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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



52281 to 52297— Continued. 



52293. MoRiNGA OLEiFEEA Lam. Moringacese. Horse-radish tree. 



(M. pterygosperma Gaertn.) 



"A small tree, cultivated as an ornamental in Cuba, usually 15 to 20 

 feet in height, erect, with compound leaves nearly a foot long. The 

 white flowers are borne in panicles, and the slender pods are often a 

 foot long." {Wilson Popenoe.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 463S6. 



52294. OwENiA CERASiFERA P. Muell. Meliaceai. 



A small tree, native to Queensland, with pinnate leaves consisting of 

 6 to 10 obliquely oval-oblong, obtuse leaflets, 1^ to 3 inclies long, glabrous 

 above, pubescent underneath. The black drupes are globular, li inches 

 in diameter, with red flesh. (Adapted from Bentham, Flora Austra- 

 liensis, vol. 1, p. 3S6.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 32S19. 



52295. Phyllanthus embltca L. Euphorbiacese. Nelli. 

 A moderate-sized deciduous tree native to the forests of tropical India 



and Burma. It yields a gum which is little known. The fruit, known 

 as the emblic myrobalan, is used as a medicine and also in dyeing and 

 tanning. As the fruit ripens the tannic acid dimmishes and the fruit 

 becomes edible and even pleasant to eat. It is the size of a small 

 gooseberry, with a fleshy outer covering and a hard three-celled nut con- 

 taining six seeds. The fruit is used for preserves and is also prepared 

 as a pickle. A sherbet made from the fruit is a favorite cooling drink. 

 The leaves and bark are used for tanning; the leaves also make goo<l 

 fodder. The red, hard close-grained wood when well seasoned is 

 flexible, tough, and tolerably straight grained. It is used for building 

 purposes, furniture, agricultural implements, gunstocks, and is adapted 

 for turning. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products 

 of India, vol. 6, pt. 1, p. 217.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47751. 



52296. PuTRANJivA RoxBURGHii Wall. Euphorbiacese. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree, native to tropical India, where it oc- 

 curs wild and cultivated from the lower Himalayas, in Kumaon, east- 

 ward and southward to Pegu and Ceylon. The obtuse, acute leaves are 

 2 to 3 inches long. The globose white-tomentose fruits are the size of 

 a cherry. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 5, p. 336.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 335S1. 



52297. Wrightia tomentosa Roem. and Schult. Apocynacese. 



A small, usually crooked, deciduous tree with corky bark, native to 

 tropical India, extending from the Indus eastward and southward to 

 Ceylon, Burma, and Penang, ascending to 2,000 feet in the Himalayas. 

 The densely tomentose, elliptic leaves are 3 to 6 inches long and 1^ to 2i 

 Inches wide. The yellowish flowers, with orange coronal scales, occur in 

 many-flowered cymes. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, 

 vol. 3, p. 653.) 



Received as Wrightia molUssima, which is now generally referred to 

 W. tomentosa. 



52298 to 52304. 



From Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Collected by Wilson Popenoe. 

 Agricultural Explorer of the United States Department of Agriculture: 

 Received December 27, 1920. Quoted notes by Mr. Popenoe. 



52298. Ananas sativus Schult. f. Bromeliacese. Pineapple. 

 "(No. 530. December 3, 1920.) Shoots of Camlrai pineapple. From 



the Hacienda Manuelita, near Palmira. This is an excellent pineapple, 

 by far the best variety I have seen in Colombia, but apparently of very 

 limited distribution. It is fairly common in the Cauca Valley, but is not 

 grown on an extensive commercial scale. 



" The fruit is oblong to oblong-conic, commonly tapering slightly toward 

 the apex. It weighs 4 to 8 pounds and would probably attain even larger 



