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Juniperas procera. (Pinaceae.) 39185. Seeds of the East 

 African Cedar from Asmara, Africa. Presented by the Di- 

 rector, Government Bureau of Colonization. "A tree rang- 

 ing in Eritrea from 20 to 25 meters in height, and one 

 meter in diameter, with open oval form; bark split into 

 long narrow strips; branches cylindrical. Leaves scale- 

 like, small, in four series, semioval or lengthened-linear 

 in the same plant. Flowers dioecious. Fruit globose- 

 ovoid or depressed globose, 5-7 mm. in diameter, blackish- 

 blue and pruinose at maturity. In the Altipiano and its 

 foothills from 2200 to 3000 meters height." (Adriano 

 Fiori, Boschi e Piante Legnose dell 'Eritrea. ) 



Macaclamia temifolia. (Proteaceae . ) 39144. Seeds from 

 Sydney, Australia. Purchased from Anderson & Co. "A mod- 

 erate-sized tree, about 40 feet high, with dense dark- 

 green foliage, native of northeastern Australia. It bears 

 very hard nuts of the size of marbles, on spikes 5 to 8 

 inches long; the nuts are edible and of an agreeable 

 flavor, being much relished in Australia, and sometimes 

 retailed in Sydney at from eight pence to one shilling per 

 pound. The extremely hard shell is the only drawback to 

 these. The tree is propagated by seed; thrives and bears 

 fruit at Peradeniya, where it has been introduced in 1868. 

 Suited to medium elevations." (Macmillan, Handbook of 

 Tropica] Gardening.) See Plant Immigrant Bulletin No. 78 

 for illustration and previous introduction. 



Madhuca indie a . (Sapotaceae . ) 39182. Seeds of this 

 species and M. longifolia from the Royal Botanic Gardens , 

 Sibpur, Calcutta, India. Presented by the Superintendent. 

 "It may be said that there are two great products of these 

 trees, (formerly known as Bassia latifolia, B. longifolia, and 

 B. malabarica) seeds. A gum or gutta (the milky sap hard- 

 ened) flows from incisions or abrasions on the stem. In 

 some parts of the country ringing of the stem is practised 

 just on the setting of the fruits. When this is done the 

 gum may be obtained in abundance. The bark is employed as 

 a dye. The flowers, the oil, the spirit distilled from 

 the flowers, and the bark are all used medicinally. Last- 

 ly the timber has some merit, but the trees, as a rule, 

 are too valuable to allow their being killed for this pur- 

 pose. The mahua shows its leaves from February to April. 

 The cream-colored flowers appear in great clusters (of 30 

 to 50) near the ends of the branches, from March to April, 

 and are soon followed by the young leaves. Preparatory to 

 the harvest of flowers the people clear the ground below 

 the trees by burning the weeds and smoothing the soil. 

 About March the flowers begin to come to maturity, and 

 every morning just after sunrise the succulent corolla- 



