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ACANTHOPHOENIX SPP. ( Phoenicaceae . ) 34725-726. Seeds of 

 palms from Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard. 

 Prickly palms, one of which, A. rubra, is said to have proved 

 hardy in Florida, and to grow to a height of 60 feet. The up- 

 per rings of the stem are bright red. For distribution later. 



ANTIDESMA BUNIUS . (Euphorbiaceae . ) 34691. Seeds of the 

 bignay from Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. 0. 

 W. Barrett, Chief, Division of Horticulture, Bureau of Agri- 

 culture. "A small handsome tree, dioecious, with simple, dark 

 green, leathery leaves. The fruit is small, dark red, sweet, 

 subacid in flavor, and produced in long racemes like the cur- 

 rant, and may be eaten raw or made into jelly." (Barrett.) 

 For distribution later. 



ANTIDESMA NITIDUM. (Euphorbiaceae.) 34695. Seeds from 

 Los Banos, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. C. F. Baker, 

 College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines. "One of 

 the finest local shrubs, of good shape and covered with great 

 numbers of pendant clusters of small berries which are long, 

 bright red, finally black, and which are edible. This should 

 make an Important addition to ornamental shrubs for warm 

 countries." (Baker.) For distribution later. 



ARCHONTOPHOENIX ALEXANDRAE. (Phoenicaceae.) 34738. Seeds 

 of the Alexandra palm received from Lawang, Java. Presented 

 by M. Buysmann. "The wood of this Queensland palm is beauti- 

 fully marked, and is much in favor for walking sticks, the 

 outer portion being cut into suitable thickness for this pur- 

 pose. It grows to a height of 70 or 80 feet." (Maiden, 

 Useful native plants of Australia.) For distribution later. 



ARGANIA SPINOSA. ( Sapotaceae . ) 34667. Seeds of the 

 argan from Tangier, Morocco. Presented by Mr. Maxwell Blake, 

 American-Consul General. "The argan is a small tree with the 

 appearance of the olive, and rarely exceeding 5 meters in 

 height. Its young shoots are spiny and its leaves persistant. 

 Its fruit is an ovoid drupe, greenish yellow, containing 

 generally one but sometimes from 1 to 4, seeds, with a white 

 kernel which yields 51.25 percent of a non-drying sweet oil, 

 very much esteemed by the inhabitants of Morocco. The produc- 

 tion of argan oil, in good years, according to M. Gentil, 

 amounts to about 7,500,000 pounds, almost entirely used 

 locally." (Capus and Bois, Produits Coloniaux.) For distri- 

 bution later. 



