﻿42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



46294. Merrillia caloxylon (Ridley) Swingle. Rutaceae. 

 (Murraya caloxylon Ridley.) Katinga. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. E. D. Merrill. Re- 

 ceived June 25, 1918. 

 " A short time ago I received two fruits of this species from Mr. Burkill in 

 Singapore. I am sending you seeds from one of these fruits and I trust that 

 they may reach you in a viable condition." {Merrill.) 



A medium-sized tree with pale flaky bark, native to Siam. The compound 

 leaves are made up of 13 oblanceolate leaflets on a winged rachis. The pale 

 yellowish green flowers are followed by yellow citronlike fruits, 4 inches in 

 diameter, with a thick skin and green, tasteless flesh. The tree is known as the 

 katinga and is famous in the Malay region for its beautiful wood, which is of 

 a light-yellow color with clark-brown streaks. It is fairly hard and takes a 

 good polish. (Adapted from the Journal of the States Branch, Royal Asiatic 

 Society, vol. 50, p. 113.) 



46295. Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. Poaceae. Ragi millet. 



From Beira, Mozambique. Presented by Mr. William Humphreys, acting 

 director of agriculture. Received June 25, 1918. 

 11 Ragi millet is the only variety grown in this territory. It is grown only 

 by natives for food purposes and, with the exception of pearl millet (Pennisetum 

 glaucum), is practically the only millet grown here." (Humphreys.) 



46296. Chenopodium ambrosioides L. Chenopodiaceae. 



From Rio Grande, Brazil. Purchased from Mr. Samuel T. Lee, American 

 consul. Received June 28, 1918. 



Known in Brazil as " herva de Santa Maria " or " Mastruz." A viscid- 

 glandular, rank-smelling, perennial herb, native to tropical America, but widely 

 naturalized and growing abundantly in North America, especially in the 

 eastern United States, as a coarse weed of the roadside and waste places. 

 Its medicinal importance is due to the volatile oil which it contains. A very 

 active anthelmintic is obtained when the bruised fruit or the expressed juice 

 of the plant is used. It is frequently employed for the expulsion of lumbricoid 

 worms, especially in children. (Adapted from The National Dispensatory, p. 

 402.) 



See S. P. I. No. 45610 for previous introduction. 



46297. Elaeis guineensis Jacq. Phoenicacese. Oil palm. 

 From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. P. J. S. Cramer, chief, Division 



of Plant Breeding, Department of Agriculture. Received June 28, 1918. 

 " We received this variety from the Belgian Kongo in 1914 under the name of 

 Nsombo B. The imported seeds were taken from one seed bearer. The plants 

 grown from these seeds were planted in May, 1915, on a rubber estate, where 

 no other oil palms were near, so that they could only fertilize each other. They 

 are now commencing to bear fruit. We can not yet determine the value of the 

 new variety from a commercial point of view." (Cramer.) 



46298. Carex pendula Huds. Cyperacese. Sedge. 



(C. maxima Scop.) 

 Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Calif., from seed 

 received from Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky, Nice, France. Numbered 

 for convenience in recording distribution. 



