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38541. STYLOMA PACIFICA. Fan palm.  From the Belize
Botanical Station, Belize, British Honduras, through O. F. Cook.
A spineless fan paln up to 30 feet high, with exceptionally soft and
plant leaves having the blades wedge shaped in outline.  This
species is remarkable for its fibrous, fluffy leafstalks.  Known 
heretofore as Pritchardia pacifica.

38542. STYLOMA THURSTONI. Fan palm. From the Belize
Botanical Station, Belize, British Honduras.  A handsome fan palm
without spines.  The pliant soft leaves are reported to be very beautiful. 
This species is distinguished from others of the same genus
by its very long slender flower stalks like fishing rods, bearing a
thyrselike inflorescence. Kkown heretofore as Pritchardia thurstoni.

SWIETENIA MAHAGONI. True mahogany.  Tree of the
family Meliaceæ, attaíning great height and a diameter up to 6 feet.
Furnishes the hard, dark-red wood of well-known commercial value.
This species occurs wild on the keys or islands south of the Everglades
and grows on hot coral rock on the seacoast of Florida, often within
reach of the salt spray.

38498. SYNECANTHUS sp. Uchul palm. From O. F. Cook,
Senahu, Guatemala.  Slender, graceful, pinnate-leaved palm, reaching 
15 feet in height, with large, open inflorescences bearing beautiful 
bright-red fruits the size of a cherry.  Grows in cool, damp,
mountain-side forests in the Senahu districts at altitudes of 2,000 to
4,000 feet.

38828. SYRINGA AMURENSIS. Lilac. From F. N. Meyer,
Tahuashan, Shensi, China.  A tree found in great masses on rocky
mountain slopes at altitudes of 3,000 to 5,000 feet.  Of value as
a stock for standard lilacs and for hybridization purposes.  Attractive
when in flower and useful as a hardy shrub.

40709. SYKINGA sp. Lilac.  Collected by F. N. Meyer near
Palitang, Kansu, China.  Small bush 3 to 5 feet high, with small
leaves.  Apparently very floriferous.  Found with Amygdalus 
davidiana covering loess slopes at altitudes of 3,500 feet.  Of value as
a hardy flowering shrub for the dry and cool sections of the United
States.

34804. TAMARIX PENTANDRA. Tamarisk. From Novospassko, 
Syzran-Riazan Ry., Russia, through F. N. Meyer.  The
facts that the tamarisk can withstand unusual amounts of alkali, is
cold resistant, and branches near the ground, makes it an excellent
plant for windbreaks.  It can be easily propagated by cuttings.
This species from Russia is recommended for the Great Plains.
        