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blossoms are formed In a cluster; pure white and fra- 

 grant; corolla deep and unbroken. The corolla is about 

 two inches deep with an undulating border." (Tracy.) 



Berberis sargentiana Schneider. (Berberidaceae . ) 42973. 

 Cuttings from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Prof. 

 C. S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum. A black-berried bar- 

 berry from western Hupeh, China, reaching a height of 

 2 meters. It is the only evergreen barberry which has 

 proved entirely hardy at the Arnold Arboretum, and 

 for this reason is one of the most desirable of the 

 recent introductions as a garden plant. (Adapted from 

 Plantae Wilsonianae, Vol. 1, p. 359, 1913.) 



Britoaacida (Mart.) Berg. (Myrtaceae.) 42989. Seeds 

 from Papayal, El Banco, Colombia. Presented by Mr. H. 

 M. Curran. "Guayabo. Tree 20 to 30 feet. Large yellow 

 fruit, few seeds, acid, 3 inches in diameter, flesh." 

 (Curran. ) 



Buddleia globosa Hope. (Loganiaceae . ) 42864. Seeds 

 from Santiago, Chile. Presented by Senor Don Ernesto 

 Palacios, Catholic University. The panil or palguin, a 

 Chilean shrub better known as matico, owes its name panil 

 to the soft fleshy consistency of its leaves, which 

 are much used in curing inflammation and are used with 

 good results for washing wounds . Abundant in Valdivia, 

 where it occurs as a shrub, covered in November with 

 yellow flowers, in globose clusters. 



Chrysobalanus icaco L. (Rosaceae.) 43000. Seeds from 

 Tierras de Loba, Bolivar, Colombia. Presented by Mr. 

 H. M. Curran. "A shrub from four to eight feet in 

 height, much branched. Planted more as an ornamental 

 about the houses than for the fruit. Fruits white 

 with a pinkish bloom, rather dry and insipid; about 

 the size of a wild plum." (Curran.) 



Cucumis melo L. (Cucurbitaceae. ) 42840-42849. Seeds 

 of ten varieties of melon from Petrograd, Russia. Pre- 

 sented by Miss M. I. Kurnakova Danilova, through the 

 American Vice Consul, at the request of Dr. C. C. 

 Young, Belen, Texas. Brief descriptions by Miss 

 Danilova follow. 42840. "Red, soft-fleshed, aromatic, 

 summer melon called Ananas (pineapple)." 42841. "Black 

 summer melon called Urlik." 42842. "Sweet, aromatic, 

 soft-fleshed winter melon called Adan." 42843. "Light 

 green, summer melon called Aramad." 42844. "Local 



