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natives and is pi'epared in many ways. It is used in soup and meat dishes 

 and also in the manufacture of candy. Native physicians prescribe it not 

 only as food for children and old people, but the leaves after boiling are used 

 externally to cure rheumatism. Animals are very fond of the fruit as well as 

 the leaves." (Von Zielinski.) 



43478. B"ELOu marmelos (L.) Lyons. Eutaceae. Bel. 



(Aegle marmelos Correa.) 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. J. E. Higgins, horticulturist, 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. Received October 23, 1916. 



This plant is the bael tree of India, ascending to 4,000 feet above the sea, 

 and found here and there both wild and cultivated throughout India and also 

 Burma. It finally attains a height of 40 feet. The leaves are trifoliolate and 

 deciduous, and the greenish yellow, nearly globular fruit varies from 2 to 6 

 inches in diameter, being smaller in the wild trees. The hard shell is filled 

 with a pale orange aromatic pulp, in which occur 10 to 1-5 long, narrow cells 

 containing the seeds embedded in transparent gum. The Hindus are very fond 

 of this fruit, which in its green state is a specific for dysentery. It is now 

 being tested in several places in the United States with a view to introduction. 

 (Adapted from Bailey. Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, pp. 222, 

 223. and from Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 20.) 



43479. Maxgifera verticillata C. B. Eobinson. Anacardiaceae. 



Bauno. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by the Bureau of Agriculture. 

 Received October 24. 1916. 



A very large tree, with gray bark and extremely poisonous juice. Mis- 

 sionaries in the Province of Moro, Philippine Islands, where this plant is native, 

 say that if one seeks shelter from rain beneath this immense tree the water 

 dripping from the leaves will cause him to have blisters and boils, and if the 

 juice comes in contact with an open cut death results. The leaves are in 

 whorls of four, and the nearly oval fruits are about 6 inches long and 4 inches 

 in diameter, with white flesh containing a seed about 4 inches long. For de- 

 tailed description of the fruit, see S. P. I. No. 34431. (Adapted from Rohinson, 

 Philippine Journal of Science, sec. C, Botany, vol. 6, pp. 387-339. ) 



43480. Persea azorica Seiibert. Lauracese. 



From St. Michaels, Azores. Presented by Mr. William Bardel, American 

 consul. Received October 24, 1916. 



"Seeds collected near Lagoa. at an altitude of 500 feet, and at Furnas, on a 

 mountain rising about 1,800 feet above the level of the sea." (Bardel.) 



A medium-sized tree, found in the forests of all the islands of the Azores, 

 especially in the island of Pico, at altitudes ranging from 1,000 to 2^500 feet. 

 The younger leaves are hairy margined, and all the leaves are generally oval 

 with wedge-shaped bases. The fruits are quite small and egg shaped. (Adapted 

 from Seubert, Flora Azorica, p. 29, pi. 6.) 



43481. Garcixia mangostana L. Clusiacese. Mangosteen. 



From Peradeniya. Ceylon. Presented by Mr. C. Drieberg, secretary, Ceylon 

 Agricultural Society. Received October 30, 1916. 



"A moderate-sized conical tree, with large leathery leaves, indigenous to 

 Malaya. Its globular purplish brown fruit, about the size of an apple, is 



