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49613 to 49661— Continued. 



49635. Ficus hookeei Miquel. Moracese. 



An entirely glabrous tree, with thinly coriaceous oval leaves up to 11 

 inches in length and axillary, depressed, obovate fruits growing in pairs, 

 up to an inch in diameter when ripe. This tig is not common ; it ascends 

 to 6,000 feet in the Sikkim Himalayas and Khasi Hills, India. (Adapted 

 from King, Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, vol. 1, p. 36.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No., 47685. 



49636. Gynocardia odorata R. Br. Flacourtiacese. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree, with hard round fruits which grow 

 on the stem and main branches, found from Sikkim and the Khasi Hills 

 eastward to Chittagong, Rangoon, and Tenasserim. The fruits are used 

 for fish poison. The seeds were long supposed to be the source of chaul- 

 moogra oil; the true source was discovered in 1899 to be Hydnocarpus 

 kurzii. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of 

 India, vol. 4, P- ^92, and Watt, Commercial Products of India, pp. 546, 

 1067.) 



49637. Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv. Poacese. Blady grass. 

 (/. arundinacea Cyrilli.) 



A well-known agricultural and technical chemist in Queensland has 

 conducted very successful experiments in manufacturing paper pulp out 

 of lalang grass, or, as it is more commonly known, l)lady grass, on ac- 

 count of its great blades, which are 4 or 5 feet long. It resembles very 

 closely the esparto of Spain and North Africa, and when dried before 

 making it into pulp yields as high as 60 per cent of first-class paper- 

 making pulp. 



This expert states that esparto is the best pulp known and the blady- 

 grass product is within 10 per cent of the same value. There are millions 

 of tons of this grass growing in Queensland. Three crops a year can be 

 cut from it. (Adapted from Indian Trade Journal, vol. 44, P- 252.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47700. 



49638. Iris clarkei Baker. Iridaceae. Iris. 

 A handsome iris with a very stout creeping rootstock, a tall stout stem, 



and linear leaves reaching 2 feet in length. The perianth is bright lilac 

 blotched with violet, with a yellow throat. The bright-violet styles are 

 an inch long with square crests. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British 

 India, vol. 6, p. 275.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39019. 



49639. Jasminum humile L. Oleaceae. Jasmine. 

 A profuse-flowered Chinese plant with drooping, somewhat angular 



branches and pinnate entire leaves, paler beneath. The terminal-panicled 

 yellow flowers are very sweet scented. The tube of the corolla is shorter 

 than the 5 or 6 cleft limb, which is rolled back. The large tongue- 

 shaped anthers lie in the throat of the corolla tube. One plant, only a 

 foot in height, bore 12 panicles. (Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Mag- 

 azine, pi. 1731.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39120. 



