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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



38974— Continued. 



brown, with thick, lighter colored sapwood of about 30 layers of annual growth. 

 The fruit is used in large quantities in making jellies and jams. Sandy bottom 

 land and along the borders of the forest of long leaf pine, usually in the 

 neighborhood of the coast, from South Carolina to western Louisiana and 

 southern Arkansas. (Abridged from Sargent, Trees of North America.) 



38975 and 38976. Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons. Rutaceae. Bael. 



(Aegle marmelos Correa.) 

 From Nyaunglebin, Burma, India. Presented by Rev. E, N. Harris, Ameri- 

 can Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Received July 30, 1914. 



38975. " Small variety." 38976. " Large variety." 



38977. ToLuiFERA PEREiRAE (Klotzsch) Baill. Fabacese. 

 {Myroxylon pereirae Klotzsch.) Balsam of Peru. 



From Havana, Cuba. Presented by Mr. J. Pascual Baldwin, through Mr. 

 W. E. Safford, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received July 24, 1914. 

 Source of balsamo bianco, or balsamito. 



38978. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalacese. Apricot. 

 From Somma Vesuviana, Italy. Presented by Mr. Gustav Eisen. Received 



July 27, 1914. 



** Pelese apricot seeds from Somma Vesuviana." (Eisen.) 



See S. P. I. No. 38778 for previous introduction and description. 



38979 and 38980. Brachychiton spp. Sterculiacese. 



From Brisbane, Australia. Presented by Mr. Leslie Gordon Corrie, Queens- 

 land Acclimatization Society. Received July 30, 1914. 



38979. Brachychiton acerifolium Mueller. Flame tree. . 

 (Sterculia acerifolia Cunningh.) 



This species of Sterculia, which is a native of New South Wales and 

 Queensland, is a large evergreen tree reaching a height of about 60 feet. 

 The wood of this species, as w^ith all other sterculias, is soft and light and 

 has but a very limited use. The flowers are brilliant scarlet in color and 

 are produced in great abundance. This tree has been introduced into this 

 country and may now be seen growing on streets and lawns in California. 

 A gummy substance exudes from the trunk of this tree, which, of any 

 of the well-known gums, most resembles the tragacanth. (Adapted 

 from Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, and Maiden, Useful 

 Native Plants of Australia.) 



38980. Brachychiton luridum Mueller. 

 (Sterculia lurida Muell.) 



" This tree, which is commonly known as the sycamore or fiat tree, is a 

 native of northern New South Wales and Queensland. The timber is 

 white, soft, not durable, is easily split, and is occasionally used for 

 shingles. The bark of this tree yields a strong and valuable fiber, similar 

 to bass, or Russian matting." (MaideUt Useful Native Plants of Australia. ) 



