68 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40094 to 40098— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. G. Itic'.) 



ciated for its durability and resistance to the agents of decay, damp, 

 and insects. It keeps well in water. It is used much for telegraph posts, 

 sleepers, and to strengthen the base of poles of more common wood." 

 40098. Sponuias lutea L. Anacardiacese. 



" Seeds of Hobo. Wild and cultivated. This is the wood most com- 

 monly employed for fences by reason of its easy propagation, for hedges 

 and for the wonderful rapidity of its growth. The white and light wood 

 is employed for the manufacture of packing boxes." 



" Jobo. A large tree, with rounded head, compound leaves, and 

 odorous white flowers in racemes, and yellow fruits resembling large 

 jocotes (Spondias purpurea). They are very aromatic and the taste is 

 acid and refreshing. The wood is white and soft and appears not to 

 be used except in the fences of the tierra caliente." (Pit tier, Las 

 Plantas Usuales de Costa Rica.) 



40099. Quercus suber L. Fagaceae. Cork oak. 



From Campo Seco, Cal. Procured from Mrs. Edward Maher. Received 

 February 23, 1915. 



40100. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. Pear. 



From Chingchowfu, Shantung, China. Presented by Rev. W. M. Hayes. 

 Cuttings received March 27, 1915. 

 "Chinese winter pear. This variety is really not ripe until the next spring 

 after it is picked, and while not as luscious as a good apple, yet it fills a va- 

 cancy in April and May very acceptably." (Hayes.) 



40101. Garcinia mangostana L. Clusiaceae. Mangosteen. 



From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, Hope Gardens, 

 Received March 13, 1915. 



40102. Pleiospermium alatum (Wight and Arn.) Swingle. Ruta- 

 (Limonia alata Wight and Arn.) [ceie. 



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

 ceived March 16, 1915. 

 A small spiny tree from southern India and Ceylon, with 4 to 5 celled small 

 soft-rinded orangelike fruits, about an inch in diameter, each cell having 1 to 2 

 seeds, surrounded by dark-colored, strong-smelling, mucilaginous gum. From 

 the fact that P. alatum grows abundantly in the drier parts of Ceylon, it would 

 be desirable to test it as a stock on which to graft citrus for culture on the 

 drier types of soil. (Adapted from Swingle, Journal Washington Academy of 

 Sciences, vol. 6, p. J,26-J f 31, 1916.) 



40103. Garcinia tinctoria (DC.) W. F. Wight. Clusiaceae. 

 (Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.) 



From Utakamand, India. Presented by Mr. F. H. Butcher, curator, Botanic 



Garden and Parks. Received March 17, 1915. 



"A symmetrical cone-shaped bushy tree, growing to 25 or 30 feet high, native 



of South India and Malaya. It hears large leathery leaves. 12 to 1G inches long 



and 2i to 3£ inches in width. The handsome yellow fruit, produced in great 



