﻿28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



41429. Meratia praecox (L.) Render and Wilson. Calycanthaeea?. 



(Chimonanthus fragrans Lindl.) 

 Seeds from China. Presented by Mr. N. Gist Gee. Soochow University, 

 through Mr. R. Rathbuo, United States National Mnsenm. Received 

 October 19, 1915. 

 "Chinese La mei hua, rather rare. Make good flowering plants." (Gist 

 Gee.) 



"A deciduous shrub, naturally about 8 feet high, and of compact, bushy habit, 

 but growing considerably higher on walls. Leaves lanceolate, 2 to 5 inches long, 

 dark lustrous green. Flowers exceedingly fragrant, produced at various times 

 between November and March according to the weather, but in ordinary seasons 

 at their best in December against a wall ; they are solitary on very short stalks 

 at the joints of the previous summer's shoots, three-fourths to 1 inch across, the 

 sepals and outer petals of an almost transparent yellowish green, the inner 

 petals smaller and purplish. Seeds produced in a stalked gourd-shaped struc- 

 ture li inches long, to the apex of which the stamens remain attached." (IT. J. 

 Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 337.) 



41430. Aleurites fordii Hemsl. Euphorbiaceae. Tung tree. 

 From Pineville, La. Seeds presented by Mr. William Hammond, superin- 

 tendent. Alexandria National Cemetery. Received October 19. 1915. 



" This seed came from the largest tree on the grounds, situated immediately 

 in front of the lodge (west gate), and as there is and has been a flower bed 

 around its base that has been irrigated regularly I attribute its larger size to 

 that, although the water would not penetrate deeply." (Hammond.) 



41431. Baccaurea sapida (Roxb.). Muell. Arg. Euphorbiaceae. 

 Seeds from Rangoon, Burma, India. Presented by Rev. AVilliam H. S. 



Hascall. 

 "Kan-a-so-thi or Pierardia." An evergreen tree, native of the Malay Archi- 

 pelago, 40 to 50 feet high, with alternate, rather membranous leaves 4 to 8 

 inches long; inconspicuous dicecioiTs flowers in racemes, and yellow, slightly 

 hairy fruits from three-fourths to 1 inch long. The bark is one of the chief 

 mordants employed in using cotton dyes in India. (Adapted from Hooker, 

 Flora of British India, and ~\Yatt. Commercial Products of India.) 



41432 to 41443. 



Seeds from Kamerunga, via Cairns. Australia. Presented by Mr. J. A. 

 Hamilton. Received October IS. 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Hamilton, 

 except as otherwise indicated. 



41432. Albizzia odoeatissima (L. f. ) Bentham. Mimosacese. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 38996 and 39103 for previous introductions and de- 

 scription. 



41433. Annona mueicata L. Annonacea?. Soursop. 

 See S. P. I. Nos. 32302 and 35285 for previous introductions and de- 

 scriptions. 



41434. Canavali obtCsifolium (Lam.) DC. Fabacere. 



'• Native bean. It is not edible so far as I know. The flowers are 

 sweetly scented and come out singly. It might cross with the Mauritius 

 bean and make a good cover crop, for it seems to stand drought and heat 

 well." 



