﻿24 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



42477 to 42519— Continued. 



42511. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1176." 



42512. " Paulsen hybrid Xo. 1901." 



42513. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1511." 



42514. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1321." 



42515. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1742." 



42516. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1776." 



42517. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1548." 



42518. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1902." 



42519. "Paulsen hybrid" (number not legible). 



42520 to 42523. 



From Azua, Santo Domingo. Received through Dr. J. N. Rose, U. S. 

 National Museum, April 13, 1910. Quoted notes by Dr. Rose. 



42520. Coccotheixax ARC4EXTEA (Lodd.) Sarg. Phoenicacere. Palm. 

 {Thrinax argentea Lodd.) 



*'A common species of Santo Domingo. It has purple fruit." 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40524. 



42521. Guilaxdixa boxduc L. C?esalpiniacea?. 

 (Caesalpuiia bonduccUa Fleming.) 



"A low shrub." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 38891. 



42522. Ixodes xeglecta (Beccari) O. F. Cook. Phoenicacere. 

 (Sabal ncglecta Beccari.) 



"A tree about 20 feet high, with large, fanlike leaves and large more 

 or less drooping flower clusters. It doubtless would prove a valuable palm 

 for introduction into the warmer parts of this country." 



" This palm was first described by Beccari in Webbia, vol. 2, p. 40, 1907, 

 as Sabal ncglecta. It is closely related to the hat palm of Porto Rico, 

 Inodes causiarum, and is therefore placed in that genus." (0. F. Cook.) 



42523. Pickodexdeox medium Small. Simaroubacese. 



" This plant is common about Azua, Santo Domingo. It is a tree with 

 round, orange-colored fruit." 



42524. Dioscokea daemona Roxb. Dioscoreaceae. Yam, 



From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Tubers presented by Mr. I. Henry 

 Burkill, Botanical Gardens. Received April 14, 1916. 



"A large climber of the tropical forests of India and Burma. Stems twining 

 to the left, sometimes prickly; leaves digitately three to five nerved: capsule 

 longer than broad and seeds winged at the base only. This wild yam is exten- 

 sively used as a famine food, chief! y in Burma and the Central Provinces and 

 Central India. It appears never to have been cultivated. Some writers, how- 

 ever, say the roots are highly poisonous and cause intoxication, but are rendered 

 edible by boiling and steeping in running water, this treatment being repeated 

 two or three times. Ridley speaks of the tubers being used in the manufacture 

 of dart poison." (Watt, The Commercial Products of India, p. £9$.) 



