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Saraea deelinata (Jack.) Miquel. ( Caesalpiniaceae . ) 
44900. Kisokka seeds from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented 
by Dr. J. C. Koningsberger, Director, Botanic Garden. 
An ornamental tree, rarely more than 20 feet high, 
with alternate, pinnate leaves composed of 6 to 8 
pairs of oblong-lanceolate leaflets which are pur- 
plish brown when young. The bright yellow, reddish- 
tinged flowers occur in corymbs, sometimes on the 
trunk, and make a pleasing contrast with the crimson 
peduncles of the corymb. The oblong, flat pods are 
about a foot long, - and are of a beautiful purplish 
crimson while immature. (Adapted from Van Nooten, 
Pleurs & Fruits de Java, Part 3, 1863.) 
Strophanthu8 eaudatus (Burm.) Kurz. (Apocynaceae . ) 
44901. Kikoeija seeds from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented 
by Dr. J. C. Koningsberger, Director, Botanic Garden. 
A very ornamental, shrubby vine, with white-dotted 
dark brown bark; simple, opposite, smooth, oval-acu- 
minate, green leaves; and large, showy, red and white 
flowers occurring either singly or in corymbs. The 
fruits are follicles sometimes 2 feet in length, and 
the seeds, which are provided with long, silky hairs, 
are very pretty. This vine is a native of the East 
Indies, where the women use the flowers to adorn their 
head dresses. (Adapted from Van Nooten, Fleur & Fruits 
de Java, Part 7, 1864, under S. diehotomus.) 
Telopea speeiosissima (Smith) R. Brown. (Proteaceae . ) 
44837. Waratah seeds from Sydney, Australia. Presented 
by Mr. J. H. Maiden, Director, Botanic Gardens. A 
stout, erect, glabrous shrub 6 to 8 feet high, with 
leathery, cuneate-oblong leaves, 5 to 10 inches long, 
and very handsome crimson flowers in dense heads or 
racemes 3 inches in diameter. The fruit is a leathery, 
recurved follicle 3 to 4 inches long, containing 10 to 
20 seeds. It is a native of New South Wales. (Adapted 
from Bentham & Mueller Flora Australiensis , vol. 5, 
p. 534.) 
Trifolium pratense L. (Fabaceae.) 44906. Red clover 
seeds from Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Mr. I. A. 
Pullman, through Dr. Robert Regel, Bureau of Applied 
Botany. "(March 25, 1917.) Late, tufted. Second gen- 
eration; I. A. Pullman, selector. Crop of 1916. From 
2.7 acres were harvested 10,000 pounds of hay and 600 
pounds of seeds." (Pullman. ) Introduced for the Office 
of Forage Crop Investigations. 
