1658 
timber is of excellent quality and easily worked. The 
bark on old trees is of great thickness, consisting of 
layers annually shed and renewed. These fine trees are 
rapidly disappearing before the forest fires, only 
those in damp gorges surviving. (Adapted from Transac- 
tions of the Linnean Society, 2d ser. , vol. 4, p. 60; 
and Gardeners' Chronicle, 3d ser., vol. 37, p. 18.) 
Clematis montana rubens (Ranunculaceae ) , 52630. Prom 
Elstree, Herts, England. Plants presented by Hon. 
Yicary Gibbs. Said to be a splendid, spring-flowering 
climber which will grow anywhere. It is perfectly hardy 
and a very free grower, ascending 15 feet in one sea- 
son. The profuse, soft rosy red flowers are 2 to 3 
Inches across. 
Clematis tangutiea (Ranunculaceae), 52631. From Els- 
tree, Herts, England. Plants presented. by Hon. Vicary 
Glbbs. Reported as a superb species 10 to 16 feet 
high, closely related to Clematis orientalis, with foliage 
equally glaucous, producing in July large, bright yel- 
low, very abundant flowers with long-pointed petals. 
The fruit forms silvery, plumelike, very decorative 
tassels . 
Cory pha umbraeulif era (Phoenicaceae ) , 52802. Palm. 
Prom Burma. Seeds collected by Mr. J. F. Rock, Agri- 
cultural explorer. "'Talipot palm. 1 From Monywa, Upper 
Chlndwin River, Burma. 
"The 'Talipot palm' is one of about five species 
belonging to the genus Corypha. It has a ringed trunk, 
generally remarkably straight and reaching a height of 
over 80 feet. Its leaves are of gigantic size,- possi- 
bly the largest fan leaves of all palms. The petiole 
is 7 feet long and armed with spines on the margins. 
The blade is about 6 feet long and 16 feet broad with 
segments numbering from 95 to 100; these are again bi- 
lobed. The lowers are white to cream-colored and are 
borne in huge terminal panicles often 20 feet long; 
the tree flowers but once, after which it dies. The 
fruit is a roundish, one-seeded drupe. 
"This enormous palm is a native of Ceylon and the 
Malabar Coast but is now cultivated in most tropical 
countries. The flowering time begins usually in June, 
and the seeds ripen about nine or ten months after- 
wards. Each tree has a spread of about two hundred 
square feet. 
"The leaves of this palm are made into fans, mats, 
