
          purplish-black with lilac bloom, broadly ovate, with blunt 
apex terminating in a short acute tip.

49241. PAHUDIA QUANZENSIS. From Victoria Falls, Rhodesia. 
Seeds collected by Dr. H. L. Shantz, Agricultural Explorer. 
A fine, large, ornamental shade and timber tree. The beans 
are highly prized for ornaments. They are an inch long, ebony 
black, with a bony, scarlet aril, and resemble in form the 
jade pendants of the Chinese. The wood, called "Rhodesian 
mahogany," is very beautiful.

51009. PANDANUS TECTORIUS. Screw Pine. From Lamao, Bataan, 
Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by P. J. Wester, Agricultural 
Advisor. A shrubby, rarely erect plant up to 20 
feet high, with aerial roots supporting the stem. Leaves 
leathery, glaucous green, sword shaped, 3 to 5 feet long. 
From the male flowers, borne in numerous cylindrical spikes, 
is obtained a perfume much esteemed in Java. The solitary 
spadix of female flowers is followed by a yellow or red oblong 
or globose fruit 6 to 10 inches long. Grows in sandy 
places near the seacoast, and deserves trial on the coast of 
Florida in comparison with the other species now grown there.

46380. PARKIA TIMORIANA. Cupang. From Zamboanga, Philippine 
Islands. Presented by P. J. Wester. A very large leguminous 
tree; often 115 feet high, with a wide-spreading crown, compound 
fernlike leaves and dense, pear-shaped panicles of 
small, yellow and white flowers. The pendulous black pods, 
18 inches long, contain seeds which are roasted and used for 
coffee. It does very well in South Florida and is exquisitely 
beautiful, especially when young. Quite tender and should be 
planted if possible where protected by large trees.

52295. PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA. Nelli. The Emblic Myrobalan. From 
Seharunpur, India. Seeds presented by A. C. Hartless. A 
moderate-sized deciduous tree of great beauty, producing long 
wandlike shoots with delicate pinnate leaves. It is said to 
produce edible fruits about the size of a gooseberry, with a 
fleshy outer covering and a hard 3-celled nut containing 6 
seeds. The fruits are made into preserves and pickles. They 
form the emblic myrobalan tanning material of commerce. The 
red, hard, close-grained wood is used for building purposes.

50666. PHYLLOCARPUS SEPTENTRIONALIS. Flor de mico. Prom Guatemala 
City. Seeds collected by Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural 
Explorer. An unusually handsome flowering tree of broad, 
spreading habit, which reaches a height of 40 to 50 feet. 
The compound leaves, composed of 3 or 4 pairs of leaflets, 
are light green, and the crimson flowers, about an inch wide, 
are produced in small clusters. When in flower the tree may 
be compared to the royal poinciana.

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