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of which may be of value for afforestation work in arid and 

 semi-arid regions. For distribution later. 



KRAUSSIA FLORIBUNDA. (Rubiaceae.) 34169. Seeds from 

 Durban, Natal. Presented by Dr. J. Medley Wood, Director, 

 Durban Botanic Gardens. "A small tree up to 20 feet in height 

 and one foot in diameter, with a fluted stem. Leaves ever- 

 green. Fruit a small black berry. Wood heavy, hard, not 

 used." (Sim, Forest Flora of Cape Colony.) For distribution 

 later. 



MABA NATALENSIS. (Diospyraceae . ) 34170. Seeds from 

 Durban, Natal. Presented by Dr. J. Medley Wood, Director, 

 Durban Botanic Gardens. "A tree twenty to fifty feet high 

 with very horizontal densely foliaged branches. Fruit one 

 half inch in length, acorn-shaped in the green calyx cup, yel- 

 low when ripe, rather succulent though hardly edible. Fre- 

 quent on the coast throughout Natal. Usually on the sand 

 dunes or behind them. Rarely large enough for the wood to be 

 used as timber." (Sim, Forest Flora of Cape Colony.) Intro- 

 duced as a possible stock for the various species of Diospy- 

 ros, to which it is closely related. For distribution later. 



MANGIFERA INDICA. ( Anacardiaceae . ) 34199-205. Plants of 

 mangos from Port Louis, Mauritius. Purchased from the Depart- 

 ment of Forests and Gardens, through Mr. Gabriel Regnard. 

 Seven varieties said to be the best grown in the island. For 

 distribution later. 



MEDICAGO SPP. (Fabaceae.) 34147-151. Seeds of medicagos 

 from Jerusalem, Palestine. Presented by Mr. E. F. Beaumont. 

 Five species, some of which are very drought-resistant. For 

 distribution later. 



OMPHALEA SP. (Euphorbiaceae . ) 34156. Seeds from Bocono, 

 Colombia. Presented by Mr. W. 0. Wolcott, Brooklyn, N. Y. "I 

 can give you no definite information about these nuts except 

 what the natives told me, as I bought them in the town at the 

 foot of the mountains and did not see the trees. The natives 

 told me they grew high up in the mountains where it is quite 

 cold, but not freezing, probably 7000 to 8000 feet or more, as 

 Bocono where I got them is about 5000 feet. They say the 

 trees grow quite large, 12 to 18 inches in diameter and 50 to 

 60 feet high, and are very prolific in nuts. They call the 

 nuts by two names, Nueces (nuts), and Pan del pobre (poor 

 people's bread). I have traveled for the last twenty years 

 all over Venezuela and Colombia and have never seen them ex- 

 cept at this one place. It 'rains a good deal in those moun- 



