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Sasa albo-marginata (Mlq.) Maklno & Shibata. (Poaceae.) 

 42656. One plant from Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the 

 Yokohama Nursery Company. (See Arundinarla, Bambos, and 

 Phyllostachys introductions.) 



Spiraea wilsoni Duthie. (Rosaceae.) 42449. Cuttings from 

 Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. 

 "Closely allied to, perhaps only a variety of S. henryi. It 

 is distinguished among other points by its smooth or slight- 

 ly silky flower-stalks. Leaves of flowering shoots entire, 

 downy above, duller green." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, Vol. 2, p. 535.) Perfectly 

 hardy and among the most ornamental of all the numerous 

 species and hybrids of this genus. (Sargent, Arnold Ar- 

 boretum Bulletin, No. 19.) 



Strychnos spinosa Lamarck. (Loganiaceae . ) 42596. Seeds 

 of Kaffir-orange from Inhambane , East Africa. Presented by 

 Rev. Pliny W. Keys, Methodist Episcopal Mission. "An ever- 

 green shrub 8-10 feet high, seldom a small tree; having 

 decussate short branches often ending in a spine, and ob- 

 ovate 3-5 nerved leaves 1-2 inches long, 3/4-1 inch wide, 

 rounded at the point, tapering to a short petiole, and 

 often with the two sides from the midrib more or less in- 

 folded upon one another. Cymes mostly terminal on short 

 twigs, paniculate, rather few-flowered. Calyx-lobes long, 

 subulate. Corolla-tube and segments glabrous, but throat 

 bearded by a complete ring of hairs half as long as the 

 segments. Stamens arising from the base of the corolla- 

 tube, and anthers connected by an interwoven woolly mass. 

 Ovary 1 celled, ovules numerous, surrounding a central free 

 placenta. Fruit size of an orange, or larger, with rind 

 green when young, yellow when ripe, hard shell, and num- 

 erous flat seeds lying in acidulous edible pulp. Occurs 

 sparingly along the coast from East London eastward and is 

 more abundant in Natal, Tropical Africa and Madagascar. It 

 is seldom cultivated except as a curiosity, and the natives 

 only eat it when food is scarce. The timber is too small 

 to be of value." (Sim, The Forests and Forest Flora of 

 Cape Colony, p. 274. ) 



Tamarix spp. (Tamaricaceae . ) 42441-42443. Seeds of 

 three species of Tamarix from Petrograd, Russia. Present- 

 ed by Dr. A. Fischer de Waldheim, Director , Imperial Botanic 

 Gardens. 42441, T. florida albiflora Bunge . 42442, T. karelini hirta 

 Litw. 42443, T. pentandra Pallas. For trial as hedge and 

 windbreak plants in the West. 



Uvaria rufa (Dun.) Blume. (Annonaceae . ) 42470. Seeds 

 from Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T. 

 Edwards, Director, Bureau of Agriculture. "Banauac; Susong 

 Calabo. Fruits of this species are oblong, reniform, 3, 



