PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



65717 to 65719— Continued. 



65718. Acacia penmxervis Sieber. 



The bark of this Australian acacia contains 

 18 per cent of tannic acid, according to Maiden 

 (Useful Native Plants of Australia), and is 

 said to endure comparatively low tempera- 

 ture?. The same authority states that it is 

 a tall shrub or tree with narrow sickle-shaped 

 phyllodia and short racemes of pale-yellow 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 62961. 



65719. Hakjea laurixa R. Br. Proteaceae. 



A tall Australian shrub, 30 feet or less high, 

 remarkable for its showy crimson flowers. These 

 are in globular heads, about 2 inches in diameter, 

 from which numerous golden yellow styles pro- 

 trude an inch or so in all directions. 



For previous introduction see No. 64483. 



65720. Lilium sutchuenense Franch. 

 Liliaceae. Lily. 



From Kew, England. Seeds presented by the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, through Prof. E. B. 

 Babcock, University of California, Berkeley. 

 Received March 1, 1926. 



A lily from Szechwan, western China, with a 

 ■stem 3 "to 5 feet high, the underground portion 

 ;running along horizontally before coming to the 

 •surface. The thickly scattered leaves are linear 

 and deep green, and the pendulous flowers, up to 

 20 in number, have reflexed orange-red segments 

 spotted purplish-black and red anthers. 



For previous introduction see No. 55609. 



65721. Carica pap at a L. Papaya- 

 ceae. Papaya. 



From Pakse, Laos, Indo China. Seeds presented 

 by G. Ricau. Received March 2, 1926. 



Papaya de Ceylon. Introduced for testing in 

 the warmest parts of the United States. 



65722 to 65730. Abies spp. Pinaceae. 



Fir. 



From Kansu, China., Seeds collected by J. F. 

 Rock, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

 Received March 2, 1926. Notes by Mr. Rock. 



65722. Abies sp. 



No. 13423. October, 1925. A tree 40 to 50 

 feet high, with ascending branches, found in the 

 Maerhku Valley, northern slopes of the Minshan. 

 The needles are glossy on both sides. 



65723. Abies sp. 



No. 13425. A tree 60 to 80 feet high, found in 

 the Maerhku Valley, northern slopes of the 

 Minshan, at an altitude of 10,000 feet, October, 

 1925. The needles are long, wiry, and glaucous, 

 the cones 2 inches long, and the scales broad 

 and purplish black. 



65724. Abies sp. 



No. 13429. From the Maerhku Valley, 

 northern slopes of the Minshan, at an altitude 

 of 10,600 feet, November, 1925. A tree 80 feet 

 high, with long leaves, glossy on both sides; 

 cones 2 x /2 inches or more long, and broad purplish 

 black scales. 



65725. Abies sp. 



No. 13436. Djrakana, Tebbu country, 

 November, 1925. A tree 80 feet high, growing 

 at an altitude of 10,000 feet. The long needles 

 are glossy whitish beneath, the cones 2% inches 

 long, and the scales broad with a short pro- 

 truding mucro. 



65722 to 65730— Continued. 



65726. Abies sp. 



No. 13447. November, 1925, A tree 40 to 

 50 feet high, found on Mount Koangkei, North 

 Tebbu country, at an altitude of 12,000 feet, 

 The curved, emarginate leaves, glaucous beneath, 

 are very large; the cones are 3 inches in length 

 and the scales broad, with a remarkably large 

 foliaceous mucro. 



65727. Abies sp. 



No. 13448. November, 1925. A tree 40 feet 

 high, growing at an altitude of 11,000 feet on 

 Mount Koangkei, North Tebbu country. The 

 needles and cones are smaller than my No. 13447 

 [No. 65726], but the scales are similar. 



65723. Abies sp. 



No. 13451. A tree 60 to 80 feet high, found at 

 Djrakana, Tebbu country, at an altitude of 

 11,000 feet, November, 1925. The leaves are 

 thick, broadly sessile or slightly petiolate, and 

 the cones are 2 inches or more long. 



e5729. Abies sp. 



No. 13454. A tree 80 feet high, found at 

 Djrakana, Tebbu country, at an altitude of 

 11,000 feet, November, 1925. The large thick 

 leaves are glaucous above and dull green beneath, 

 and the purplish black cones, 1% inches long, 

 are mucronate. 



65730. Abies sp. 



No. 13466. A tree 100 to 150 feet high, growing 

 on Lienhoa Mountain, central Kansu, at an 

 altitude of 12,500 feet, October, 1925. The large 

 blunt leaves are glaucous beneath, and the cones, 

 2 inches or more long, are purplish black. 



65731. Hydnocarpus anthelminthica 

 Pierre. Flacourtiaceae. 



From Dalat. Anam. Indo-China. Seeds presented 

 by R. Isl. Received March 2, 1926. 



The maikrabao, as this species is called in Siam. 

 where it is native, is a vigorous, graceful tree 30 to 

 60 feet high, with large leathery leaves up to a foot 

 in length, pale yellowish above and shining green 

 below. The rose or purplish flowers are in few- 

 flowered racemes, and the large round fruits, about 

 3 inches in diameter, contain each about 80 oval 

 seeds from which a fatty oil is expressed. In its 

 physical characteristics and chemical composition 

 this oil closely resembles chaulmoogra oil, which is 

 used with great success in the treatment of leprosy. 

 Like the true chaulmoogra oil (obtained from 

 Taraktogenos kurzi King), this consists to a large 

 extent of the glyceryl esters of chaulmoogric and 

 hydnocarpic acids, and it may therefore be in- 

 ferred that it possesses similar medicinal value. 



For previous introduction see No. 58592. 



65732. Cassia nodosa Buch.-Ham. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



From Assam, India. Seeds presented by Mrs. S. 

 A. D. Boggs, Louisville, Ky., through F. L, 

 Mulford, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 March 1, 1926. 



Pink and white shower. This magnificent flower- 

 ing tree is one of the most commonly cultivated 

 ornamental plants in Honolulu, where it is much 

 used for street planting. It is a moderate-sized 

 deciduous tree, with long drooping branches and 

 glossv leaves; during May and June it bears a pro- 

 fusion of beautiful bright-pink rose-scented flowers 

 which are in dense clusters on long stalks. It is 

 native from the eastern Himalayas to the Malay 

 Islands and the Philippines. 



For previous introduction see No. 549S4. 



