JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 23 



40971 and 40972. 



From Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus. Re- 

 ceived July 15. 1915. 



40971. Ardisia capollina A. DC. Myrsinacese. 



A handsome shrub, related to A. crenulata, but distinguished by its 

 entire, lanceolate leaves and wine-colored drupes. Flowers rose colored, 

 in terminal panicles or clusters of umbels. 



40972. Amygdalus microphylla H. B. K. Amygdalacese. 



Shrub about 3 feet high, with few spreading branches, thin oblong 

 leaves bunched on the small branchlets, and white flowers somewhat 

 smaller than those of A. incana. 



40973 and 40974. Litchi chinensis Sonnerat. Sapindaceee. 



(Nephelium litchi Cambess.) Litchi. 



From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for 

 the Department of Agriculture. Received July 24, 1915. 



40973. "(No. 2304a. Shanghai, China. June 12, 1915.) About 20 

 pounds of seed, obtained from 250 pounds of fresh litchis, bought in 

 the open market at 8 cents (Mexican silver) per pound. Said to have 

 come from Canton. Of use as stocks for improved varieties and for 

 selection work." (Meyer.) 



40974. "(No. 2305a. Shanghai, China. June 19, 1915.) Fresh litchis, 

 bought in the open market at S cents (Mexican silver) per pound. 

 Said to have come from Canton. Of use as a stock for improved varie- 

 ties and for selection work." (Meyer.) 



40975 and 40976. 



From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Re- 

 ceived July 21, 1915. 



40975. Acacia armata R. Brown. Mimosaceae. 



"An evergreen bush, 4 to 6 meters in height, very dense. For the very 

 driest poor soil." (Proschowsky.) 



40976. Mimosa aculeaticarpa Ortega. Mimosacese. 

 (Mimosa acanthocarpa Poir.) 



"One and one-half to 2 meters in height, covered all oxer with hooks 

 and spines, forming impenetrable hedge. For the very driest poor soils." 

 (Proschowsky.) 



40977. Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. Euphordiaceae. 



(Aleurites triloba Forst.) LiUinbail '. 



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

 Received June 2, 1915. 



"A handsome tree with spreading branches, alternate, Iobed, pubescent leaves 

 of a pale color, rounded or cordate at the base, with two glands at the top of the 

 petiole. Flowers small, white, in terminal lax cynics: fruil fleshy, coriaceous, 

 globose, with four shallow furrows; seeds one or two, rugose, gibbous. The 

 candlenut tree is widely spread over Polynesia, a small pari of .Malaysia, and 

 The Philippine Islands. It is remarkable that it has not established itself in 

 Guam. Only a few specimens grow on the island, which arc called either by the 

 Philippine name lumbang or the Caroline Island name raguar. The natives 



