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SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



49525 and 49526— Continued. 



49526. Xanthosoma sagittaefolitjm (L.) Schott. Aracese. Yautia. 

 " Kienipoel poetieh. Introduced for testing in tlie South." (R. A. 



Young.) 



49527 to 49567. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock and sent through 

 Dr. H. L. Lyon, department of botany and forestry, Hawaiian Sugar- 

 Planters' Association. Received February 19, 1920. 



^ "All of the seeds, except those of No. 963, were collected on Mount Gedeh, 



Java, in July and August, 1919." {Lyon.) 



49527. Amomum coccineum (Blume) Benth. and Hook. Zinziberacese. 

 (Elettaria coccinea Blume.) 



(No. 929.) A perennial herb, native to the more humid portions of 

 Java, with narrowly acuminate leaves and oblong dense spikes of flowers. 

 (Adapted from BUime, Enurneratio Plnntarum Javae, p. 53.) 



49528. Areca sp. Phoenicacese. Palm. 

 (No. 933.) A palm characterized by its lofty trunk, pinnate leaves, 



whose stalks are rolled up into cylinders at the bases, and drupelike 

 fruits with fibrous rinds. (Adapted from Lindley, Treaswi/ of Botany, 

 vol. 1, p. 88.) 



49529. Calophyllum hasskiablii Teijsm. and Binn. Clusiacefe. 



(No. 795.) A tree up to 20 meters in height, found throughout the 

 East Indies, but rare in .Java. In southern Preanger, Java, the wood 

 is renowned as building material. (Adapted from Heyne, Nuttige 

 Planten ran Xederlandschindie, vol. 3, p. 267.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 11021. 



49530. Ctetostachys lakka Beccari. Phoenicacese. Palm. 

 (No. 693.) A stately and elegant palm, native to the East Indies, 



with a slender spineless stem crowned by a cluster of boldly arched 

 leaves 3 to 4 feet in length. The fruits are elongate egg-shaped and about 

 half an inch long. (Adapted from Beccari, Annales du Jardin Botanique 

 de Buitenzorg, vol. 2, p. l.'fl, and Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horti- 

 culture, vol. 2, p. 947.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. 1. No. 46865. 



49531. DiAXELLA ensifolia (L.) Red. Liliacese. 



(No. 800.) A very attractive member of the lily family from tropical 

 Asia, with long grasslike leaves, lax panicles of blue or white flowers, 

 and globose blue fruits which remain on the plant for some time after 

 maturing. (Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. lJf04-) 



49532. DEYMOPHLOErs peopixqlus Beccari. Phoenicacese. 



(No. 752.) A rather small palm, native to New Guinea, with a stem 

 up to 2* meters in height and 2 centimeters thick. The leaves, about 

 a meter and a half long, are irregularly pinnate with pinnae about 30 

 centimeters in length. (Adapted from Beccari, Malesia, vol. 1, p. 43.) 



49533. Ficus alba Reinw. Moracese. 



(No. 960.) A shrub or small tree from the Malay Archipelago at 

 altitudes under 4,000 feet. Its variously shaped leaves are 5 to 8 inches 

 long, with whitish lower surfaces, and the axillary fruits are about half 

 an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 

 o, p. 530.) 



