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39631 to 39634— Continued. (Quoted notes by Rev. Joseph Bailie.) 



39633. Clematis sp. Ranunculaceae. Clematis. 

 " Purple mountain clematis." 



39634. Lonicera sp. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle. 



" Red-berried shrub having flowers like those of woodbine or honey- 

 suckle. Shrub just now (November 21) is beautiful with red berries." 



39635. Aleurites fordii Hemsley. Euphorbiacese. Tung tree. 



From Riverside, Cal. Presented by Mr. Fred M. Reed. Received at the 

 Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., December 30, 1914. 



" Being on a main-traveled road and a strange-looking tree, they attract a 

 great deal of attention, and people carry them off as curiosities and occasionally 

 eat them." (Reed.) 



39636 to 39660. 



From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, Lloyd Botanic Gar- 

 den. Received December 15, 1914. 



39636. Albizzia lebbeck (L.) Benth. Mimosacese. Lebbek. 

 See S. P. I. Nos. 9038 and 18509 for previous introductions and descrip- 

 tion. 



" This tree, which is used in Reunion as a shade crop for coffee, bears 

 the names there of noir olanc, noir rouge; its wood is white, with red, 

 brown, or reddish black heart, solid, well veined, and gives good knees 

 for boat building; it is employed in turnery, cabinetmaking, and for 

 wheelwright work. Exposed to the weather it does not last more than 

 10 or 15 years. The trunk yields a gum analogous to gum arabic. In 

 Senegal the astringent bark and seeds are employed for diarrhea, dys- 

 entery, and hemorrhoids. The oil extracted from the seeds is used for 

 leprosy. The flowers are emollient and applied in cataplasms for boils, 

 etc." (De Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles des Colonies Francoises.) 



39637. Anthocephalus cadamba (Roxb.) Miquel. Rubiacese. 



"A large deciduous tree, wild in northern and eastern Bengal, Pegu, 

 and the western coast; cultivated in northern India. During the first 

 two or three years it grows very fast, about 10 feet a year, the girth 

 increasing at the rate of 1 inch a month. After 10 or 12 years the growth 

 becomes very slow. The bark is used medicinally as a febrifuge and 

 tonic. The fruit is eaten, and the foliage is sometimes used as fodder for 

 cattle. The wood is white, with a yellowish tinge, soft and evenly 

 grained, and much used for building purposes. This species is cultivated 

 for ornamental purposes and for the grateful shade its large, coarse 

 foliage affords." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.) 



39638. Boehmeria rugulosa Weddell. Urticaceae. 



"A small tree with grayish-brown branches met with in Garhwal, 

 Kumaon, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan. The wood is of a reddish color, 

 moderately hard, evenly grained, durable, and seasons well. It weighs 

 about 41 pounds per cubic foot and is very easily worked. It is used in 

 the manufacture of bowls, milk pails, churns, cups, and tobacco boxes." 

 (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.) 



