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43447 to 43449— Continued. 



43448. Annona squamosa L. Annonacefe. Sugar-apple. 

 " Delicious' sherbets are made from its custardlike pulp, often with the 



addition of a little lemon juice, but it is never cooked or made into pre- 

 serves or jelly, like the soursop. The fruit, when green, as well as the 

 seeds and leaves, is used for destroying vermin ; and in the West Indies 

 the crushed leaves, in the form of poultices, are applied to ulcers and 

 malignant sores. The root is a drastic purgative." (W. E. Sajford.) 



For further description, see Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticul- 

 ture, vol. 1, pp. 294-295. 



43449. Akachis hypogaea L. Fabacese. Peanut. 

 " Cacahuete, the variety from Rio Grande, which produces many pods 



with four perfect seeds. These seeds are from a very poor crop. Last 

 year on the same land the pods were much larger, with four large seeds." 

 ( WercMe. ) 



43450. Canarium amboinense Hochr. Balsameacese. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director. Botanic Gardens. 

 Received October 24, 1916. 

 This beautiful tree, which grows to a height of about 90 feet, so resembles 

 Canarium moluccanum in general habit and in the leaves that the two can 

 scarcely be distinguished, although the fruit is different.. The bark is smooth 

 and white. The fruit of this species is oblong, pointed at both ends, with the 

 angles sharp toward the ends and somewhat flattened toward the middle. This 

 tree is found in the island of Amboina, Celebes. (Adapted from Hochretitiner, 

 Plantae Bogoriensis Exsiccatae, p. 55.) 



43451 to 43461. 



From Argentina. Collected by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received October 11, 

 1916. 



43451 to 43453. Acacia spp. Mimosacese. 



43451. Acacia fukcata Gihies. 



A glabrous, spiny shrub, with very remarkable stipular thorns, 

 which are nearly of equal breadth throughout until they branch off 

 at the apex into spreading horns. The leaves consist of three pairs 

 of pinnse, and each pinna consists of seven to nine pairs of pinnules. 

 The white flowers appear in .January, and the pods, which contain 

 from five to eight seeds, are rather large, oblong, and flattened. The 

 hard striped coffee-colored wood is not useful. In the Chaco Santa- 

 feciCn, Argentina, the shrub develops to a considerable size, but when 

 the trunk is large it is usually decayed. This shrub occurs through- 

 out the northern portion of Argentina. (Adapted from Hooker, 

 Botanical Miscellany, vol. 3, pp. 206-207, and from Venturi and Lillo, 

 Contribucion al Conocimiento de las Arboles de la Argentina, pp. 

 3Jf, 35.) 



43452. Acacia praecox Griseb. 



A stout tree, not very tall, well known in northern Argentina on 

 account of its globose heads of aromatic flowers. The leaves consist 

 of three to four pairs of pinnae and 10 to 24 pairs of pinnules. The 

 wood resembles that of Ceratonia sUiqua L., or St.-John's-bread, 



