﻿Inventory 48, Seed and Plants Imported. 



Plate V. 



Seeds Which are the Source of a Quick-Drying Oil, the Soft Lum- 

 bang (aleurites trisperma blanco., s. p. i . no. 43389). 



The valuable oil expressed from the seeds of the lumbangs {Aleurites moluccana and A.tri- 

 sperma) merits more attention than has hitherto been accorded it. The seeds of the soft 

 lumbang are easier to crack and the oil dries quicker than that of the hard lumbang (A. 

 moluccana), which is better known. With the amazing rise in importance of vegetable oils, 

 these trees are bound to prove of increasing value. (Photographed, natural size, by E. C. 

 Crandall, Oct. 15, 1909; P4868FS.) 



