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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



54468. Agati grandiflora (L.) Desv. Fabacese. 

 (Sesdania grandiflora Poir.) 



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

 Department of Botany and Forestry, Experiment Station of the Ha- 

 waiian Sugar-Planters' Association. Received December 10, 1921. 



" If given plenty of room, this plant grows into a tree some 30 feet tall, 

 with a trunk diameter of 6 to 8 inches. Seedlings of this tree develop numerous 

 large nodules on their roots at a very early stage in their growth, and we have 

 used the species as a green soiling crop, the seeds being planted thickly and 

 the plants turned under when they were 4 to 6 feet tall." {Lyon.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 27580. 



54469. Eucalyptus gunnii Hook. f. Myrtacese. 



From Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Seeds presented by L. A. Evans, 

 Acting Director of Agriculture. Received November 2, 1921. 



The cider eucalypt is usually about 50 feet high and grows at altitudes of 

 4,000 to 5,000 feet in Australia. In the spring the Tasmanians make an excel- 

 lent cider from the sweetish sap. The tree is also known as sugar gum, be- 

 cause of the sweetness of its leaves, which are browsed by stock. The bark 

 yields tannin, which, in a 12-weeks' process, colors leather light brown and 

 makes it rather flexible. The tree is usually crooked, but is used as a forest 

 cover, and the wood is used for fuel and charcoal. It has stood 22" F. without 

 the least injury. The species is well adapted to dry situations and has grown 

 7 feet a year on deep, sandy soil in Florida. (Adapted from Eucalypts in 

 Florida, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Bulletin No. 87, pp. 

 19, 44, and Maiden, Useful Native Plants of AusiraUa, pp. 126, 318, ^65.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 36620. 



§4470. Garcinia spicata (Wight and Arn.) Hook. f. Clusiacese. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Seeds purchased from the Yokohama Nursery 

 Co. Received November 10, 1921. 



Introduced as a possible stock for the mangosteen. 



A medium-sized tree native to the western peninsula of India, with obtuse, 

 shining leaves up to 3 by 8 inches, small flowers in spikes, and smooth, deep- 

 green fruits the size of a walnut. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British 

 India, vol. 1, p. 269.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 16787. 



54471. HoLcus sorghum L. Poacese 

 (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 



From Poona, Bombay, India. Seeds presented by the director, Department 

 of Agriculture, through Dr. C. R. Ball, United States Department of 

 Agriculture. Received November 21, 1921. 



"The heads were about 4 inches long, exceedingly compact and somewhat 

 pyriform, while the seeds were similar in shape to those of milo or feterita, 

 but smaller and of a yellowish white color." (Ball.) 



54472. Bauhinia flammifera Kidley. Caesalpiniacese. 



From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Seeds collected by I. Henry Burkill, 

 director, Botanic Garden. Received November 26, 1921. 



A very lofty climber with scurfy red twigs and ovate-cordate leaves, usually 

 notched at the tip, with red, pubescent petioles and veins. The red-stalked 

 flowers are rich yellow on opening but soon turn to a bright red ; they are borne 

 on terminal panicles 8 inches long and nearly as thick. The petals are crisped 

 and hairy outside. This is the common Bauhinia which forms such a conspicuous 

 mass of color in the woods of the low country in Selangor and Perak. (Adapted 

 from Ridley, New and Rare Species of Malayan Plants, Journal of the Sti'aits 

 Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, No. 82, September, 1920, p. 182.) 



Sorghum. 



