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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



63787 to 63797— Continued. 



63791. Bridblia monoica (Lour.) Merr. 

 Euphorbiaceae. 



No. 80. Sheungtip. February 3, 1025. 

 I'il; pole tsai. An attractive small, na- 

 tive tree whose slender drooping brandies 

 are slightly suggestive oi' the weeping 

 willow, although the sessile leaves are 

 elliptic ovate and obtuse. This plant, 

 widely distributed throughout Kwangtung, 

 is a fair ornamental, although neither its 

 flowers nor its fruits are conspicuous. 



63792. Fraxinus chinensis Roxb." Olea- 

 ceae. Ash. 



No. 84. February 10, 1925. Shut lau, 

 Ch'aak paan lau. From two trees 

 growing near a pond on the road to the 

 Tengu Mountain, near llaulik. The 

 lumber, not abundant here, is used by 

 the Chinese to make implements, oars, 

 etc. 



63793. Ilex sp. Aquifoliaceae. 



No. 79. Chue t'in shue, Tsau peng 

 shue, Pak Ian heung. From an isolated 

 tree growing wild along the road near 

 Samshui, on the flood plain of the West 

 River. This is a beautiful spreading 

 tree with smooth light-gray bark and 

 glossy dark-green persistent foliage. The 

 thick clusters of red berries are slightly 

 flattened in shape and considerably 

 smaller than a garden pea. 



63794. Ilex sp. Aquifoliaceae. 



No. 81. February 16, 1925. Pak lam, 

 Jieung. Along the road from Lintan to 

 Szchim. This tree, leafless, but with 

 every branch literally hidden in a pro- 

 fusion of brilliant red berries, was a 

 most strikingly beautiful object. It 

 stood out very conspicuously in quite a 

 group of its species as being leafless but 

 heavily loaded with fruits while the 

 others still clung to half their foliage 

 but bearing much less abundantly. 



63795. Ormosia calavensis Azaola. Fa- 

 baceae. 



No. 91. February' 9, 1925. Kai Ngaan 

 shui. A striking ornamental from a 

 ravine on Tengu Mountain. This is a 

 large tree with black bark, splendid 

 foliage, and bearing bright-red seeds. 



63796. So J a max (L.) Piper (Glycine 

 Mspida Maxim.). Fabaceae. Soy bean. 



No. 78. February 16, 1925. A light- 

 green variety from a shop in Lintan and 

 said to have originally come from Tung- 

 koon, on the East River. 



63797. Vitex quinata (Lour.) F. N. 

 Williams. Verbenaceae. 



No. 99. Kochanghui, on the Little 

 North River. January 18, 1925. Po 

 keng, Fooi shue. This large tree, 10 

 meters high and 50 centimeters in diam- 

 eter, bears small fragrant purple or 

 lavender flowers in large upright panicles. 

 It yields a hard wood useful in making 

 furniture and boats. 



63798. Manihot glaziovii Muell. Arg. 

 Euphorbiaceae. Ceara rubber. 



From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from 

 Vilm'orin-Andrieux & Co. Received April 

 23, 1925. 



An important rubber-producing plant, 

 native to Brazil. 



63799. Neykaudia madagascakiensis 

 (Kunth) Hook. f. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by 

 G. II. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Gar- 

 den. Received April 20, 1925. 



A large coarse grass, described by J. D. 

 Hooker (Flora of British India, vol. 7) as 

 having a solid stem 6 to 8 feet or more 

 in height, with smooth soft leaves 1 or 2 

 feet long and panicles 1 to 3 feet long. 

 Although native to Madagascar, this grass 

 is distributed throughout tropical Asia. In 

 its native home the leaves are used for 

 making hats. 



63800 to 63820. 



From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. Wl. Kousnetzoff, botanist in charge 

 of forage and pasture plants, Bureau of 

 Applied Botany and Plant Breeding. Re- 

 ceived April 13, 1925. Notes by Doctor 

 Kousnetzoff. 



63800 and 63801. Agropyron Cristatum 

 (L.) Gaertn. Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial, thickly cespitose grass, 

 upright or ascending, native to southern 

 Europe and Asia. 



63800. No. 1338. Province of Omsk. 



63801. No. 2113. Minusinsk. Province 

 of Yeniseisk, District of Siberia. 



63802. Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) 

 Beauv. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 1340. Province of Omsk. 



An upright cespitose perennial grass, 

 up to 16 inches high, with linear leaves. 

 Native to southern Russia and the Cau- 

 casus. 



63803 to 63805. Bromus inermis Leyss. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial upright European grass, 

 which forms a thick mat, with creeping 

 rhizomes. The stems are 1 to 3 feet 

 high. 



63803. No. 1612. Djirgalantou. Mon- 

 golia. From the basin of a river. 



63804. No. 1613. Adjin, Mongolia. 

 From the basin of the Kossogol 

 River. 



63805. No. 1342. Province of Omsk. 



63806. Elymus dahuricus Turcz. Po- 

 aceae. Grass. 



No. 1346. Province of Omsk. 



A tall perennial grass with stout erect 

 stems, native to mountainous regions in 

 central and eastern Asia. 



63807 and 63808. Elymus sibiricus L. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



A tall perennial grass with heavy 

 pendulous panicles ; native to Siberia. 



63807. No. 1347. Province of Omsk. 



63808. No. 2273.* Nikoljsko-Ussurijsk, 

 Province of Primorskaya. 



and 63810. Hed-ysarum gmelini 

 Ledeb. Fabaceae. 



In localities where this is native it ia 

 popular as a forage plant. 



63809. No. 2285. District of Minu- 

 sinsk, Province of Yeniseisk. 



63810. No. 2286. District of Minu- 

 sinsk. Province of Yeniseisk. 



