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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



123451 to 123576— Continued. 



123549. No. 2370. 123550. No. 2497. 



123551 to 123555. Phaseolds spp. Fa- 

 baceae. Bean. 



123551. Phaseolus ldnatds L. 



Lima bean. 



No. 2415. Walaawawara. From Kasar- 

 god, February 27. Beans used both as 

 green beans and dried. 



123552 to 123555. Phaseolus vulgaris L. 

 Common bean. 



Nos. 123552 and 123553 were from 

 Kodai Kanal, Palni Hills, at 7,500 feet 

 altitude, March 11. Used as green pods 

 or dried beans. 



123552. No. 2477. 123554. No. 2481. 

 123553. No. 2478. 



123555. No. 2443. Avore. From Kas- 

 argod, March 2. Green pods eaten. 



123556. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. 



Pea. 

 No. 2433. From Mangalore, March 2. 

 Said to have come from Bombay. 



123557. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. 



Pea. 



No. 2482. From Kodai Kanal, Palni Hills, 



March 11, at 7,500 feet altitude. Vines 3 



feet high, free from disease, but the green 



peas are not sweet. 



123558. PONGAMIA PINNATA (L.) W. F. 



Wight. Fabaceae. 



No. 2200. From Mandassa, January 27. 

 A large dense attractive tree, used for 

 roadside planting. 



123559. Rhododendron arboreum J. E. 

 Smith. Ericaceae. Tree rhododendron. 

 No. 2492. From Kodai Kanal, Palni Hills, 



March 14, at 7,500 feet altitude. A scrubby 

 tree, often 2 feet in diameter and only 25 

 feet high, growing on most isolated slopes 

 where no other trees grow. Flowers crim- 

 son, sometimes spotted with black. 



For previous introduction see 122127. 



123560. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 2332. From Ootacamund, Nilgiri 

 Hills, February 15, at 7,000 feet altitude. 

 A scandent shrub growing on the edge of 

 the forest to a height of 30 feet and cov- 

 ered with sour, black-red fruits which are 

 hard to separate from the calyx. 



123561. Salvia coccinea Juss. Menthaceae. 

 No. 2489. From Kodai Kanal, Palni Hills, 



February 13, at 7,500 feet altitude. A small 

 herb up to 18 inches high, with spikes of 

 rather large scarlet flowers, growing along 

 a roadside. 



For previous introduction see 13688. 



123562. Saxifraga sp. Saxifragaceae. 



123451 to 123576— Continued. 



No. 2327. From Ootacamund, Nilgiri 

 Hills, February 14, at 7,000 feet altitude 

 on open isolated slopes. Growing in clumps 

 with thick fleshy leaves on a stem 4 feet 

 high which bears a corymb of large per- 

 sistent yellow flowers. 

 123563 to 123566. Solanum spp. Solana- 

 ceae. 



123563 and 123564. Solanum melongena 

 L. Eggplant. 



Baden Kai From Kasargod, Feb- 

 ruary 27. 



123563. No. 2413. Fruit almost round, 

 5 to 6 inches across, green with 

 darker green mantle. 



123564. No. 2414. Fruit ovoid, 5 inches 

 long, pale green ; few seeds. 



123565. Solanum sp. 



No. 2328. From Ootacamund, Nilgiri 

 Hills, February 14, at 7,000 feet alti- 

 tude. A thorny bushy perennial up to 

 3 feet high, with purplish flowers and 

 orange-red fruits, growing along the 

 roadside. 



123566. Solanum sp. 



No. 2500. From Kodai Kanal, Palni 

 Hills, March 14, at 7,500 feet altitude. 

 A shrub up to 6 feet high, growing at 

 the edge of the forest; flowers white; 

 fruits crimson. 



123567. Sterculia sp. Sterculiaceae. 



No. 2455. From Nilambur, March 6. A 

 handsome tree. 



123568. Swietenia macrophtlla King. 

 Meliaceae. Mahogany. 

 No. 2448. From Nilambur, March 4. A 



large attractive, well-formed tree, native 

 to tropical America, with compound leaves 

 made up of 3 to 5 pairs of elliptic-oblong 

 leaflets 4 to 8 inches long and small flowers 

 in panicles ; the ovoid woody fruits are 6 

 inches long and contain winged seeds 3 

 to 5 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 94200. 



123569. Tectona grandis L. f. Verbena- 

 ceae. Teak. 

 No. 2447. From Nilambur, March 4. A 



large tree with huge deciduous leaves. An 

 attractive avenue tree. 



For previous introduction see 119910. 



123570. Terminally tomentosa (Roxb.) 

 Wight and Arn. Combretaceae. 



No. 2395. From Nilambur, February 23. 

 A tall timber tree of the deciduous (teak) 

 forest. 



123571. Lagerstroemia speciosa (Muench.) 

 Pers. Meliaceae. 



No. 2454. From Nilambur, March 5. A 

 tall tree with smooth, light-colored bark. 





