﻿28 SEEDS AM) PLANTS FMPORTED. 



44096 to 44098— Continued. 



where t is used as a forage grass. It is readily propagated from the 



roots. (Adapted from Benthctm and Mueller, Flora Australiensis, pp. 

 531-532, and from the Agricultural Gazette. New south Wales, May '.. 

 1914.) 



44097. Arthraxon breviaristatus Hade. Poacese. Grass. 

 A tall, graceful grass found in eastern India and China, with culms 



.")() to 60 cm. high and leaf blades up to 2 inches in length by half an inch 

 in width. (Adapted from BeCandolle. Monograph la Phanerogamarum, 

 vol. 6, pp. 350-351, 1S89.) 



44098. Capbiola dactylon (L.) Kunt/e. Poacese. Bermuda grass. 

 (Cynodon dactylon Pers.) 



A pasture and lawn grass for the Southern States; a rather variable 



species. 



44099. Sacchaeum officinarum L. Poacese. Sugarcane. 



From Cienfuegos, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert M. Grey, Harvard Ex- 

 periment Station. Received February 3, 1917. 

 "Harvard No. 6301. Seeds of one of my hybrid canes, which is very prolific 

 and germinates freely when sown in the open ground here." i drey, i 



44100. Canarittm ambionense Hochr. Balsameacese. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director. Jardin Botanique. Re- 

 ceived February 3, 1917. 



This beautiful tree, which grows to a height of about 90 feet, so resembles 

 Canarium iholuccanum in general habit and in the leaves that the two can 

 scarcely be distinguished, although the fruit is different. The bark is smooth 

 and white. The fruit of this species is oblong, pointed at both ends, with the 

 angles sharp toward the ends and somewhat flattened toward the middle. 

 This tree is found in the island of Amboina. Celebes. (Adapted from Hoch- 

 reutiner, Plantac Bogoriensis Exsiccatae, p. 55.) 



" The seeds are eaten as a table nut. and an emulsion of the oil extracted 

 from the seed is considered an excellent baby food." {Fair child.) 



44101. Canarkjm ovattjm Engl. Balsameacese. Pili nut. 



From Camarines, Philippine Islands. Presented by Dr. E. B. Copeland. 

 dean, College of Agriculture, Los Bauos, P. I. Received February 8, 1917. 



A tree, native of the Philippines, with compound leaves and triangular drupes 

 containing one seed. These seeds are eaten throughout the eastern part of the 

 world, and from them is extracted an oil which is used for table purposes and 

 also for burning in lamps. (Adapted from notes of H. H. Boyle, assistant horti- 

 eulturist, Manila, P. I.) 



See also S. P. I. No. 38372 for further distribution. 



44102. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. • Pear. 



From Hamilton City, Calif. Presented by Mr. James Mills. Received 

 January 18, 1917. 



" Scions from an old pear tree that was planted by the Mission Fathers about 

 60 years ago. This tree has not shown any evidence of pear-blight, although 

 blighted trees have been growing in its vicinity." (Peter Bisset.) 



