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SEET>S AND PLANTS IMPOKTED. 



48657 to 48688— Continued. 



8 feet in lieisrht. with scented foliage. The stem and the lar?e. deep-green 

 leaves, silvery white helow, are clammy piibescent. The numerous, 

 large, showy white flowers have a bold crimson blotch at the base of each 

 petal. In parts of the East the gum is gathered from this plant by beat- 

 ing the branches with a sort of flail, the thick gummy juice being scraped 

 off and made into a fragrant resin. (Adapted from Flora and Syh'a, vol. 

 2, p. and Ganleninp Illustrated, vol. 22, p. 212.) 



48667. DoDONAEA viscosA (L.) Jacq. Sapindace^e. 



Cliirca de monte. A tree, 3 to 5 meters high, with erect branches and 

 dark wrinkled bark. The leaves are of varying shai>es. oblong to lanceo- 

 late : the greenish white flowers are very small ; and the fruit is a deep 

 red capsule. It is frequent in stony places along the coast and is also 

 found in the interior, (Adapted from Arechavaleta, Flora Uruguaya, 

 vol. 1, p. 290.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No, 45726. 



48668. DoLicHOS jACQumn DC. Fabaceie. 

 (D. linnosus Jacq, not L.) 



A perennial twining plant, pilose throughout, with ovate-acute scabrous 

 leaves about 2 inches long; the umbels of white flowers are followed by 

 straight, terete legumes, 3 to 4 inches long, covered with yellow hairs 

 and snow-white inside. The small, reniform, shining black seeds, 8 to 

 10 to a pod, have a white hilum. Native to Caribbean forests, 

 (Adapted from Jacquin, Selectarum Stirpium Americana rum Historic, p. 

 205.) 



For previous introduction, see S, P. I. No. 27.534. 



For discussions of the status of Dolichos lignosus and of D. jacquinii, 

 the following publications should be consulted : Piper, C, V., and Morse, 

 W. J., " The Bonavist, Lablab, or Hyacinth Bean," U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture Bulletin No. 318, 1915 : Freeman, G. F., " The Purple Hyacinth 

 Bean," Botanical Gazette, vol. 66, pp. 512 ff. 1918. 



48669. DuBANTA LOKEXTzn Griseb. Verbenacese. 



"A shrub, 3 or 4 meters high, with lilac flowers and drupaceous suc- 

 culent fruits." (Giiillot.) 



48670. ErGE:}siA axtstbalis Wendl. Myrtaceae. 

 (E. myrti folia Sims.) 



A handsome evergreen shrub fi'om East Australia, with graceful, 

 slightly winged branches and smooth, shining, elliptic leaves. The dainty 

 white flowers have persistent calyxes with spreading red sepals, small 

 petals, and very many, extremely long, large-anthered stamens. The 

 leaves and flowers have a pleasant aromatic taste. The palatable fruit 

 is utilized particularly for jam. but the seed must be removed from the 

 pulp. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 2230, and Mueller^ 

 Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 212.) 



48671. Euge:^ia GUABur Berg. Myrtaceae. 



Pitanga. This slender ornamental tree is found on the banks of 

 .streams. The immature fruit is red, turning black when mature; it is 

 smaller than that of S'angapiru {Eugenia uniflora). and is not edible. 

 (Adapted from Venturi and Lilio, Contrilyucion al Conocimiento de los 

 Arholes de la Argentina, p. 69.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 3208. 



