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54460. AcTixiDiA CHiNExsis Planch. Dilleniaceae. Yang-tao. 



From Indio. Calif. Seeds presented by Bruce Drummond. Received 

 December 2, 1921. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I No. 46S64. 



54461. TiTHOxiA DivERsiFOLiA (Hemsl.) A. Gray. Asteracese. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Seeds presented by M. Kehvay Bamber, sec- 

 retarj', Ceylon Agricultural Society. Received November 3, 1921. 



"Seeds of Tithonia diversifolia (Singhalese: 2^'atha-Suriya, wild sunflower). 

 The plant grows wild." (Bamber.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 54458. 

 54462 to 54464. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds presented by Dr. H. L. Lyon, in charge, 

 Department of Botany and Forestry, Experiment Station of the 

 Hawaiian Sugar-Planters' Association. Received November 14, 1921. 



54462. Bauhinia vakiegata L. Ccesalpiniaceje. 



"A very handsome tree from India, Siam, Burma, China, and Java, of 

 medium size and well adapted for street and ornamental planting. 

 It has thick, somewhat heart-shaped leaves, and bears, in few-flowered 

 corymbs, purplish red and yellow flowers about 2 inches long and half 

 as broad. It is tropical in its requirements and suitable for cultivation 

 in the United States in the southernmost part of Florida only." ( Wilson 

 Popenoe.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 53568. 



54463. Cassia siamea Lam. Csesalpiniacere. 



A medium-sized or sometimes a large tree, with gray, nearly smooth 

 bark, papery, glabrous leaflets, and large, pyramidal, terminal panicles 

 of small yellow flowers. The tree is probably native to Burma and is 

 cultivated throughout India and many tropical countries for its hard 

 heavy wood which is quite durable. The heartwood is dark brown to 

 nearly black in stripes of dark and light ; it is used for mallets, walking 

 sticks, for building, and for fuel. (Adapted from Rock, Leguminous 

 Plants of Haicaii, p. 81.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 51813. 



54464. Erythbina variegata Stickm. Fabace£E. 



" Seeds from the University of Hawaii." (Lyon.) 



54465 and 54466. Gossi-prcM spp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Ebolowa, Kamerun, Africa. Seeds presented by Fred Hope, super- 

 tntendent, Frank James Industrial School. Received November 21, 1921. 



" I took a trip some time ago and saw a lot of these plants and was sur- 

 prised to learn that some of them were the size of young orange trees when 

 commencing to bear. I should say the stalk was 4 inches in diameter. The 

 branches in many cases had a spread of 10 feet. One tree was 8 years old. and 

 the owner says he expects many more crops from the tree. Another that I 

 saw, the largest, had a spread of 12 feet." (Hope.) 



54465. Kidney cotton. 54466. Wild cotton. 



54467. Trifolium pratexse L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 



From Salisbury, England. Seeds purchased from the Dunns Farm Seeds, 

 Ltd., through Prof. R. G. Stapledon, Welsh Plant-Breeding Station, 

 Aberystwith. Received December 9, 1921. 



Dorset Marl-Grass DouMe-Cut red clover. This is the most genuine strain 

 and possesses the strongest vitality of any of the red clovers grown in this 

 country." {Dunjis Farm Seeds.) 



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