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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



61448 to 61477— Continued. 



61462. Hemes-i. 



61463. Higiri No. 6. 



61464. Kalm Ahmer. 



61465. Khamis Wad Gah. 



61466. Korgi No. l. 



61467. Milo kaoliang (hybrid) No. W$. 



61468. Mogd Wad Fadl. 



61469. Mugeed. 



61470. tfeiW tfet&t. No. 7. 



61471. /Sfafm Bahr-el-Aoiad. 



61472. iS'G/ra ef Dahara. 



61473. S/iai S7wiZa7i tfo.. //. 



61474. SJialtouft el Naga. 



61475. Shrikori No. 2. 



61476. Urn Gorirrat. 



61477. TFagra.. 

 61478 to 61505. 



From Amani, Tanganyika Territory, Africa. 

 Seeds presented by Alleyne Leechman, 

 Director, Biological and Agricultural In- 

 stitute. Received August 27, 1924. 



61478. Adbnanthera miceosperma Teijsm. 

 and Binn. Mimosaceae. 



No. 12. An East Indian tree, resem- 

 bling the mimosas in general appearance ; 

 it is occasionally planted in eastern Java 

 as a shade tree, according to C. A. Backer 

 (Schoolflora voor Java). 



61479 to 61481. Albizzia spp. Mimosaceae. 



61479. Albizzia adianthifolu 

 (Schum.) W. F. Wight (A. fastigi- 

 ata E. Mey.). 



No. 16. This tropical African spe- 

 cies, like many others of the genus, is 

 a large, handsome tree of spreading 

 habit, which is suitable as a shade tree 

 in tropical or perhaps subtropical re- 

 gions. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 49288. 



61480. Albizza chinensis (Osbeck) 

 Merr. (A. stipulata Boiv.). 



No. 20. A large, rapid-growing tree, 

 native to the subtropical regions of 

 eastern India. It is said by Watt 

 (Dictionary of Economic Products of 

 India) to have been found very satis- 

 factory in Assam as a shade tree for 

 tea. The roots do not penetrate the 

 soil deeply, and the foliage does not 

 make a dense shade. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 51148. 



61481. Cassia siamea Lam. Caesalpin- 



No. 19. The kassod tree is described 

 by J. F. Rock (Ornamental Trees of 

 Hawaii, p. 99) as being rather low, 

 with twiggy branches and bluish leaves 

 up to a foot in length. In tbe late 

 summer and early fall, when all other 

 showy leguminous trees have ceased to 

 bloom, this tree bears axillary and ter- 

 minal panicles of attractive bright-yel- 

 low flowers. In Honolulu it has been 

 planted more or less extensively in pri- 

 vate grounds. The native home of the 

 kassod tree is southern India and 

 Malaysia. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. -"4924. 



61478 to 61505— Continued. 



61482. Berria ammonilla Roxb. Tili- 

 aceae. 



No. 47. '• Trincomali wood " is the 

 name under which the very hard, durable, 

 dark-red wood of this Indian tree is ex- 

 ported, according to Watt (Dictionary of 

 the Economic Products of India). The 

 wood is used for making agricultural im- 

 plements and for other purposes where 

 toughness and hardness are desired. 

 The tree is large, with long-stemmed, 

 heart-shaped leaves and dense racemes of 

 small, white flowers. Its distribution in- 

 cludes the Malay Archipelago and the 

 Philippines. 



61483. Castilla elastica Cerv. Moraceae. 



Rubber tree. 



No. 75. Seeds of this tropical Ameri- 

 can rubber tree have been obtained for 

 the use of department rubber specialists. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 42363. 



61484. Casuarixa distyla Vent. Casuari- 

 naceae. 



No. 76. Unlike many of the better- 

 kuown casuarinas, this species is usually 

 a small shrub 2 to 3 feet high. It is 

 common in Tasmania and in parts of 

 southern Australia. 



61485. Coffea bckobensis Zimnierm. Ru- 

 biaceae. Coffee. 



No. 104. The coffee grown in the vicin- 

 ity of Bukoba, Tanganyika Territory, was 

 formerly supposed to be a variety of 

 Coffea arabica, but Zircmermann (Der 

 Pflanzer, vol. 4) maintains that it is a 

 separate species and has named it C. 

 bukobensis. The differences are in the 

 venation of the leaves and flower struc- 

 ture, and culturally this species is very 

 similar to C. arabica. 



61486. Coffea quillou P. J. S. Cramer. 

 Rubiaceae. Coffee, 



No. 108. Introduced for cultural and 

 comparison tests in tropical America. 



Introduced into the East Indies from 

 Libreville. French Congo ; in 1901 this 

 was found to be distinct from Coffea 

 robusta. The leaves are narrower and 

 brighter green and the young trees are 

 pyramidal in habit. The berries are 

 bright red, not dark crimson, and oblong. 

 The crop matures later than C. robusta 

 and under favorable circumstances is 

 larger than that of any other coffee. 

 Under less favorable conditions C. robusta 

 is more productive. (Note taken from 

 Tea and Coffee Trade Journal, vol. 35, 

 p.itr.) 



61487 and 61488. Crtptomeria japonica 

 (L. f . > D. Don. Pinaceae. 



61487. No. 119. Var. araucarioides. 

 "A variety of pyramidal habit resem- 

 bling Araucaria excelsa." (Alfred 

 Rehder, Arnold Arboretum.) 



61488. No. 120. Var. glabra. A gla- 

 brous variety. 



61489. Cupressus funebris Endl. Pina- 

 ceae. Mourning cypress. 



No. 123. Var. glauca. A glaucous va- 

 riety of the mourning cypress (Cupressus 

 funebris) ; the typical form is a wide- 

 spreading, pendulous, Chinese species. 



