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and Burma. The seeds yield the true chaulmugra oil, 

 long supposed to be the product of Gynocardia odorata. 

 Chaulmugra oil has long been known and used in India 

 as a remedy for cutaneous diseases, and has become a 

 drug of some importance in European practice. The 

 seeds are bought to Calcutta, chiefly from Chittagong, 

 and are of two kinds (1) mature seeds with brown ker- 

 nels, rich in oil; (2) immature seeds with black ker- 

 nels, poorer in oil. The seeds arrive in the market 

 at the end of the rainy season in November and Decem- 

 ber. To extract the oil the kernels are separated 

 from the shells and dried in the sun. They are then 

 pounded with a pestle and mortar and the broken ker- 

 nels put into canvas bags and the oil expressed with 

 the aid of fire in a castor-oil mill. The oil is of 

 two kinds (1) clear, bright, straw-coloured; (2) muddy 

 and precipitating a sediment of earthy colour. One 

 maund of oil is obtained from 4 to 5 maunds of seed." 

 (Extract from Watt's Commercial Products of India.) 

 Authentic cures are reported from the use of this 

 oil in the treatment of leprosy and its employment 

 has greatly relieved the suffering of those afflicted 

 by this terrible disease. (Fairchild.) 



Mains syluestris Miller. (Malaceae.) 43151-43174. 

 Plants of twenty-four varieties of apple from Avon- 

 dale, Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. H. R. 

 Wright, Avondale Nursery. 



Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae . ) 43224-43226. 

 Seeds of the mango from Mexico. Presented by Mr. 

 W. Moore, British Vice Consul, La Paz , B. C. Mexico. 

 Acting on the advice of the American Consul at Mazat- 

 lan, Mexico, the Department of Agriculture requested 

 the Navy Department to instruct a vessel to call at 

 La Paz, Lower California, Mexico, to obtain seeds of 

 the various varieties of mangoes grown in that dis- 

 trict, said to be very good. Accordingly, the U. S. 

 S. Brutus stopped at this port, and with the co- 

 operation of the British Vice Consul, Mr. Frank W. 

 Moore, a box of seeds was obtained. 



Owenia venosa Mueller. (Meliaceae.) 43071. Seed 

 from South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia. Presented by 

 Mr. J. Cronin, Curator, Melbourne Botanic Gardens. An 

 Australian tree reaching a height of 40 feet with a 

 diameter of 3 feet. A native beverage is made from 

 the sour fruit, and the durable easily worked wood 



