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116769 to 116796— Continued. 



ers in lax axillary panicles. Native to 

 India. 



116778. Cassia nodosa Buch.-Ham. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. 



No. 562. A moderate-sized, deciduous 

 tree with long drooping branches and 

 glossy bipinnate leaves. In the spring it 

 bears a profusion of beautiful pink, rose- 

 scented flowers in dense, long-stalked ra- 

 cemes. The leaves and flowers appear at 

 the same time. Native to northeastern 

 India. 



For previous introduction see 110864. 



116779. Cassia sukattensis Burm. f. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. 



No. 593. A tropical leguminous shrub 

 or small tree up to 15 feet high, with 

 pale-green compound glaucous leaves and 

 clusters of pale-yellow flowers. Native to 

 the East Indies. 



For previous introduction see 112082. 



116780. Casuarina geauca Sieber. Casu- 

 arinaceae. Beefwood. 



No. 585. Piilak. A small bushy tree. 



116781. Ehretia laevis Roxb. Boragina- 

 ceae. 



No. 553. A subtropical shrub or small 

 tree 12 feet high with white flowers fol- 

 lowed by small orange fruits. Native to 

 southern Asia. 



For previous introduction see 74697. 



116782. Guazuma tjlmifolia Lam. Ster- 

 culiaceae. 



No. 504. Ludraksh. From Jaipur City, 

 April 9, 1936. An evergreen tree 10 to 50 

 feet high, with ovate to lanceolate leaves 

 2 to 8 inches long and panicles of very 

 small yellow flowers. Native to tropical 

 America. 



116783. Kigelia pinnata (Jacq.) DC. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



No. 567. 



For previous introduction see 106507. 



116784. Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R. 

 Br. Phoenicaceae. Chinese fan palm. 



No. 572. 



For previous introduction see 105729. 



116785. Mimusops sp. Sapotaceae. 



No. 520. Eirni. From Bikaner, Bika- 

 ner State, April 11, 1936. An attractive 

 evergreen tree ; fruit yellow, elongate, 1 X A 

 inches long, sweet, slightly acid, like a 

 persimmon. 



116786. Phaseolds coccineus L. Faba- 

 ceae. Scarlet runner bean. 



No. 670. From Saharanpur, United 

 Provinces, April 19, 1936. Grown for the 

 pods and green beans. Said to have come 

 from Africa. 



116787. Pinds sp. Pinaceae. 



No. 595. Chil. A pine that thrives 

 here, becoming about 60 feet tall. 



116788. Prosopis c0:ilensis (Molina) 

 Stuntz. Mimosaceae. Algaroba. 



No. 581. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 116057. 



116769 to 116796— Continued. 



116789. Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br. 

 Sterculiaceae. 



No. 549. A large tree, native to India, 

 with ash-colored bark and yellow-tomen- 

 tose branchlets. The large heart-shaped 

 leaves, 10 inches long by 7 inches wide, 

 are clustered at the ends' of the branches. 

 The panicles of tomentose flowers, without 

 petals, are shorter than the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 97578. 



116790. Prunds sp. Amygdalaceae. 



No. 914. From Baijnath, Kangra Val- 

 ley, Punjab, at 3,000 feet altitude, May 

 22, 1936. A large attractive well-formed 

 tree 40 feet high with a trunk 2 feet in 

 diameter. Flowers large, pale pink, semi- 

 double. Fruit thin fleshed, bitter. The 

 tree grows to 6,000 feet altitude and in 

 winter is covered with snow. 



116791. Sabal sp. Phoenicaceae. 



No. 586. The thatch palm of Bermuda. 



116792. Salvadora oleoides Decne. Sal- 

 vadoraceae. 



No. 527. Jal. From Bikaner, Bikaner 

 State, April 12, 1936. A large evergreen 

 shrub or snrall tree found growing in 

 very dry situations, with thick oval leaves 

 about 2 inches long and small greenish- 

 white flowers in erect clustered spikes, 

 followed by translucent drupes. Native to 

 India. 



116793. SCHOTIA BRACHYPETALA Sond. 



Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 550. A large shrub or small tree 

 with large leather.v leaves and showy 

 crimson flowers in dense panicles. Native 

 to southern Africa. 



116794. Erythropsis pallens Ridl. Ster- 

 culiaceae. 



No. 591. A tree with oval or rounded, 

 densely hairy leaves, three- to five-lobed, 

 about 8 inches long and axillary panicles 

 of bright-yellow flowers. Native to north- 

 western India. 



116795. TO on a ciliata Roemer. Melia- 

 ceae. Toon tree. 



No. 590. Tun. A large tropical tree 

 50 to 80 feet high, with nearly evergreen 

 foliage and white, honey-scented flowers. 

 The fine red wood, which is used for fur- 

 niture, carvings, and for making cigar 

 boxes, is very durable and is not attacked 

 by termites. Native to India. 



For previous introduction see 81205. 



116796. Anogeissus pendula Edgeworth. 

 Combretaceae. 



No. 563. A bush or small tree with 

 pendulous branches, elliptic leaves about 

 1 inch long, and small leathery two-winged 

 fruits packed horizontally in dense heads. 

 Native to northwestern India. 



116797 to 116801. Triticxtm aesti- 

 vum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the 

 American consulate, Melbourne, Victoria, 

 through the Secretary of State, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. Received June 30, 1936. 



Fair average quality Victorian wheat. 



