1492 
This introduction is producing more seed than A. fordii 
or A. molueeana, and I am sending you a bag of It. It 
grows well with us and the seed is easily gathered." 
(May.) 
"This is a strictly tropical species of very 
limited distribution, and is reported to fruit rather 
irregularly and less prolif ically than the true lumbang, 
A. molueeana, the more common, hard-shelled species . The 
shell of the seed is much thinner and more easily 
broken than that of the common lumbang, and the oil 
obtained from the kernel is said to be very similar in 
drying properties to that of A. fordii, the tung-oil tree 
of China." (R. A. Young.) 
For previous introduction and distribution, see 
S. P. I. No. 44061, Plant Immigrant Bulletin, No . 129 , 
January, 1917, p. 1107. 
Amygdalus davidiana (Amygdalaceae) , 47949. Prom 
Dundee, 111. Presented by the D. Hill Nursery Co., 
who purchased them from the Yokohama Nursery Co. , 
Yokohama, Japan. Seeds of the davidiana peach, part 
of a shipment secured for stock purposes. The Yokohama 
Nursery Co. presumably obtained the seeds from China. 
So far as the Department is Informed, this is the 
first commercial introduction of davidiana peach pits 
into the United States. 
For previous introduction and description see 
Plate No. 194, Plant Immigrant Bulletin, No. 121, May, 
1916. 
Anaxagorea brevipes ( Annonaceae) , 47959. From 
Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana. Presented by 
Mr. J. B. Harrison, director, Science and Agriculture 
Department, Botanic Gardens. "Black Yarrl-yarri . " A 
tree with yellow, medium hard wood which is used for 
fishing rods. (Adapted from Journal of the Board of 
Agriculture of British Guiana, July, 1918, vol. 11, 
p. 99.) 
Bauhinia sp. ( Caesalplnlaceae ) , 47940. Plants 
growing at the Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, 
Rockville, Md., from seeds collected by Dr. J. N. 
Rose, associate curator, National Herbarium. "No. 22119. 
August, 1918. This plant was very common on the dry 
hills above Huigra, Ecuador, associated with Cacti, 
Fourcroya, and other semi-arid plants. It forms a 
small round bush about 3 or 4 feet high with the 
characteristic two-lobed leaf of the Bauhinia. The 
