JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 



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38991 to 39101— Continued. 



38994. AcoNiTUM luridum Hook. f. and Thorns. Ranunculacese. 



Aconite. 



"This Aconitiim is a native of the alpine east Himalayas and may- 

 be found growing around Sikkim at altitudes of 14,000 feet. The stem 

 is 2 to 3 feet in length, slightly pubescent, and has very few leaves. The 

 radical leaves are 2 to 3 inches in diameter. The flowers are dull red 

 in color and the sepals are brown tomentose." {Hooker ^ Flora of 

 British India, vol. 1, p. 28.) 



38995. Albizzia sp, Mimosacese. 



38996. Albizzia odobatissima (L. f.) Benth. Mimosacese. 



" This is a large, deciduous tree, met with in the sub-Himalayan 

 tract from the Indus eastward, ascending to 3,000 feet in altitude. This 

 tree yields a dark-brown gum in rounded tears, tasteless but soluble in 

 water. The bark is boiled by the G^ro people, together with the leaves 

 of the Dugdl (Sarcochlamys pulcherrima) and the yarn of their cloth, 

 to give the latter a brownish color. As a medicine the bark is applied 

 externally and is considered efficacious in leprosy and in inveterate ulcers. 

 When boiled in ghi the leaves are used by the Santals as a remedy for 

 coughs. The timber made from this tree is used in the manufacture of 

 wheels, oil mills, and furniture. The timber is excellent for all purposes 

 requiring strength and durability, and is considered one of the most 

 valuable of jungle timbers." {Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Prod- 

 ucts of India.) 



38997. Alnus nepalensis D. Don. Betulaceae. Alder. 

 " This tree, which is a native of the Himalayas, reaches a height of 



about 60 feet and may be found growing at altitudes between 3,000 and 

 9,000 feet. The bark of this Alnus is used for tanning and dyeing." 

 {Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 33,) 



38998. Amoora rohituka (Koxb.) Wight and Arn. Meliacese. 



" This is an evergreen tree with a large crown of branches, which is 

 widely distributed over the Malay Archipelago and the Philippine Islands. 

 The fruit is smooth, pale yellow or red in color, and from 1 to 1^ inches 

 in diameter. It is rather soft and fleshy, 3-celled, and 3-valved. A sort 

 of economic oil is extracted from the seed of this fruit." {Hooker, 

 Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 559.) 



38999. Anemone rupicola Camb. (?) Ranunculacese. Anemone. 

 " This species of Anemone is a native of the inner alpine valleys of the 



Himalayas and may be found growing from Gores to Kashmir to 

 Sikkim at altitudes of 12,000 to 15,000 feet. The radical leaves are long 

 pedoled, and the segments are more or less petioled and sharply incised 

 or 3-lobed. The sepals are 1 to 1^ inches in length, broadly oval, and 

 downy on the outside. The flowers, which are 1 or 2 in number, are 

 large and very showy." {Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 8.) 



39000. Bauhinia purpurea L. Csesalpiniaceae. Orchid tree. 

 A small to middle-sized tree; leaves coriaceous, glabrous, somewhat 



cordate, cleft one-third to one-half their depth, 9 to 11 nerved; lobes 

 obtuse or somewhat acute ; flowers in few-flowered axillary and terminal 

 corymbs, fragrant; petals red, one streaked with white on the claw, 

 oblanceolate, acute ; fertile stamens, 3 to 4, very long, the rest sterile or 

 abortive ; pod 1 foot long. India, Burma, China. One of the finest flower- 



