﻿42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



47629 to 47830— Continued. 



47647. Betula tjtilis D. Don. Betulaceae. Birch. 

 A moderate-sized tree, 40 to 50 feet in height, with smooth shining 



whitish bark and irregularly serrate leaves. The tough hard wood is 

 pinkish white and even grained. (Adapted from Kirtikar, Indian Medic- 

 inal Plants, pt. 2, p. 1213.) 



47648. Beassaiopsis speciosa Dec. and Planch. Araliacese. 



A small tree with the upper parts of the branches prickly and with 

 digitate leaves. The panicle is large, sometimes more than a foot 

 long. The tree is a native of Nepal, Assam, and Burma, India. (Adapted 

 from Hooker, Fora of British India, vol. 2, p. 737.) 



47649. Bucklandia populnea R. Br. Hamamelidacese. 



A large evergreen tree, up to 80 feet in height, native to the eastern 

 Himalayas at altitudes of 3,000 to 8,000 feet. The wood is grayish 

 brown, close grained, and durable, and is very much used in Darjiling for 

 planking and for doors and window frames. (Adapted from Watt, Dic- 

 tionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 1. p. 545.) 



47650. Buddleia asiatica Lour. Loganiacese. 



A graceful, large shrub or small tree, common through India and the 

 Malay Peninsula, ascending to 6,000 feet in the Nilghiri Hills. The 

 lanceolate leaves are 4 to 8 inches long, and the small, white, sweet- 

 scented flowers are borne in long, slender, spikelike racemes. This plant 

 flowers continuously for three months in India. (Adapted from Curtis 1 s 

 Botanical Magazine, pi. 6323.) 



47651. Callicarpa rubella Lindl. Verbenacese. 



A small Chinese shrub, about 2 feet in height, entirely covered with 

 short hairs. The flat, yellowish green leaves are 4 to 5 inches long, with 

 strong dentations and cordate bases. The small pink flowers are borne 

 in many-flowered cymes. (Adapted from Botanical Register, vol. 11, p. 

 883.) 



47652. Callicarpa vestita Wall. Verbenacese. 



A medium-sized tree, often 30 feet high, with a thick trunk and ovate, 

 acute leaves with silky white lower surfaces, 4 to 10 inches long. The 

 lavender flowers are in axillary cymes. It is a native of Nepal and 

 Sikkim, India, where it ascends to 4.000 feet. (Adapted from Hooker, 

 Flora of British India, vol. 4, p. 567.) 



47653. Capparis olacifolia Hook. f. and Thorns. Capparidacese. 



An erect thorny shrub, 6 to 8 feet tall, with shining leaves and large, 

 axillary flowers, white, with blue anthers. The shrub is found in the 

 tropical valleys of the Himalayas from Nepal to Assam. The wood is 

 white and hard, and weighs about 44 pounds to the cubic foot. (Adapted 

 from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 2, p. 

 132, and Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 178.) 



47654. Cassia laevigata Willd. Caesalpiniacese. Canudo de pito. 

 A tropical American ornamental shrub with panicles of whitish yellow 



flowers. The reedlike branches are used in Brazil for making smoking 

 pipes. (Adapted from Rodrigues, Hortus Fluminensis, p. 146.) 



47655. Cassia tora L. Csesalpiniaceae. 



An annual shrub, common throughout the Tropics, the seeds of which 

 have been recently used as an adulterant for coffee in Bombay, India. 



