﻿JULY 1 TO OCTOBER 31, 1919. 63 



48262 to 48282. 



From Darjiling, India. Presented by Lieut. Col. A. T. Gage, director of 

 the Botanical Survey of India, through Mr. G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd 

 Botanic Garden, Darjiling. Received October 21, 1919. 



48262. Basella rubra L. Basellacese. 



A succulent, herbaceous, freely branched climber, native to Bengal, 

 and cultivated throughout India. It is sometimes spoken of as the 

 Malabar nightshade. The juice of the leaves is used in native medicine 

 for catarrhal affections of children, and the leaves and stems are used 

 as a potherb (made into a curry) by natives of all classes. Scarcely a 

 village exists, in Bengal at least, where a hedgerow covered with this 

 favorite potherb may not be seen. (Adapted from ~\Yaii. Dictionary of 

 the Economic Products of India, vol. 1, p. 404.) 



fFor previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 45026. 

 48263. Bucklandia poptjlnea R. Br. Hamamelidaceae. 



An evergreen tree, attaining a height of SO feet, native to the eastern 

 Himalayas, Khasi Hills, and the hills of Martaban, at altitudes of 3,000 

 to 8,000 feet. The wood is rough, grayish brown, moderately hard, 

 close grained, and durable. It is much used in Darjiling for planking 

 and for door and window frames. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of 

 the Economic Products of India, vol, 1, p. 51/5.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47649. 



48264. Buddleia asiatica Lour. Loganiacese. 



A large evergreen shrub, native to Bengal, Burma, and southern India, 

 ascending to altitudes of 4,000 feet, chiefly found in second-growth 

 forests, deserted village sites, and savannas. The young branches are 

 tomentose; the leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, are glabrous above, whitish 

 tomentose beneath ; the small white odorous flowers are borne in dense 

 axillary spikes. The wood is gray and moderately hard. (Adapted 

 from Cooke, Flora of Bombay, vol. 12, p. 183, and Watt, Dictionary of 

 the Economic Products of India, vol. 1, p. 546.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47650. 



48265. Clematis napal'lensis DC. Ranunculacese. Clematis. 

 A slender, nearly glabrous, woody climber, native to the temperate 



Himalayas from Gurhwal to Bhutan. The flowers are numerous on short 

 pedicels which bear, at the middle, connate bracts forming a 2-lipped cup 

 in which the bud is sessile. These 4-petaloid oblong sepals are silky out- 

 side. The flat, margined achenes are hairy. (Adapted from Hooker, 

 Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 2.) 



48266. Dendrocalamtjs hamiltonii Nees. and Arn. Poacese. Bamboo. 

 The common bamboo of northern Bengal and Assam, with culms some- 

 times attaining a height of 80 feet, much curved and bent, forming 

 thickets of nearly impenetrable growth. They are used for building pur- 

 poses and for making mats and baskets. The young shoots are eaten in 

 Sikkim. The flowers are purple; and sporadically flowering clumps, 

 especially from injured specimens, are common. (Adapted from Gamble, 

 Manual of Indian Timbers, p. 752.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43287. 



