SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED 



63610 to 63617— Continued. 



63610. H. 109. 63614. P. R. 828. 



63611. B. 11569. 63615. P. R. -452. 



63612. P.R.^88. 63616. P.R.5k8. 



63613. P.R.729. 63617. P.R.S58. 



63618 to 63621. Saccharum officina- 

 eum L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. 



From Fajardo, Porto Rico. Cuttings pre- 

 sented by the Fajardo Sugar Co., through 

 E. W. Brandos, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received April 15, 1925. 



Locally developed strains. 



63618. F. O. lfi%. 68620. F. C. 396. 



63619. F. C. 86. ' 63621. F. G. 805. 



63622 to 63627. 



From China. Seeds collected by F. A. Mc- 

 Clure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received April 3, 1925. 

 Notes by Mr. McClure. 



63622. Canarium pimela Koen. Balsame- 

 aceae. 



No. 53. Foh Tsun, Lohkongtang, Kwang- 

 tung. December 5, 1924. U lam. The 

 fruits, black when ripe, exude a viscous, 

 milky juice with a pungent flavor when 

 the skin is broken. They are commonly 

 eaten after having been scalded for a 

 moment and flavored with soy sauce or 

 sugar. In preparing them for the market 

 the fruits are scalded, the seeds removed, 

 and the flesh dried in the sun. 



63623. Celastrus hindsii Benth. Celas- 

 traceae. 



No. 55. Honam Island. January 2, 

 1925. Tsing hang fang. A half-woody, 

 slender vine, 2 to 4 meters long, growing 

 wild on trees and shrubs in poor soil, 

 chiefly granite clay. It is an attractive 

 ornamental with bright reddish orange 

 seeds which are exposed at maturity by 

 the splitting of the pod into a three- 

 pointed star. 



63624. Desmos chinensis Lour. Anno- 

 naceae. 



No. 57. Honam Island. January 2, 1925. 

 Ka ying chau. A shrub, 1 to 2 meters 

 high, growing wild in a shady place 

 along the roadside in clay soil. The 

 very fragrant, greenish yellow flowers are 

 followed by curious clusters of attractive 

 fruits which turn from yellow to red 

 and are composed of many moniliform 

 pods radiating from a short peduncle. 



63625. Gleditsia pera (Lour.) Merr. (G. 

 australis Hemsl.). Caesalpiniaceae. 



Honey locust. 



No. 59. Tax ip yvng. A large tree 

 growing wild on Honam Island, valuable 

 as a lumber tree and as an ornamental. 



Ilex rotunda Thunb. Aquifoli- 

 aceae. 



No. 48. Honam Island. January 2, 

 1925. Pah Ian heung. A small wild 

 shrub, usually less than 1 meter high, 

 with glossy foliage and attractive red 

 fruits. 



63627. Mussaenda sp. Rubiaceae. 



No. 51. Honam Island. December, 1924. 

 Pah chi sin. A wild ornamental vine 

 with inconspicuous yellow flowers and 

 conspicuous white bracts. 



63628. Calycophyllum candidissimtt*£ 

 (Vahl) DC. Rubiaceae. 



From Summit, Canal Zone. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Holger Johansen, Plant Intro- 

 duction Garden. Received June 12, 1925. 



A Central American timber tree known 

 commercially as the degame is described by 

 S. J. Record (Timbers of Tropical Amer- 

 ica, p. 547) as being 40 to 65 feet high, 

 with a straight trunk free from limbs. 

 The wood has the strength, toughness, 

 and resilience of hickory and is used for 

 making agricultural implements, tool han- 

 dles, and similar articles. 



63629 to 63650. 



From China. Seeds collected by F. A 

 McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received April 3, 

 1925. Notes by Mr. McClure. 



63629. Myroxylon senticosum (Hance) 

 Warb. {Xylosma senticosum Hance). 

 Flacourtiaceae. 



No. 50. Near Chukliu, Kwangtung. 

 January 18, 1925. Kai na lak. A very 

 ornamental and large shapely shrub or 

 small tree, having dense glossy foliage 

 and producing an abundance of small 

 dark-red fruits which are borne in short- 

 stemmed clusters along the branches. 



63630. Pandanus sp. Pandanaceae. 



No. 43. Lamt'au Island, Hong Kong- 

 Colony. December, 1924. Lo tau lak, 

 Lak poh loh. This plant is widely used 

 by the Chinese as a hedge. The long 

 ribbonlike leaves are stripped of their 

 marginal and midrib hooks, rolled into 

 " spools," dried, and used to weave a 

 coarse matting, and in a few instances- 

 they are used for hats. 



63631. Psychotria elliptica Ker. Ru- 

 biaceae. 



No. 54. Honam Island, Kwangtung. 

 January 2. 1925. An attractive orna- 

 mental 1 to 6 meters high, growing wild 

 in a ferruginous sandy clay loam and 

 having large leaves and rather incon- 

 spicuous white flowers. The clusters of 

 fruits are at first yellow, turning red 

 in the autumn. 



. Raphiolepis indica (L.) Lindl. 

 Malaceae. 



No. 49. Honam Island, Kwangtung. 

 January 2, 1925. Cli'un fa. This very 

 pretty little shrub, which was found 

 wild, produces clusters of delicate pink 

 flowers that are reminiscent of cherry 

 blossoms, and berries which become red 

 in the autumn. 



63633. Smilax sp. Smilacaceae. Smilax. 



No. 56. From the wild near Fohtsuen, 

 Kwangtung. December 5, 1924. Ma hap. 

 A sturdy glossy-leaved vine bearing in 

 the autumn an abundance of brilliant red 

 berries in dense umbels. This fine orna- 

 mental seems to thrive equally well on 

 any soil and grows naturally under very 

 difficult conditions on starved clay soil 

 in burned or cut-over places. 



and 63635. Phaseolus aureus 

 Roxb. Fabaceae. Mung bean. 



. No. 30. Kochau, Kwangtung. 

 Luk tau. Compared with the other 

 varieties, luk tau is very small and 

 cylindrical, and, as its name sug- 

 gests, it is dark green. It is har- 

 vested twice a year, June and Sep- 

 tember, and is used in many forms, 

 the chief of which are flour and 

 sprouts. 



