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47629 to 47830— Continued. 



47734. Mimosa bubicaulis Lam. Mimosacese. 



A large, straggling, prickly shrub found throughout the greater part 

 of India, ascending to 5,000 feet in the western Himalayas. The leaves, 

 seeds, pods, and powdered roots are used by the natives medicinally. It 

 is said to be a valuable hedge plant. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of 

 the Economic Products of India, vol. 5, p. 249.) 



47735. Miscanthus nepalensis (Trin.) Hack. Poacese. Grass. 

 A tall, perennial, ornamental grass from the temperate regions of the 



Himalayas. It grows from 3 to 6 feet high and has many densely 

 crowded flower spikes with purplish or golden-yellow, shining spikelets. 

 (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 7, p. 107.) 



47736. Mucuna macbocabpa Wall. Fabacese. 



A woody, purple-flowered climbing plant from the Himalayas of north- 

 eastern India, where it grows at altitudes of 1,000 to 6,000 feet. (Adapted 

 from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 186.) 



47737. Mussaenda incana Wall. Rubiacese. 



An erect herbaceous plant, 2 to 3 feet high, covered with soft, shining 

 hairs. The stiff, ovate leaves are 5 to 6 inches long and the leafy, 

 white calyx lobe is pubescent. The plant is a native of the tropical 

 Himalayas. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 8, p. 87.) 



47738. Mussaenda maceophylla Wall. Rubiacese. 



A large shrub, native to the tropical Himalayas, with stout branches, 

 slightly hairy leaves up to 10 inches in length, and cymes of flowers 

 with orange-lobed corollas and white-lobed calyces. (Adapted from 

 Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 3, p. 89.) 



47739. Neillia thyesifloea D. Don. Rosacese. 



A sparingly branched rosaceous shrub, about 3 feet in height, with 

 deeply 3-lobed dentate leaves and terminal thyrsoid racemes of white 

 flowers which appear at the beginning of autumn. It comes originally 

 from the mountains of Nepal, India. (Adapted from Revue Horticole, 

 vol. 60, p. 415.) 



47740. Notochaete hamosa Benth. Menthacese. 



An erect, branched herb, 2 feet and more in height, with ovate acumi- 

 nate leaves 3 to 5 inches long and dense globular whorls of purple 

 flowers. It is a native of the Himalayas of northeastern India. (Adapted 

 from Hooker's Icones Plantarum, vol. 13, pi. 1217.) 



47741. Nyssa sessilifloea Hook. f. and Thorns. Cornacese. 



A large tree, found in the forests of the Himalayas of Sikkim, India. 

 The soft, gray, even-grained wood is used for house building and other 

 purposes. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products 

 of India, vol. 5, p. 438.) 



47742. Olea gamblei C. B. Clarke. Oleacese. 



A wild relative of the cultivated olive, from Sikkim, India, where it 

 grows in the Himalayas. The leathery leaves are oblong and acumi- 

 nate, and the fruit is sometimes nearly an inch long. (Adapted from 

 Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 3, p. 613.) 



