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57868 to 57881—Continued. 57882 to 57890—Continued. 57880. "(No. 7.) Piniling. Tested three years silky flower clusters, and small globular fruits. under upland conditions; matures usually in (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British ,, 132 days. Average yield per hectare 1,316 kilo- vol. o, p. 138.) grams (approximately 1,170 pounds per acre)." 57890. TETRASTIGMA BRACTEOLATUM (Wall.) 57881. "(No. 9.) Caponguit." Planch. ( Vitis bracteolata Wall.). Vitaceae. A slender-branched shrub which has the habit 57882 to 57890. of producing long runners. The greenish flowers From Darjlling, India. Seeds presented by G. 11. are very small, and the round black fruits are the Cave, Curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. Re- size of peas. Nati ve to and Assam, India. ceived August 21, 1923. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. l,p. 654.) 57882. ACROCARPUS FRAXINIFOLIUS Wight and Arn. Caesalpiniaceae. For previous introduction, see S.P.I. No. 47811. A lofty tree, native to the eastern at 57891. (Undetermined.) altitudes of 4,000 feet and less, used by the natives for making tea boxes and also for planking. The From Bluerields, Nicaragua. Seeds presented by sapwood is white and the heartwood light red Y. R. Heath, Moravian Mission. Received Au- and moderately hard. (Adapted from Watt, gust 31, 1923. Dictionary of the. Economic Products of India, vol. 1, u p. 102.) Ihiri. The unripe fruits of this , in which no seeds have formed, may be boiled and eaten; 57883. AMERIMNON PINNATUM (Lour.) Kuntze they resemble the Irish potato in taste. But the (Dalbergia tamarindifolia Roxb.). Fabaceae. fully formed seeds, such as I am sending, are better. When raw they taste somewhat peppery. They A climbing plant with leaves resembling those are boiled with ashes, after which the skin is easily of the tamarind, found as high as 4,000 feet in the rubbed off, and then they are reboiled in ordinary eastern Himalayas. The leaves are eaten by water. The ihiri usually grows in swamps, although cattle. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the sometimes on dry land, but it prefers a rather Economic Products of India, vol. 8, p. 16.) swampy location. According to the Indians the 57884. BERBERIS NAPAULENSIS (DC.) Spreng. root is hard and woody." (Heath.) Berberidacese. Barberry. 57892 to 57911. A shrub or small tree, common in eastern India at altitudes above 5,000 feet. The wood is bright From Kashmir, India. Seeds collected by H. V. yellow and hard, and because of its hardness and Harlan, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received handsome color it might be useful for inlaying. August 17,1923. Quoted notes by Doctor Harlan. It is used to a small extent by the natives of India in making a yellow dye. (Adapted from Wall, 57892 to 57898. . HORDEUM VULGARE PALLIDUM Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, Seringe. Poacese. Six-rowed barley- vol. 1, p. U6.) 57892. "(No. 128. June 13, 1923.) A winter For previous introduction, see S. P.I. No. 55672. barley collected in a field near Brahmoola. Altitude about 5,300 feet." 57885. BUDDLEIA ASIATICA Lour. Loganiacese. 57893. "(No. 141. Juno 14, 1923.) Head selec- A very graceful evergreen shrub or small tree, tions of winter barley from fields in Sonawar. common throughout India and the Malay Pen- Altitude about 5,400 feet." insula, with narrow leaves up to 8 inches in length. For three months in India the long 57894. "(No. 151. Garden of Lalla Rukh, slender racemes of white sweet-scented ilowers Manarbal, Kashmir. June 15, 1923.) Barley fill the air with delightful fragrance. (Adapted selected in a plat on one of the terraces beside from Curtis''s Botanical' Magazine, pi. 6323.) the lake." For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 48264. 57895. "(No. 153. June 15, 1923.) Head selec- tions from fields about Shadipur." 57886. CHONEMORPHA MACROPHYLLA (Roxb.) Don. Apocynacese. 57896. "(No. 154. Shadipur. June 15, 1923.) Head selections from the field from which the A large climber, native to Bengal and Burma, rye of No. 152 [S. P. I. No. 57900] was se- with milky sap from which a kind of caoutchouc cured." is obtained. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 2, p. 271.) 57897. "(No. 158. June 17, 1923.) Head selec- tions from fields about Ganderbal." 57887. GARDNERI (Wall.) Meisn. . 57898. "(No. 164a. Ranbir Bagh vineyard. June 19, 1923.)" A handsome shrub whose branches are cov- ered with dense clusters of yellow sweet-scented 57899. MEDICAGO MINIMA (L.) Grufberg. Fa- flowers before the leaves appear. The strong, baceae. tough fiber which is obtained from the long "(No. 157. Ganderbal. June 17, 1923.) Found straight twigs seems very promising as paper- making material. (Adapted from Watt, Diction- growing plentifully on a dry mountain side." ary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 3, p. 202.) 57900. SECALE CERE ALE L. Poaceae. Eye. For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39642. "(No. 152. Shadipur. June 15, 1923 J Spikes of rye from a field of barley. These are from the 57888. LEUCOSCEPTRUM CANUM J. E. Smith. only rye plants I have seen in Kashmir. They Menthaeeas. were widely scattered and contain few seeds as a A stout-branched densely hairy tree, commonly consequence. Apparently rye is not grown about 30 feet in height, with large narrowly ovate here." leaves, silvery hairy beneath and at times a foot 57901 to57909. TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. (T. vulgare long. The small white or pinkish flowers are in Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. spikes. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 4, p. 700.) 57901. "(No. 137. June 13, 1923.) This sam- ple contains five or more types of wheat from For previous introduction, see S.P.I. No. 39646. a field near Uppi. Altitude about 5,000 feet." 57889. MACHILUS GAMRLEI King. Lauraceae. 57902. "(No. 139. June 14, 1923.) Head selec- An evergreen tree, native to northern Bengal' tions with white glumes from fields in Sona- India, with thin leathery leaves, pale beneath war."