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trate characteristics. We think that this form can be used 

 very effectively for many kinds of planting in landscape 

 work. " (Ross. ) 



Caragana pygmaea (L. ) DC. (Fabaceae.) 41479. Plants 

 from Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada. Presented by Mr. 

 Norman M. Ross, Forestry Branch. A low under shrub with 

 reddish-yellow flowers, found in central Asia from Af- 

 ghanistan eastward to Tibet and Dauria. 



Cordeauxia edulis Hemsl. (Caesalpiniaceae . ) 41477. 

 Seeds of the Yeheb nut from Aden, Arabia. Presented by Mr. 

 A. G. Watson, American Vice-Consul, who obtained them from 

 the Governor of Italian Soinaliland at Mogadiscio. For des- 

 cription see Plant Immigrants, No. 53, December 1-15, 1910. 

 These are the Yeheb nuts which are so highly prized by the 

 Dolbahanta Somalis that they prefer them to rice and dates. 

 They contain 21$ of cane sugar and 13^ of proteids. Re- 

 peated but unsuccessful attempts have been made to secure 

 them during the past 6 years. 



Cotoneaster sp. (Malaceae.) 41494. Seeds from Bari- 

 loche, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Joseph Vereertbrugghen. 

 "This plant, espina bianco, (white thorn), which I found in 

 the canyodon Buriloche, is an evergreen belonging, I be- 

 lieve, to the Chilean vegetation. Animals eat it the year 

 around, and like it very much, horses as well as cattle." 

 (Vereertbrugghen. ) 



Dipsacus fullonum L. (Dipsacaceae . ) 41499. Seeds from 

 Marseille, France. Presented by Mr. A. Gaulin, American 

 Consul General. "The best variety of teasel grown in the 

 Avignon and Department of Vaucluse region. This sample was 

 obtained from Messrs. G. & E. Duckers of Cavaillon, Vau- 

 cluse . " (Gaulin. ) 



Dumoria heckeli A. Chevalier. (Sapotaceae . ) 41481. 

 Seeds of the Bako from Coomassie, Gold Coast Colony, Af- 

 rica. Presented by Mr. A. E. Evans, Traveling Inspector, 

 Agricultural Department. "A gigantic sapotaceous tree at- 

 taining a height of 110-160 feet, with a cylindrical trunk 

 3"? - 6-g- feet in diameter near the base (circumference ap- 

 proximately 10-20 feet), and rising 90 feet or more before 

 bearing branches. Young branches slender, becoming gla- 

 brous; and bearing clusters of leaves at the ends. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, attenuate at apex and base, the apex 

 itself often obtuse or sometimes emarginate, papery, un- 

 dulate margined, glabrous, 2| - 4-g- inches long and 1 iJr 

 inches wide. Petioles glabrous, f - 1 inch long. Flowers 

 solitary or in small clusters of 2 to 3 in the axils of the 

 leaves. Calyx campanulate. Corolla rotate, greenish-white, 

 | inch in diameter, slightly fragrant. Fruit at maturity 

 greenish-yellow, sphero-ovoid , like a russet apple, with 



