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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



B 1 1 27 to 5 1 141— Continued. 



51132. Lieu ALA KUMPHii Blume. Phoenicacese. Palm. 

 A showy dwarf fan palm grown for its peculiar habit and handsome 



foliage. The slender stem bears a crown of : long-petioled roundish 

 leaves, 3 or more feet in diameter, with 12 to 15 segments, the inner 

 ones 2 feet long and 1 foot wide at the apex, the lateral ones, 16 inches 

 long and 4 inches wide, oblique; the petioles are spiny below. The 

 simply branched spadix, 4 to 5 feet long, bears ellipsoid fruits. Native 

 to Celebes and Borneo. (Adapted from Blume, Rumphia, vol. 2, p. 41.) 



51133. Nephbosperma VAN-HOUTTEANUM (Weudl.) Balf. f. Phoenicacese. 

 ^■:.:r.V. -..r; h::, Palm. 



A monoecious palm, 20 to 35 feet high, native to the Seychelles, with 

 pinnate glabrous leaves, 5 to 7 feet long, and leaflets 3 to 3^ feet in 

 length ; the smooth petiole is under a foot long and the woolly, sparsely 

 spiny leaf sheath is 1^ to 2^ feet long. The spadix is 4 to 8 feet long 

 and bears orange-red fruits, half an inch in length. (Adapted from 

 Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles, p. 386.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 45965. 



51134. Oncosperma filamentosum Blume. Phoenicacese. Palm. 

 A very elegant palm with a trunk 30 to 40 feet high, distinctly an- 

 nulate and armed, and a thick, graceful crown. The pinnate leaves are 

 10 to 12 feet in length with pinnse about 2 feet long. This palm is 

 quite common on the borders of paddy swamp in Malacca. (Adapted 

 from Calcutta Journal of Natural History, vol. 5, p. 464.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 45962. 



51135. Pandanus fuecatus Ropy. Pandanacege. 

 Variety lais. 



This screw pine occurs in India up to altitudes of 4,000 feet, and will 

 be likely to bear a temperate climate and give a stately plant for scenic 

 group planting. (Adapted from Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, 

 p. 5-^7.) 



51136. Pandanus labykinthicus Kurz. Pandanacese. 



A shrub 15 to 20 feet in height, with erect-spreading branches and a 

 slender, warty, glabrous stem sending out stiltlike, intricate aerial roots. 

 The somewhat leathery linear leaves, 4 to 6 feet long, are shining above, 

 glaucescent below, the margin and midrib densely spiny with curving 

 white spines. The green, linear spathes inclose the eight to nine spikes 

 of elliptic, oblong, drooping fruit clusters. The drupes are shining olive 

 green, finally golden. (Adapted from' Miquel, Annales Musei Botanioi 

 Lugduno-Batavi, vol. 2, p. 53.) 



51137. Pandanus polycephalus Lam. Pandanacese. 



A small dioecious Indian tree with spiny-margined, trifarious, narrow, 

 coriaceous leaves. The red, spicate, subglobose drupes have spinescent 

 crowns. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 6, p. 487.) 



Received as Pandanus kurzianus, which is now generally referred to 

 P. polycephalus. 



51138. Pandanus tectorius Parkins. Pandanacese. 



" Aggak. A small tree with a trunk which usually begins to branch 

 very low, the branches often bending downward nearly to the ground; 



