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well inland providing it is protected from frost." 
(Wright. ) 
For previous introduction and description see 
Plant Immigrant Bulletin No. 122, p. 1017, S. P. I. 
Nos. 42851, 42852. 
Pavetta indica (Rubiaceae), 47749. Pawatia. From 
Darjeeling, India. Seeds presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, 
director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A very variable bush 
or small tree, common throughout most of India, as- 
cending to 4,000 feet in Garhwal. The powdered root 
is used as a laxative innative medicine , and the fruit , 
a two-seeded berry, is picked and eaten in Madras. The 
white flowers, which occur in broad flat corymbs, are 
said to be used as food by the hill people of Matheran. 
(Adapted from Wat t , Dictionary of the Economic Poducts 
of India, vol. 6, p. 114; and Brandis, Forest Flora 
of India, p. 275. ) 
For notes on the interesting bacterial nodules 
of the leaves, see Pavetta zimmermanniana , S. P. I. Nos. 
42767 and 45554, Plant Immigrant Bulletin Nos. 121 and 
141, pp. 1003, and 1267 respectively. 
Pieris ovali folia (Ericaceae), 47755. From Darjeeling, 
India. Seeds presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, director, 
Lloyd Botanic Garden. A shrub or small tree with ovate 
or somewhat oblong leathery leaves 3 to 6 inches long, 
and racemes of white or bluish, or sometimes flesh- 
colored flowers. Because of a poisonous principle the 
young leaves and buds are a useful insecticide. It is 
a native of the temperate parts of the Himalayas. 
(Adapted from Brandis, Forest Flora of India, p. 280; 
and Watt , Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, 
vol. 6, p. 22 9 . ) 
Primus eerasifera myrobalana ( Amygdalaceae ) , 47932. 
From Auckland, New Zealand. Plants presented by Mr. 
H. R. Wright. "'Coffee's Myrobalan. ' This variety we 
use for the working of European plums and prunes (Primus 
domestiea) . They grow well, and make a good union on 
it. It strikes almost as freely as a willow. " (Wright.) 
Bandia uliginosa (Rubiaceae), 47769. From Darjeel- 
ing, India. Seeds presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, di- 
rector, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A small, deciduous tree 
of eastern, central, and southern India, with shining 
leaves and large, showy, white or cream- colored flowers. 
The succulent fruit is used in dyeing as an intensi- 
fier, and also in medicine as an astringent. Boiled 
