﻿12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



47364. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. Kidney cotton. 

 From Asahan. Sumatra. Collected at Kampong Poeloe, Mandi, by Prof. 



H. H. Bartlett, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Received 

 April 3, 1919. 

 " Kapas Palembany. Seed of a native-grown cotton from Kampong Poeloe, 

 Mandi, Asahan, Sumatra. It grows to be a small tree." {Bartlett.) 



47365. Lithocarpus cornea (Lour.) Behder. Fagacese. 

 (Quercus cornea Lour.) 



From Hongkong, China. Purchased from Mr. W. J. Tutcher, superin- 

 tendent. Botanical and Forestry Department. Received April 3, 1919. 



" An oaklike tree with oblong, sharp-pointed evergreen leaves 2 to 4 inches 

 long, which are smooth and green on the under side; interesting particularly 

 as bearing acorns as hard-shelled as the nuts of the American hickory, which 

 contain a kernel almost as sweet as the sweetest Spanish chestnut. Said to be 

 a very interesting ornamental as grown on the island of Hongkong." (David 

 Fairchild.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 10633. 



47366 to 46368. Acacia spp. Mimosaceae. Acacia. 



From Tangier, Morocco. Presented by M. Jules Goffart. Received April 3, 

 1919. 



47366. Acacia buxifolia A. Cunn. 



An Australian shrub with slender twiggy branches bearing nearly 

 erect, lanceolate, glabrous phyllodia and racemes, longer than the leaves, 

 of four to six globose heads of deep-yellow flowers. (Adapted from 

 Hooker, Icones Plantarium, vol. 2, pi. 16'i.) 



47367. Acacia holosericea A. Cunn. 



This shrub or small tree from Australia is interesting because of the 

 white, silky pubescence which covers the branches and leaves. The 

 branchlets are 3-angled ; the obliquely acute phyllodia are 4 to 6 inches 

 long; and the flowers are in spikes 2 inches long. (Adapted from Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. J, p. 187.) 



47368. Acacia notabilis F. Muell. 



A tall handsome shrub found on the slopes of the mountains in New 

 South Wales and South Australia. The sword-shaped, almost linear, 

 phyllodia are 4 to 6 inches long, and the dense globular heads, of about 

 50 flowers each, are borne in short racemes. (Adapted from Bentham, 

 Flora Australiensis, vol. 2, p. 365.) 



47369. Phormium tenax Forst. Liliacese. New Zealand flax. 



From Auckland, New Zealand. Purchased through Mr. J. W. Poynton. 

 Received April 3, 1919. 



" Good Phormium tenax seed, purchased from a local seedsman. The variety 

 has no name ; in fact, the plant does not vary much, it is known as ' good ' or 

 'poor' according to its size and fiber content." (Poynton.) 



