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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



49613 to 49661— Continued. 



ous leaves are sparingly scaly on both surfaces. (Adapted from Curtis's 

 Botanical Magazine, pi. 852S.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39067. 



49651. RiBES GRiFFiTHii Hook. f. and Thorns. Grossulariacese. 



A glabrous plant from the temperate and subalpine east Himalayas, 

 in Bhutan and Sikkira at 10,000 to 13,000 feet. The broad cordate leaves, 

 3 to 7 lobed, are very smooth and pointed. The lax pendent racemes, 9 

 inches long, bear large flowers, followed by very beautiful red berries, 

 whicli are extremely sour. (Adapted from the Journal of the Linnean 

 Society, vol. 1, p. 88.) 



For previous introdution, see S. P. I. No. 44904. 



49652. RuBiA coRDiFOLiA L. RubiacefB. Madder. 

 An herbaceous creeper with rough or hispid leaves, five to a whorl, 



common throughout the hilly districts of India from the northwest 

 Himalayas eastward and southward to Ceylon. The manjit root ob- 

 tained from this plant was formerly much employed by the natives of 

 India in dyeing coarse cotton cloth various shades of scarlet, coffee-brown, 

 or mauve. It has been largely displaced by the tar dyes, but is still 

 employed for special purposes or in remote localities. The method of 

 dyeing practiced is much the same all over India, the color being pro- 

 duced by steeping the fabric in an infusion of the stem or root chips, 

 subsequent to being mordanted with a solution of alum. (Adapted from 

 Watt, Commercial Products of India, p. 927.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 48277. 



49653. RuBus moluccanus L. Rosacese. 



A robust prickly plant from elevations of 3,000 to 7,000 feet in rhe 

 central and eastern Himalayas. The inflorescences and wide-spreading 

 branches are densely clothed with white, gray, or fulvous tomentum, 

 and the leaves, 2 to 10 inches across, are toraentose beneath. The white 

 flowers are followed by globose juicy fruits of many small scarlet drupes. 

 (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 3S0.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47782. 



49654. RuBus sp. Rosacese. 



Received as Rhidus nivens. The seeds do not agree with our samples 

 of R. niveus Thunb. nor with R. niveus Wall.=R. pedunculosus Don, 



49655. Sloanea dasycaepa (Benth.) Hemsl. Elseocarpaceiie. 



A Chinese tree about 15 feet high, with rigidly erect flowering branches. 

 The lanceolate leaves are coriaceous, the nodding flowers are axillary 

 or in terminal corymbs ; the sepals are broad, and the cup-shaped corolla 

 is toothed and scarcely longer than the very numerous stamens. The 

 prickly capsule dehisces into five valves, each valve bearing a fleshy, 

 golden aril containing four or five seeds. (Adapted from Hooker, Ifxmes 

 Plantamm, pi. 2628.) 



49656. SoLAxuM macrodon Wall. Solanaceiie. 



An erect, shrubby plant, clothed with minute, glistening, jointed hairs, 

 growing at altitudes of 3,000 to 8,000 feet In the temperate Himalayas 

 from Nepal to Bhutan and in the Khasi Hills. The lanceolate leaves. 



