INVENTORY. 



34093 and 34094. 



From Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. O. W. Barrett, chief, Division of 

 Horticulture, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila. Received July 1, 1912. 

 Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Barrett: 



34093. Flacourtia sepiaria Roxburgh. Bitongol. 

 "A small shrub bearing purplish, sweetish fruit about the size of a small 



cherry, edible." 



Distribution. — Dry jungles along coasts in Bengal and Ceylon and eastward 

 through the Malay Archipelago to the Philippines. 



34094. Parkia timoriana (DC.) Merrill. Cupang. 

 (P. roxhurghii Don.) 



"A large, leguminous, ornamental forest tree, indigenous to the Philippines." 



"This tree reaches a height of 35 to 40 meters and a diameter of 150 to 180 

 centimeters. The bole is 15 to 20 meters in length, strongly buttressed, but 

 otherwise fairly regular. The crown, about one-half the height of the tree, is 

 large, vase shaped, widespreading, and open. It is preeminently a tree of 

 rather open and second-growth forests where the dry season is pronounced and 

 is very scarce or entirely absent in those parts where a pronounced dry season 

 is wanting. It prefers good soils and requires a great deal of light and therefore 

 is found in the parang (patches of grass alternating with forest) or on the edges 

 of untouched forests or in open places of dipterocarp forests. The bark is 6 to 

 12 millimeters in thickness, brown to russet brown in color, often gray where 

 exposed to the sunlight. It has a roughened appearance due to shallow vertical 

 broken lines and is covered with small, brown, corky pustules. The inner 

 bark is dark brownish red in color. The leaves are alternate, doubly compound, 

 large, and fernlike in appearance; the leaflets about 0.5 centimeter in length 

 and whitish beneath. The tree is bare of leaves from one to six weeks during 

 the dry season. The large sapwood is creamy white when fresh and then has a 

 very disagreeable odor. On exposure it discolors rapidly. The heartwood is 

 light brown but is found only in trees 60 centimeters or more in diameter. The 

 wood is light and soft and decays rapidly. The wood is known as cupang and 

 has the following uses: Light and temporary construction; packing boxes; 

 wooden soles of shoes; matches. It is known to be good for paper pulp." 

 {H. N. Whitford, Forests of the Philippines, p. 39-40.) 



34095 and 34096. Persea Americana Miller. Avocado. 



(P. gratissima Gaertn. f .) 



From Quillota, Chile. Presented by Mr. M. Amacleo, Estacion de Patolojia 

 Vejetal, Servicios de Policia Sanitaria Vejetal, Santiago, Chile. Received 

 July 5, 1912. 

 Cuttings of the following: 



34096. ''Frutoverde.'' 34096. Fruto negro." 



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