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48624. Paxdorea ricasoliaxa (Tanf.) Baill. Bignoniacese. 

 iPodranea ricasoUana Sprague.) 



From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Received 

 November 10, 1919. 



" Seeds of a most strikingly beautiful climber. It is evergreen, quick-grow- 

 ing, and produces its flovsrers during six or eight months — from spring to 

 autumn, here — and perhaps would produce all through the year in a warmer 

 climate. The flowers are large and of a beautiful pale-rose color ; they are 

 produced in large bunches, hundreds sometimes being open at the same time. 

 I have had this species for more than 20 years, but this year is the first time 

 It ever produced any seeds, four fruits having developed." (Proschowsky.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 32969. 



48625. TRrFOLruM repens L. Fabaceae. White clover. 



From Groningen, HoUand. Presented by Mr. C. Broekema, director, Gro- 



ninger Zaaizaadvereeniging. Received November 11, 1919. 

 Friesland white clover seed of the 1918 crop. It is unnecessary to state 

 that the Friesland white clover is not a pure-bred strain, but what we call a 

 'land-race.'" (Broekema.) 



48626. Feronia LiMoxiA (L.) Swingle. Rutacese. Wood-apple. 



(F. elephantum Correa.) 

 From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Presented by Mr. H, F. Macmillan, superin- 

 tendent. Botanic Gardens, Department of Agriculture. Received No- 

 vember 15, 1919. 



" Wood-apple, or elephant-apple. A good-sized tree, 40 to 50 feet high, native 

 to India and Ceylon. It bears round fruit, about the size of a large cricket 

 ball, similar to the bel fruit, but distinguished from it by having a whitish, 

 warty surface. The hard, woody shell incloses a soft, browmish, mealy sub- 

 stance which has a strong aromatic odor. The fruit is generally relished in 

 Ceylon by the poorer classes and is also used in native medicine. Elephants, 

 too. are fond of it. The tree is common throughout the dry region, being often 

 cultivated there as well as in the moist low country." (Macmillan.) 



48627 to 48630. Brassica spp. Brassicacese. 



From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. A. Gage, director, 

 Botanical Survey of India. Received November 17, 1919. Quoted notes 

 by Mr. Gage. 



48627 and 48628. Brassica campestbis sakson Prain. Sarson, 



48627. " Dark seeds mixed with tori from the Calcutta market." 



48628. " Yellow seeds from the Calcutta market." 



48629, Brassica jtjncea (L.) Cass. Chinese mustard. 

 " Lutni Rai. Yellowish brown seeds from the Calcutta market." 



48630. Brassica napus dichotoma (Roxb.) Prain. Tori. 

 " Tori from the Calcutta market." 



48631 and 48632. Beta spp. Chenopodiacese. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received November 

 19. 1919. Quoted notes by Dr. Trabut. 



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