
          handsome small evergreen tree with slender downy branches, pale green 
leaves, and bright yellow flowers. It is distributed throughout 
Malaysia and the Philippines, where it is valued as an ornamental and 
for its nearly black wood which is used in furniture making and for 
building purposes.

52387. CASTANEA DIVERSIFOLIA. Chestnut. From Bangkok, Siam. Seeds 
collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A tree reaching a 
height of 60 feet, common in the drier forests of Martaban, Burma, at 
altitudes of 3,500 to 5,000 feet, and in the pine lands in northern 
Siam at altitudes of 4,000 to 5,000 feet. The thin-shelled nuts are 
about an inch in diameter. This species should be tested on the pine 
lands of Florida as well as in the American tropics.

49720. CASUARINA CUNNINGHAMIANA. Native to New South Wales and 
New Zealand. Seeds presented by William Hertrich, Huntington Estate, 
San Gabriel, Calif. This species is considered by many people to be 
more handsome than its congener C. equisetifolia, the well-known Australian  pine. The cones are smaller than those of the last named, and 
the branches slender and graceful in appearance. The limited plantings 
of this species which have been made in the Southern States show that 
it is well adapted to cultivation in that region, where it has proved 
much hardier than C. equisetifolia.

52909. CATALPA BUNGEI. From Nanking, Kiangsu, China. Seeds presented 
by J . L. Buck. A valuable, rapid-growing Chinese tree, sometimes 
reaching 100 feet in height, with a trunk 10 to 15 feet in circumference. 
The wood, which is strong, light, durable, and nonwarping, 
resembles walnut in character and is much used in the manufacture of 
fine furniture. The tree prefers a porous soil and is easily propagated 
from suckers. It should not be confused with the Catalpa bungei 
of North American nurseries, which is a trade name of C. bignonioides.

38836. CELASTRUS ANGULATUS. Bittersweet. From Tahuashan, Shansi, 
China. Seeds collected by Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. This 
is a species of bittersweet of semitrailing, shrubby habit, adapted 
for growing in shady places. When covered with its masses of yellow 
fruits out of which peep the scarlet-orange-coated seeds, it is a 
strikingly ornamental vine.

49373. CHAMAEDOREA sp. Pacayito. From Tucuru, Alta Verapaz. 
Guatemala. Plants collected by Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer. 
A handsome dwarf palm of much value for house culture. It has finely 
pinnate foliage, and rarely attains a height greater than 30 inches. 
When still quite small and growing in a 4 or 5-inch pot, it flowers 
and produces diminutive clusters of round fruits which add to its interest 
and decorative value. It needs abundant soil moisture, and a 
shaded corner of the room, since it comes from the dense forests of 
northern Guatemala where the rainfall is very heavy.

CHAYOTA EDULIS. Chayote. From Mexico, Central America, and 
the West Indies. A vigorous-growing, perennial-rooted vine, suited to

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