adapted from Contributions from the U. S. National 



Herbarium, vol. 2, p. 10.) 



