24 7 6 0. PHYLLOSTAOHYS 

 BAMBUSOIDES. Kadake Bamboo. 

 From Nagasaki, Japan, through Wm. 

 D. Hills. Best timber bambooin Japan, 

 growing to 60 feet eventually; planted 

 there in large groves on well drained, 

 rich soil. Spreads underground, but 

 easily controlled by ditches. Timber 

 used for every conceivable 

 ladders, basketry, fencing, stakes, 

 crates, irrigating pipes, etc. 



29133. PHYTOLACCA ACIN- 

 OSA. var. esculenta. A perennial found 

 wild only in moist mountain forest 

 undergrowth in Japan. The leaves 

 are eaten boiled in miso soup by the 

 native rural people ; the root is some- 

 what poisonous and is used as a drug 

 by the herb medical school ; the ber- 

 ries are not edible. 



33716. PIMENTA ACRIS. 



From Mr. G. Regnard, Port Louis, 

 Mauritius, A myrtaceous tree, 4-5 to 

 50 feet high, with a straight trunk 15 

 to 24 inches in diameter. Furnishes a 

 moderately hard and heavy wood, 

 fine and compact in texture. From the 

 dried leaves is obtained the principal 

 ingredient of bay rum. Fresh leaves 

 have the taste and odor of lemon. 



