16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



March last year one of tliem flowered. I have never seen a more beautiful 

 scarlet flower, and Mr. Jones says he has seen nothing in the Tropics to surpass 

 it as a mass of color. The chances seem good that in the Bois Clxaribe we have 

 a small tree which is going to add splashes of red color to the landscapes of 

 southern Florida and one which will thrive on the dry rocky ledges." (David 

 Fairchild.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 46026. 



55042. Coffea laurentii Wilriem. Rubiaceas. Coffee. 



(C. robusta Hort.) 



From Kingston, Jamaica. Seeds presented by W. S. Goodman, acting super- 

 intendent, Hope Gardens. Received April 17, 1922. 



This species, which is native to the Belgian Congo, is introduced for the use 

 of specialists in the Department of Agriculture. It is commonly known as 

 " robusta " coffee. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 514S1. 



55043 and 55044. 



From Tangier, Morocco. Seeds presented by Jules Goffart, Societe" d'Horti- 

 culture. Received April 17, 1922. 



55043. Limonium bbassicaefolium X imbricati'm. Plurnbaginacea*. 

 (Statice bra ssicae folium X imbricatum.) 



This is a hybrid between Limonium brassicaefolium, which has flowers 

 with yellowish white corollas and smooth purple calyxes, and L. im- 

 bricatum, which has flowers with yellowish white corollas and rather 

 hairy calyxes. Both of these species are shrubby plants about a foot and 

 a half in height, with more or less velvety lobed leaves and winged 

 branches, and both are natives of the Canary Islands. 



55044. Limonium fruticans (Webb) Kuntze. Plumbaginacere. 

 (Statice fruticans Webb.) 



An ornamental shrubby plant, native to the Canary Islands, with 

 rigid, much-branched flower stalks about 2 feet in height, rising from a 

 loose rosette of oval, crisply wrinkled leaves. It bears large flat clusters 

 of bicolored flowers ; the snowy white corollas and bright-violet calyxes 

 are made more vivid by the small red bracts and the bright-green wings 

 of the flower stalks. (Adapted from Flore des Sei'res et des Jardins de 

 V Europe, vol. Jf, p. 525.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 51148. 



55045. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn. 



From Doi Chang, Siam. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer of the United States Department of Agriculture. Received April 

 4. 1922. 



"(Doi Chang, near Chiengmai, Siam. January 10, 1922.) This corn was 

 found at an altitude of 4,500 feet on Doi Chang, the Elephant Mountain ; it was 

 grown by the Miao tribe, a jungle people who inhabit the high mountains from 

 northern Siam northward to the Province of Kweichow. China. They are a 

 very primitive people of Chinese origin and do not eat rice but use corn ex- 

 clusively." (Rock.) 



55046. Bouea oppositifolia (Roxb.) Meissn. Anacardiacea?. 

 (B. burmanica Griffith.) 



From Bangkok, Siam. Seeds presented by Y. S. Sanitwongse. Received 

 May 4, 1922. 



" The fruit of the maprang is of very inferior quality everywhere except at a 

 certain locality north of Bangkok." (Sanitwongse.) 



An evergreen tree of moderate height, with hard, gray wood which is very 

 durable. It is a relative of the mango and is often cultivated for its edible 

 fruits. It is native to Burma and the Andaman Islands. (Adapted from 

 Gamble, Manual of Indian Timbers, p. 108.) 



