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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



51809 to 51823— Continued. 



importance on account of its yield of the transparent dammar resin exten- 

 sively used for varnish. (Adapted from Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical 

 Plants, p. 161.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 51129. 



51816. Deguelia microphylla (Miquel) Valet. Fabacese. 



A tall tree, native to Sumatra and Java, with pinnate leaves and dense, 

 erect, axillary panicles of violet-colored flowers. Of possible value as a 

 shade tree for coffee plantations. (Adapted from Icones Bogorienses, 

 Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, vol. 2, pi. 129.) 



51817. Rlaeocarpus angusttfolius Blume. Elseocarpacese. 



A tre^native to Buitenzorg Province, with oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrulate leaves and short, axillary racemes of showy flowers. The fruits 

 are globular. (Adapted from Blume, Bijdragen tot de Flora van Neder- 

 landsch Indie, p. 120.) 



51818. EusiDEROXYLON zwAGERi Teijsm. and Bjnn. Lauracese. 



A large tree w^ith wrinkled reddish bark and reddish tomentose young 

 branches. The coriaceous oblong-ell 'ptic leaves are shining above and 

 glabrous below except for puberulent veins. The oblong-ovate drupes are 

 borne in panicles, (Adapted from Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Neder- 

 landsch-Indie, vol. 25, p. 292.) 



51819. MiMusoPS ELENGi L, Sapotacese. 



A tree native to Ceylon. The bark is used in native medicine for decay- 

 ing gums and also for snake b te. (Adapted from Macmillan, Handbook 

 of Tropical Gardening and Planting, p. 596.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41809. 



51820. MiMusoPS KAUKi L. Sapotacese. 



" Most of the Straits islands are covered with a valuable tree, the 

 Mimusops kauki, the fruit of which is sweet and highly nutritious. In 

 some islands the inhabitants* subsist chiefly on it during one season of 

 the year. The Mimusops grows on the mainland of the Greater and Lessee 

 Daudai. The fruit is dried in the sun and strung for use in seasons of 

 scarcity. Its shape and sweetness have occasioned the misnomer of 

 ' date ' among the whites." (Gill, A Visit to Neio Guinea, p. 201.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 48011. 



51821. Pterocarpus indicxjs Willd. Fabacese. Padouk. 

 A large forest tree with drooping branches, the trunk often being pro- 

 vided with broad buttresses. The leaves, 8 to 10 inches long, are composed 

 of five to nine ovate leaflets 2 to 4 inches long. The standard and wings 

 of the yellow papilionaceous flowers are fringed on the margins. The 

 tree has been introduced as a shade tree in many tropical localities. Cups 

 are made of the beautiful flesh-tinted wood, which turn water yellow, 



. orange, and finally blue. The valuable timber and cabinet wood furnished 

 by this tree shows pale red lines of growth and large conspicuous pores. 

 (Adapted from Annual Report of tlie Smithsonian Institution, 1915, 

 p. 271.) 



51822. Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br. Sterculiacese, 

 (StercuUa alata Roxb,) 



A large tree of the western peninsula, Sylhet, Chittagong, Pegu, and 

 Martaban, down to Tenasserim. It is found also on the Andaman Islands. 

 The winged seeds are sometimes eaten by the natives of Burma. They 

 are used in Sylhet as a cheap substitute for opium. The yellowish white 

 wood is light, coarsely fibrous, and perishable. (Adapted from Watt, 

 Economic Products of India, vol. 6, pt. 3, p. 360.) 



For previous introduction. Fee S. P. I. No. 26938. 



51823. TooNA SINENSIS (Juss.) Roemer. Meliacese. 

 (Cedrela sinensis Juss. ) 



" One of four best low-growing, ornamental trees. It is said to attain 

 a height of 70 feet in China, but the tallest I have seen in this country 

 (at Philadelphia) is not over 40 feet. It is a comparatively rare tree on 

 account of the difficulty in securing seed, the trees only flowering occa- 



