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Prunus maximowiczii Rupr. (Amygdalaceae . ) 40997. Seeds 

 of Maximowicz's cherry from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 

 Presented by Professor C. S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum. 

 "A tree about 25 feet high, with horizontal branches. 

 Leaves obovate, about one and one-half Inches long, some- 

 what coarsely toothed, nearly glabrous; petioles slender, 

 about one-half inch long. Flowers white, on slender hairy 

 peduncles, one or two on each flowering shoot. Fruit 

 crimson, the size of small peas. Japan." (Kew Bulletin, 

 New Garden Plants, 1903.) 



Prunus sargentii Rehder. (Amygdalaceae.) 40998. Seeds 

 of Sargent's cherry from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 

 Presented by Professor C. S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum. 

 "A species which has been confused with P. pseudo-cerasus 

 from which it differs by having all its parts glabrous. 

 It is nearest allied to P. serrulata, differing by having 

 sessile umbels and more coarsely toothed leaves. Japan." 

 (Kew Bulletin, New Garden Plants, 1909.) 



Psidium guayaUta A. Richard. (Myrtaceae.) 40993. Seeds 

 of guayabita from Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Presented 

 by Mr. Juan T. Roig, Botanist, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. "This is a species peculiar to the western portion 

 of Pinar del Rio, where it is called guayabita del Pinar. 

 The fruit is edible but not very valuable. A very popular 

 aromatic liquor is prepared from the fruit and there is a 

 factory in Pinar del Rio which has patented the product 

 with the name of Licor de guayabita del Pinar." (Roig.) 



Saccharum ciliare Anderss. (Poaceae.) 40989. Seeds of 

 elephant grass from St. Kitts, British West Indies. Pre- 

 sented by Mr. F. R. Shepherd, Curator, Botanic Station. 

 "It is the sara of the classic authors of India, and, is 

 met with throughout the plains and lower hills and dis- 

 tributed to China. In the Panjab it often covers large 

 tracts of country and is frequently planted in lines or 

 dividing hedges, especially in low-lying localities subject 

 to periodic inundation. Sir William Jones says 'This 

 beautiful and superb grass is highly celebrated in the 

 Puranas, the Indian God of War having been born in a grove 

 of it, which burst into flame; the gods gave notice of his 

 birth to the nymph of the Pleiades, who descended and 

 suckled the child thence named Carticeya. The casa (kafta 

 or Jeans) vulgarly casia (S. spontaneum) has a shorter culm, 

 leaves much narrower, longer and thicker hairs, but a 

 smaller panicle, less compound, without the purplish tints 

 of the sara; It Is often described with praise by the 



