26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



43451 to 43461— Continued. 



forms excellent firewood, and is quite abundant. (Adapted from 

 Grisebach, Plantae Lorentzianae, p. 88, and from Venturi and Lillo, 

 Contribucion al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina, p. 35.) 



43453. Acacia visco Lorentz. 



A tree, native of northern Argentina, commonly unarmed, but oc- 

 casionally with recurved thorns. The leaves consist of tliree to six 

 pairs of pinnse; the flowers are sessile. The walnut-colored, striped 

 hard wood is much appreciated on account of its resistance to mois- 

 ture. It is not abundant and is used for all kinds of carpentry. 

 (Adapted from Grisebach, Plantae Lorentzianae, p. 122, and from 

 Venturi and Lillo, Contribucidn al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la 

 Argentina, p. 86.) 



"A timber tree wliich yields a very hard durable wood. It is a 

 small tree of the dry regions and should be useful for planting in the 

 mesquite areas of the Southwest." (Curran.) 



43454. Chkysophyllum lucumifoutjm Griseb. Sapotacese. 



Aguay. A tree found in Misiones and Corrientes. Argentina, with beau- 

 tiful broad green leaves and axillary or lateral flowers. Only one seed 

 matui'es in the oval fruit, which is 12 millimeters long. This tree some- 

 times attains considerable size, and the wood, which is flexible and easily 

 split, is used for fii-ewood and gunstocks. The fruit is edible and very 

 sweet. (Adapted from Grischach, Plantae Lorentzianae, pp. 223-22 J/, and 

 from Venturi and Lillo, Contribucion al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la 

 Argentina, p. 96.) 



43455. Enterolobium timboxjva Mart. IMimosaceae. Timbo. 



" This is a very important timber tree and one of the most rapid- 

 growing trees of the Tropics. Much appreciated in Buenos Aires as a 

 shade tree. Reaches its best development in tropical forests, but en- 

 dures cold and drought in a moderate degree." (Curran.) 



A tree found throughout all northern Argentina and used as an orna- 

 mental in Buenos Aires. It is unarmed, and the leaves consist of two 

 to five pairs of pinnje and ten to twenty pairs of pinnules. The greenish 

 flowers occur in large heads or clusters, and the coriaceous, indeliiscent, 

 kidney-shaped pods are fleshy within and contain elliptic seeds. These 

 pods are called orejas de negro in Argentina. From the trunks canoes 

 are made, and the beautiful striped wood is used for a great many pur- 

 poses, such as general construction work and furniture, for paper pulp, 

 and as a source of saponin. The bark and leaves are said to be poison- 

 ous to fish ; the pods are used to remove stains from clothes, and the 

 seeds appear to be poisonous. (Adapted from Venturi and Lillo, Con- 

 tribuddn al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina, p. ^i, and from 

 Correa, Flora do Brazil, p. 70.) 



43456. Ilex paeaguariensis St. Hil. Aquifoliacese. Yerba mate. 



" The Ilex is a plant of humid forest regions, but it \vill also endure the 

 climate of Buenos Aires. It should be a good plant for Florida and per- 

 haps the coast region as far north as the Cape Fear River, North Caro- 

 lina. In nature it is a forest plant. In cultivation a light shade is 

 often placed over the plants." (Cwrati.) 



A small, bushy, evergreen tree with serrate alternate leaves, a native 

 of Brazil, Paraguay, and the neighboring countries. The leaves are 



