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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



116713 to 116767— Continued. 



May. In Hawaii, where this plant is 

 native, it becomes a tree with obovato 

 lanceolate leaves over an inch long and 

 terminal racemes of small yellow flowers. 



116761. Trichosanthes anguina L. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Snakegourd. 



No. 736. CJmchinda. From Amritsar, 

 Punjab, April 26, 1936. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 116548. 



Nos. 116762 to 116767 were collected at 

 Saharanpur, United Provinces, April 20 

 and 21, 1936. 



116762. Ventilago madraspatana Gaertn. 

 Rhamnaceae. 



No. 687. From the Saharanpur Gar- 

 dens. A tropical climbing shrub with al- 

 ternate leathery, feather- veined leaves and 

 simple paniculate spikes of small greenish 

 flowers. Native to the East Indies. 



116763. Verbesina lindenii (Schultz Bip.) 

 Blake. Asteraceae. 



No. 696. From the Saharanpur Gar- 

 dens. A tropical herbaceous perennial 8 

 to 10 feet high, with rough hastate leaves 

 4 inches long and deep-yellow flower 

 heads. Native to tropical America. 



116764 and' 116765. Vicia faba L. Faba- 

 ceae. Broadbean. 



Cultivated for the green beans and pos- 

 sibly a recent European introduction. 



116764. No. 679. 116765. No. 680. 



116766. VlGUIERA DENTATA HELIANTHOIDES 



(H. B. K.) Blake. Asteraceae. 



No. 700. From the Saharanpur Gar- 

 dens. An erect herbaceous perennial up 

 to 6 feet high, with large, ovate-lanceolate 

 or subcordate pubescent leaves and yellow 

 flower heads about 1% inches across. Na- 

 tive to Cuba. 



116767. WOODFORDIA FRDTICOSA (L.) Kui"Z. 



Lythraceae. 



No. 689. From the Saharanpur Gar- 

 dens. An attractive spreading bush cov- 

 ered with red flowers. 



For previous introduction see 103509. 



116768. Phyllostachys sp. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



Plants growing at the Plant Introduction 

 Gardens at Savannah, Ga., and Chico, 

 Calif. Originally collected in China by 

 Frank N. Meyer. Received in June 1908. 

 Renumbered in June 1936. 



A hardy running bamboo about 18 feet 

 high, in general habit strongly resembling 

 Phyllostachys aurea. The more noticeable 

 differences are in (1) the entire absence in 

 the present species of the shortened inter- 

 nodes hv the lower part of the culm, com- 

 mon in P. aurea, and (2) the more con- 

 spicuous spotting of the culm sheaths. Less 

 apparent but even more important differ- 

 ences are the somewhat more prominent 

 ligules of the leaf sheaths and culm sheaths 

 and the shorter marginal cilia of the culm- 

 shpath ligules. 



This bamboo, which cannot be identified 

 with the original introduction number or its 

 Chinese name, has been grown under P. I. 

 No. 23234, the description for which does 

 not fit it. 



116769 to 116796. 



From India. Seeds collected by Walter 

 Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived June 2, 1936. 



Unless otherwise stated, all this material 

 was collected in the Saharanpur Gardens, 

 Saharanpur, United Provinces, April 17 to 

 19, 1936. 



116769. Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Benth. 

 and Hook. Rubiaceae. 



No. 558. A large handsome deciduous 

 tree found in the foothills of the Hima- 

 layas from Jumna eastward up to 3,000 

 feet altitude. The leaves are cordate and 

 the yellow flowers are borne in small 

 heads. 



For prevous introduction see 52282. 



116770. Althaea rosea (L.) Cav. Malva- 

 ceae. Hollyhock. 



No. 529. From Bikaner, Bikaner State, 

 April 12, 1936. 



116771. Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. Faba- 



No. 602. Shesham. A quick-growing, 

 drought-resistant tree, used both as a 

 shade tree and for timber. Common in 

 this region. 



For previous introduction see '94180. 



116772. Araucaria cunninghamii Ait. 

 Pinaceae. 



No. 556 



An evergreen tree up to 200 feet high, 

 with whorled spreading branches and 

 leaves of two kinds ; on young trees and 

 lateral branches the leaves are usually 

 lanceolate or triangular, about one-half 

 inch long; on old trees and cone-bearing 

 branches' the leaves are shorter, crowded, 

 and overlapping. Native to eastern Aus- 

 tralia. 



116773 and 116774. BaSella rubra L. Bas- 

 ellaceae. 



Pai Sag. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 114864. 



116773. No. 662. The common type. 



116774. No. 663. A form said to have 

 larger leaves. 



116775. Bauhinia sp. Caesalpinaceae. 



No. 573. A huge climber with large 

 leaves. 



116776. Bombax malabaricum DC. Bom- 

 bacaceae. Cotton tree. 



No. 575. Simul. A very large decidu- 

 ous tree with branches in whorls, spread- 

 ing horizontally, and the trunk with large 

 thorny buttresses covered with large corky 

 prickles. The inner bark yields a good 

 fiber, suitable for cordage ; the seeds yield 

 the so-called silk-cotton, too short and too 

 soft to be spun, but largely used for stuff- 

 ing pillows and for guncotton. The flower 

 buds are eaten as a potherb. It is native 

 to the hotter forests of India and Burma. 



For previous introduction see 50716. 



116777. Bursera serrata Wall. Balsa- 

 meaceae. 



No. 577. A large balsamiferous tree 

 with pinnate leaves and very small flow- 



