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44087 to 44091— Continued. 



44901. Uvaria rufa (Dunal) DC. Annonaceae. 



Banauac. A much-branched shrub from Java with a stem about the 

 diameter of a man's arm ; alternate, elliptic-oblong, acute or obtuse 

 leaves 2* to 5 inches long; and purplish red, solitary flowers about an 

 inch wide. The oblong, kidney-shaped, red fruits about 1$ inches long, 

 in bunches of 18 or 20, contain whitish, scant, juicy, aromatic, subacid 

 flesh without a trace of sugar and containing many seeds. (Adapted 

 from Blume, Flora Java, Annonacew, pp. 19-20, pi. 4, and from the 

 Philippine Agricultural Review, vol. 6, no. 7, p. 321.) 



44092. Latjrocerasus acuminata (Wall.) Roemer. Amygdalacese. 

 (Prunus acuminata Hook, f.) 



From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd 

 Botanic Garden. Received January 29, 1917. 

 "Freshly gathered seed." (Cave.) 



A tree 30 to 40 feet high, found in the temperate portions of the central 

 and eastern Himalayas at elevations of from 4,000 to 7,000 feet. The slender 

 branches are covered with flat, smooth leaves 4 to 7 inches long and bear 

 yellowish white flowers a quarter to one-third of an inch wide in many-flowered 

 racemes. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 317.) 

 See also S. P. I. No. 41813 for previous introduction. 



44093. Euchlaexa mexicana Schrad. Poacese. Teosinte. 



From Zomba, Nyasaland. Presented by Mr. J. Stewart J. McCall, Director 

 of Agriculture. Received January 30, 1917. 

 " Out in Nyasaland I find this a most valuable forage plant, either when fed 

 green to cattle or as hay. I consider it to be the best yielding forage plant I . 

 have yet experimented with, and I believe it worthy of special attention in 

 warm districts." (McCall.) 



44094. Rollinia sp. Annonaceae. 



From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Mr. M. T. Dawe, Director of Agri- 

 culture and Agricultural Adviser to the Government. Received February 

 2, 1917. 

 "A shrub of the tropical parts of the Department of Magdalena, which 

 affords an edible orange-colored fruit ; the flesh is also of orange color." 

 (Daive.) 



44095. Aleurites fordii Hemsl. Euphorbiacese. Tung-oil tree. 



Plants grown at the plant-introduction field stations from seed received 

 from various sources. Numbered for convenience in distribution in 1917. 



Plants grown under Yarrow Nos. 2157. 2158, 2159, 3522, and Chico No. 

 16151. 



44096 to 44098. 



From Amoy, China. Presented by Mr. H. Hoyle Sink, American consul. 

 Received January 11, 1917. 



44096. Axdeopogon intermedins R. Br. Poaceae. Grass. 



An erect grass, with rather narrow leaves and slender spikes, growing 



in large clumps 2 feet or more in height. It is a native of Australia, 



