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is cut a resinous substance exudes. The 

 wood is light brown and moderately 

 hard. 



For previous introduction see 47713. 



93215. Mucuna macrocarpa Wall. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A woody climber, native to northeast- 

 ern India, which has purple flowers and 

 torulose pods over a foot long. 



For previous introduction see 61615. 



93216. Melothria maderaspatana (L.) 

 Cogn. ( M ukia scabrella Arn.). Cucur- 

 bitaceae. 



A rough climbing, cucurbitaceous plant 

 with three to seven angled leaves, small 

 yellow flowers, and bright red fruits up 

 to half an inch in diameter. The leaves 

 are used medicinally as a gentle aperient, 

 and a decoction of the seeds is used as 

 a sudorific. 



For previous introduction see 47728. 



93217. MUSSAENDA ROXBURGHII Hook. f. 



Rubiaceae. 



An erect undershrub, with hairy stems 

 and oblong-lanceolate leaves, native to 

 the tropical slopes of the Himalayas in 

 India. The yellowish flowers are borne 

 in dense hairy cymes and each flower is 

 subtended by a prominent, white calyx 

 lobe. The fleshy berries are crowned by 

 the persistent calyx. 



93218. Clemexatis zeylaxica (L.) Poir. 

 (Xaravcliu zeylaniea DC). Ranun- 



culaceae. 



A climbing shrub, native to India and 

 Ceylon, with trifoliolate leaves having 

 the terminal leaflet changed into a ten- 

 dril. The solitary axillary flowers, about 

 1 inch across, have narrow greenish- 

 white petals and yellow stamens. 



93219. Neillia thyrsiflora D. Don. 

 Rosaceae. 



A little-branched shrub about 3 feet 

 high, with deeply 3-lobed dentate leaves 

 and terminal thyrsoid racemes of white 

 flowers which appear at the beginning of 

 autumn. It is native to the mountains 

 of Nepal. 



For previous introduction see 47739. 



93220. Pentagoxia physalodes (L.) 

 Hiern (Nicandra physaloides Gaertn.). 

 Solanaceae. Apple-of-Peru. 



A blue-flowered Peruvian annual with 

 the fruit inclosed in the husk, as in 

 Physalis. The campanulate flowers, over 

 an inch in diameter, are light blue with 

 a lighter throat ; they are produced sin- 

 gly in the axils of the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 66527. 



. Nyssa sessiliflora Hook. f. 

 and Thorns. Cornaceae. 



An Asiatic relative of the black gum 

 (Nyssa sylvatica), which is a tree 60 feet 

 tall, with oblong, punctate leaves. The 

 soft gray even-grained wood is used for 

 building purposes. 



For previous introduction see 58911. 



93222. Swertia multicaulis D. Don. 

 Gentianaceae. 



A blue-flowered tufted plant occurring 

 in poor black sodden soil among scree 

 debris (granite) at an altitude of 15,000 

 feet. 



For previous introduction see 41603. 



93223 to 93225. 



From Japan. Plants purchased from the 

 Yokohama Nursery Co. (Ltd.). Re- 

 ceived April 27, 1931. 



93223. Phyllostachys pubeeudi 

 (Miquel) Munro (P. henonis Mitf.). 

 Poaceae. Bamboo. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 92511. 



93224. Phyllostachys eddlis hetero- 

 cycla (Carr.) H. de Lehaie. Poa~ 

 ceae. Tortoise-shell bamboo. 



A hardy bamboo of somewhat uncer- 

 tain identity, the nodes and internodes 

 of which have a peculiar form, suggest- 

 ing, in appearance, the plates of a tor- 

 toise shell. 



93225. Arundinaria angulata (Munro) 

 Porterfield (Bambusa angulata Munro). 

 Poaceae. Bamboo. 



A bamboo which produces angular 

 culms, squarish in cross section. This 

 character does not appear, however, in 

 culms of very small diameter. The maxi- 

 mum height attained is uncertain, possi- 

 bly as much as 25 or 30 feet. The 

 species has proved very difficult to propa- 

 gate. Its systematic position was long 

 in doubt, it having been erroneously 

 placed at different times in the genera 

 Bambusa and Phyllostachys. 



93226 to 93233. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by James 

 MacRae. through R. E. Beckett, Bard. 

 Calif. Received April 27, 1931. 



Casuarixa stricta Ait. Casuari- 

 naceae. 



This tree, commonly cultivated in Cali- 

 fornia but more rare in Florida, is a 

 fairly hardy species, making a low, often 

 shrubby growth. It is conspicuous on ac- 

 count of its very thick, often pendulous 

 branchlets and very big cones. In ap- 

 pearance it is not so elegant as some of 

 the other casuarinas, but it is very strik- 

 ing and is also of some economic value. 

 The branchlets are said to be a favorite 

 forage of Australian cattle. The wood 

 is especially valuable for shingles and 

 posts. 



For previous introduction see 67809. 



93227 to 93231. Eucalyptus spp. Myrta- 

 ceae. 



93227. Eucalyptus alba Reinw. 



White gum. A tall tree with ash- 

 colored rough persistent bark and glau- 

 cous leaves varying from ovate-oblong 

 and 3 inches long to ovate-lanceolate 

 and 6 inches long. The small flowers 

 are gathered into panicles at the ends 

 of the branches, and the top-shaped 

 fruits are one-fourth of an inch in 

 diameter. It is native to North Aus- 

 tralia. 



. Eucalyptus amygdalina Labill. 

 Almond eucalyptus. 



Peppermint gum, a variety of the 

 almond eucalyptus, is a tall Australian 

 tree up to 300 feet high, with lanceo- 

 late leaves 4 inches long, crowded- 

 umbels of small flowers, and hemis- 

 pheric fruits a quarter of an inch- 

 broad. The leaves have a strong odor 

 of peppermint and are rich in oil. 



For previous introduction see 77608„ 



