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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



73205 to 73221— Continued. 



73205. Xo. 1. 

 dalay. 



73206. Xo. 2. 



Hills. 



73207. Xo. 3. 

 Hills. 



7320S. Xo. 4. Pe 

 Bhamo district. 



73209. Xo. 5. Pe bok. 



Pe ngapi P. X. 1. From Man- 

 Behrum 17010. From the Chin 

 Pe ngapi. From Falam, Chin 

 ngapi. From Sinlungaba, 



From Bhamo. 



From Kanpetlet, 



From Lashio, Xorthern 



73217. Xo. 13. Pe bok. 



Shan Stares. 



73218. Xo. 14. Field pe b6k. From Hsipaw, 

 >,orthern Shan States. 



73219. Xo. 15. Taungyapebok. 

 Northern Shan States. 



From Ksipaw, 



73220. Xo. 16. Pe ngapi. 



73221. Xo. 17. Green pe 

 Northern Shan States, 



From Akyab. 

 bok. From Lashio, 



73222. Melocanna bxmilis Kutz. Po- 

 aceae. Bamboo, 



From Sumatra. Plants collected by David Fair- 

 child and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers. 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, vrith the Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received May 20, 1927. 

 Numbered June, 1927. 



Xo. 710. Sibolangit. March 26, 1926. A 

 clump species of bamboo with thin-walled culms 

 and internodes 30 inches long. The wood is of fair 

 quality, and the stems are never more than 2\b 

 inches in diameter. A single clump may produce 

 1,000 culms 10 meters long. It is from this species 

 that the Battaks make their flutes. The Battak 

 names are boloeh and krapat. 



73223 to 73262. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 W. M. Docters van Leeuwen. director, botanic 

 gardens. Received May 4, 1927. 



73223. Albizzia ltjctda (Roxb.) Benth. Mimo- 

 saceae. 



A handsome spreading leguminous tree with 

 attractive feathery leaves, native to the East 

 Indies. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 69144. 



73224. Amomum loxgipes Valet. Zinziber- 

 aceae. 



A tropical gingerlike herb with a creeping 

 rootstock and aromatic seeds. Xative to the 

 East Indies. 



73225. Amomum tbttxcattjii Gagn. Zinziber- 

 aceae. 



A tropical herbaceous gingerlike plant with a 

 creeping rootstock and aromatic seeds, 



73226 to 73229. Babeixgtonia spp. Lecythi- 

 daceae. 



73210. Xo. 6. Pe ngapi 

 Pakokku Hill Tracts. 



73211. Xo. 7. M'yet mai pe bok. From Yawn- 

 ghwe, Southern Shan States. 



73212. Xo. 8. Pe bok (large variety). From 

 Yawnghwe, Southern Shan States. 



73213. Xo. 9. Kuet tin nge pe b6k. From 

 Yawnghwe, Southern Shan States. 



73214. Xo. 10. Pe hto nin. From Yawnghwe, 

 Southern Shan States. 



73215. Xo. 11. Pe bok. From Hsipaw, Xorth- 

 ern Shan States. 



73216. Xo. 12. Pe bok. From Mongtat, Xam- 

 tu, Xorthern Shan States. 



73223 to 73262— Continued. 



73226. Baeeixgtoxia asiatica (L.) Kurz. 



As described by Rock (The Ornamental 

 Trees of Hawaii, p. 663) this is a large, hand- 

 some East Indian tree with thick leathery 

 shining bright-green leaves and very con- 

 spicuous flowers with four white petals and 

 numerous crimson-tipped stamens, resem- 

 bling a brush. The fruit is quite large 

 and is the shape of a 4-sided pyramid; it is 

 smooth on the outside and contains one seed. 

 The tree forms extensive forests along the 

 shores of some of the Pacific islands. In the 

 Molukkas an illuminating oil is extracted 

 from the seeds, and the dry fruits are gathered 

 by the natives and used as floats for their fish 

 nets. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 5S459. 



73227. Baeeixgtoxia eacemosa (L.) Roxb. 



An evergreen tropical ornamental tree, 30 

 feet high, with racemes of red flowers. Na- 

 tive to the East Indies. 



73228. Baeeixgtoxia spicata Blume. 



A tropical ornamental shrub 5 feet or 

 more high, with nairowly oblong leaves and 

 rosy pink flowers in slender pendulous spikes 

 a foot or more long. Xative to Java. 



73229. Baeeixgtoxia sumatbaxa Miquel. 



A large ornamental spreading East Indian 

 shrub with leathery elliptic leaves and small 

 whitish flowers in long pendulous spikes. 

 Xative to the Malay Peninsula. 



73230. Belixcia axixaxtheba Triana. Melas- 

 tomaceae. 



A small ornamental tropical American tree 

 with large leaves, white flowers tinged with pink 

 and yellow globose fruits about an inch in 

 diameter. The white acidulous flesh is eaten 

 by the natives of Venezuela. 



73231. Cabissa spesabu'ii L. Apoeynaceae. 



A spiny evergreen tropical ornamental tree, 

 20 feet high, with white axillary flowers. Xative 

 to the East Indies. 



73232. Caetota GEnriTHn Beccari. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Palm. 



A medium-sized palm. 20 feet high, with 

 pinnate leaves up to 9 feet long. Xative to 

 Burma. 



73233. Caetota bchphiaxa Mart. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Palm. 



An East jfodian palm about the size of the 

 coconut, with graceful bipinnate leaves. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 51710. 



73234. Casuabuta EUiiPEOAXA Miquel. Ca- 

 suarinaceae. 



A tropical leafless tree with very slender 

 pendent green branchlets. Xative to Java. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 67679. 



73235. Chalcas exotica (L.) Millsp. Ruta- 

 ceae. 



A small ornamental white-flowered tree with 

 pinnate dark-green leaves and roundish red 

 fruits about half an inch long. Xative to eastern 

 Asia. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 40392. 



73236. Ceacca vogelu (Hook, f.) Kuntze 

 (Tephrosia vogelii Hook. f.). Fabaceae. 



A shrubby legume from tropical Africa, the 

 leaves of which are macerated and thrown into- 



the water to kill fish. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 66250. 



