﻿30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



47548 to 47550— Continued. 



47549. Callistemon bigidus R. Br. Myrtacese. 



V Bottle brush." 



A shrub, sometimes 30 feet tall, native to New South Wales. The 

 leaves, 2 to 5 inches long, are narrowly linear, and the red flowers, 

 with dark-red stamens an inch long, are borne in large, dense spikes. 

 (Adapted from Bentham, Flora Australiensis, vol. 3, p. 121.) 



47550. Callitris cupeessiformis Vent. Pinacese. 

 (Frenela rhomboidea Endl.) 



" Murray pine. Grows in low districts of the mallee." 



The timber is strong, durable, and close grained. It is much used 



for telegraph poles and for building purposes. (Adapted from Maiden, 



Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. 543.) 



47551. Batthinia sp. Csesalpiniacese. 



From Cristobal, Canal Zone. Presented by Mr. S. P. Verner. Received 

 June 2, 1919. 

 "I have a suspicion that this is the cacique careyT (Verner.) 

 "This name probably refers to a beautifully mottled wood which is used 

 for making walking sticks." (W. E. Safford.) 



47552 to 47555. Dahlia spp. Aster acese. Dahlia. 



From Leyden, the Netherlands. Seeds presented by the director of the 

 botanical laboratory, Rijks Universiteit. Received June 2, 1919. 

 Introduced for experiments being conducted by specialists of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture in tracing the ancestry of our cultivated dahlias. 

 47552. Dahlia merckii Lehm. 

 47553 to 47555. Dahlia variabilis Desf. 



47553. Hybrids. 47555. Apparently mixed varieties. 



47554. Variety paeoniaeflora. 



47556 to 47558. Saccharum officinartjm L. Poacese. 



Sugar cane. 



From Porto Rico. Cuttings from Dr. E. W. Brandes, Office of Sugar-Plant 

 Investigations. Received April 25, 1919. 



47556. Rayada. 47558. D17. 



47557. D117. 



47559. Hymenaea cotjrbaril L. Csesalpiniacese. Courbaril. 



From Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela. Fruits presented by Mr. J. G. 

 Meyer, American vice consul. Received June 5, 1919. 

 This important tree flourishes throughout the tropical parts of the Western 

 Hemisphere. The pods contain an edible substance surrounding the seeds, and 

 the wood is fine grained, hard, and heavy. The principal use of the tree is in 

 furnishing South American copal, a gum which exudes from wounds in the 

 bark [and is also said to exude naturally from the roots and lower part of the 

 trunk]. Some of the trees in the Brazilian forest are 6 feet in diameter above 

 the buttresses and are estimated to be more than 1,000 years old. These trees 

 produce large quantities of gum during their lifetime, and the spot in which 



