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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED. 



36040 to 36045— Continued. 



36042. LiTCHi CHiNEXsis Sonnerat. Litchi* 

 (Nephelium litchi Cambess.) 



"The Bedana litchi, famed throughout India. This ig supposed to be a 

 seedless variety, as the name indicates, but I am informed on good authority 

 that the seed is usually present, but varies in size according to locality and 

 culture, and is sometimes very small. It is a very choice variety, the plant 

 being propagated by layering. ' ' 



36043. Eugenia eucalyptoides Mueller. Gum rose-apple. 



''This species of Eugenia has a leaf much resembling that of some species of 

 Eucal}T)tus and is a handsome ornamental shrub. In addition, it produces 

 a fruit somewhat less than an inch in diameter, highly valued in its native 

 country (Australia) for the manufacture of wine." 



Distribution. — Gravelly places along the Victoria River, in North Australia. 



36044. Hymenodictyon excelsum (Roxb.) Wallich. 



- ''A large ornamental tree, with copper-colored foliage. Should be hardy 

 enough for south Florida and southern California." 



36045. RiviNA LAEVis L. 



*'A dwarf ornamental shmb, producing yellow berries, which remain on the 

 plant for some time. ' ' 



36046. Elaeocarpus bancroftii Muell. and Bailey. 



Ebony-heart tree. 



From Brisbane, Australia. Presented by Mr. WiUiam Soutter, secretary and 

 manager, Queensland Acclimatisation Society. Received August 27, 1913. 

 "Sometimes called Johnstone River almond, or ebony-heart tree of the Cairns; is an 

 evergreen tree of the linden family, often reaching a height of over 100 feet and a diam- 

 eter of over 2 feet. Leaves simple; small white flowers in racemes, sepals and petals 

 five, the stamens indefinite, inserted upon a swollen lobed disk, and having long, 

 downy unequal-celled anthers, usually ending in a bristle. Ovary from two to five 

 celled, the fruit containing a very hard, rough-shelled nut, divided into as many 

 1-seeded cells as the ovary, or sometimes all but one cell imperfect. The wood is hard 

 and durable, light, with a darker color in the center; likely to prove useful for sheaves 

 for blocks. It considerably resembles the American lignum vitse, for which, indeed, 

 it might form a good substitute. ' ' {Soutter.) 



36047 and 36048. 



From San Salvador, Salvador. Presented by Mr. Thomas Hinckley, American 

 consul general. Received August 6, 1913. 



36047. Passiflora ligularis Juss. Granadilla. 



"The granadilla has a fruit the size of a large egg, yellow when ripe, and 

 within wMch the seeds are enwrapped in a mass of mucilage of delicate taste, 

 which is neither food nor drink. ' ' (Pittier, Las Plantas Usuales de Costa Rica.) 



36048. SoLANUM MURiCATUM Aiton. Pepino. 

 "The sweet pepinos procured were practically seedless, these 19 seeds being 



all that there were in eight large ripe ones. This plant is propagated in Salvador 

 by cuttings . " ( Hinckley . ) 



