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feet high, not or little branched below, 2^-4 Inches in di- 
ameter; nodes not swollen, the lower ones fibrous-rooted; 
lnternodes one to two feet long, white-scurfy when very 
young, ringed with white below the nodes, the walls thin, 
three to five-tenths inch; branches many from nearly all 
the nodes, those of the lowest ones thin, nearly leafless, 
horizontal. "(J. S. Gamble, Bambuseae of British India, in 
Annals of the Calcutta Botanic Garden, vol. 7, p. 30.) The 
culms of this bamboo supply the well-known Calcutta cane, 
in such great demand for fish-rod-making, and at present 
almost unobtainable. Plants introduced in 1907 have pro- 
duced canes 70 feet in height at Mayaguez, Porto Rico. 
This bamboo should be tried for windbreaks in Porto Rico, 
and may succeed in frost-free parts of Florida where great 
depth of soil is to be had. (S. C. Stuntz.) Both of the 
species mentioned above are described in this number of 
Plant Immigrants. 
Canarium commune L. (Burseraceae . ) 40827. Seeds from 
the Botanic Garden, Buitenzorg, Java. "A large handsome 
Malayan tree, characterized by a remarkable buttressed 
trunk and laterally compressed aerial basal roots; the 
latter develop enormous erect flanges of uniform thick- 
ness, so that solid circular pieces may occasionally be 
cut out from them to form ready-made cart wheels. The 
tree is much cultivated for shade or ornament in Java. It 
bears In great abundance large pendant clusters of dark- 
purple fruits, which are of the size of small plums; these 
are produced all the year around, but chiefly In June. 
The kernel of the fruit is edible, being similar In flavor 
to sweet almonds; It yields, by expression, an oil used 
for burning in lamps and for cooking purposes. A desir- 
able tree for planting in avenues, etc. It thrives in hot 
and moist districts up to about 1500 feet elevation, and 
prefers deep, well-drained soil. Propagated by seed, 
which may be sown in nursery beds, and kept moist and 
shaded until germinated ." (Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical 
Gardening and Planting.) 
Cephalostachywm pergracile Munro . (Poaceae . ) 40887. Seeds 
of a bamboo from Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. William 
Bembower, Collins, Ohio. "A deciduous, arboreous, tufted 
bamboo, with glaucous-green culms 30 to 40 feet high, two 
to three inches in diameter, and rather thin walled, the 
walls usually about one-half Inch thick. It is one of the 
chief bamboos of Burma and one of those most frequently 
found in association with teak. This beautiful species 
