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Eugenia sp. (Myrtaceae.) 41057. Seeds of the guava- 

 berry tree from St. Croix, Danish West Indies. Presented 

 by Mr. Longfield Smith, Director Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. "The fruits of this tree make a delicious pre- 

 serve with an aromatic flavor; they are also used with rum 

 for making a liquor called guava-berry rum." (Smith.) 



Eugenia sp. (Myrtaceae.) 41110. Cuttings from Pin- 

 asniocj, Peru. Presented by Mr. 0. F. Cook. "Extremely 

 beautiful tree, with fine glossy deep green foliage con- 

 trasting with a smooth light-colored, graceful trunk and 

 branches . " (Cook. ) 



Euscaphis japonica (Thunb.) Dippel. (Staphyleaceae . ) 

 41263. Seeds from near Hangchow, Cnekiang, China. "A 

 shrub, with deciduous pinnate leaves, bearing apparently 

 white flowers, followed by capsules which turn from green 

 to a brilliant red when ripening. Found on stony and waste 

 places. Of use as a park shrub for mild wintered regions." 

 (Meyer's introduction and description. ) "A deciduous bush up 

 to 12 feet high, with stout, pithy branchlets and promi- 

 nent buds; twigs smooth. Leaves 6 to 10 inches long, op- 

 posite, consisting usually of 7 or 9 leaflets. Leaflets 

 opposite, ovate 2-g- to 4 inches long, long-pointed, shal- 

 lowly toothed, smooth except for a little down near the 

 base of the midrib. Panicle terminal, branching, 4 to 9 

 inches long, carrying numerous yellowish white flowers, 

 each about -% inch across. Fruit consisting of 3 somewhat 

 boat-shaped, spreading, rosy pink pods, ^ inch long; seeds 

 black. Native of China, Corea, and Japan. This shrub is 

 not only closely related to the bladder-nuts (Staphylea), 

 but also bears much resemblance to them. It differs in the 

 larger number of leaflets, in the smaller individual flow- 

 ers, and in the smaller, differently shaped fruit. Unfor- 

 tunately it is not very hardy, and can only be grown out- 

 side permanently in the mildest localities." (W . J. Sean.) 



Furcraea sp. (Amaryllidaceae . ) 41193. Bulbs from Ollan- 

 taytambo, Peru. Presented by Mr. 0. F. Cook. v Chuchao. 

 A native fiber plant 1 ' very abundant in the dry districts 

 about Ollantaytambo , and ascending to an altitude of over 

 10,000 feet. Propagates by bulblets which are produced on 

 the inflorescences, with or without flowers. May have pos- 

 sibilities as a hardy type, very easy of propagation." 

 (Cook. ) 



Manihot dulcis (Gesner) Baillon. (Euphorbiaceae . ) 

 41103, 41121-22. Cuttings of three varities of sweet cas- 

 sava from Peru. Presented by Mr. 0. F. Cook. 41103. 

 "Yuca. San Miguel, Peru. A seed-bearing native grown at 

 the upper rim of the tropical belt, at an altitude of 6,000 

 feet." 41121. "Yuca. Santa Ana, Peru. A native seed- 



