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grained, and is used by the carpenters of Jujuy for 

 various kinds of work. It is indigenous to the north- 

 ern part of Argentina, and is not exported in the 

 south. (Adapted from Grisebach, Plantae Lorentzianae , 

 p. 121 as Piptadenia communis excelsa, and from Lillo, Contr. 

 Arboles Argentina, p. 48.) Important timber trees and 

 also planted as shade trees in Buenos Aires. (Curran.) 



Piptadenia macrocarpa Bentham (Mimosaceae . ) 43459. 

 Seeds from Argentina. Collected by Mr. H. M. Curran. 

 An unarmed tree, native of Brazil, with grayish tomen- 

 tulose twigs and branches, and 10 to 25 pairs of pin- 

 nae, each with 20-40 pairs of pinnules , hardly two mil- 

 limeters long. The flowers occur in peduncled heads 

 in the axils of the leaves, sometimes at the ends 

 of the branchlets. The pods are half a foot long and 

 more, and an inch wide with thickened margins. (Adapt- 

 ed from Bentham, Hooker's Journal of Botany, vol. 4, 

 p. 341, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horti- 

 culture, p. 2647.) Important timber trees and also 

 planted as shade trees in Buenos Aires. (Curran.) 



Primus salicifolia H. B. .K. (Amygdalaceae . ) 43425. 

 "Cereza. Seed of a wild cherry brought to the market of 

 Mazatenango from the tierra fria or highlands. The fruit 

 is one-half to five-eighths of an inch in diameter, 

 sometimes round but more commonly oblate in form, 

 shiny purplish black in color. In size and general 

 appearance it closely approaches an English Morello 

 cherry, though perhaps a trifle smaller. The flesh, 

 which is dark colored and juicy, is rather meaty in 

 texture, and has the flavor of the Oxheart cherry grown 

 in the Western United States, with the addition of a 

 trace of bitterness. The fruit is esteemed, and is 

 used in several ways, principally as a fresh fruit 

 and for the preparation of preserves. The tree is 

 said to be medium sized, and to grow in the mountains 

 some distance back from the coast, at a considerable 

 elevation." (Wilson Popenoe.) 



Pyrus chinensis x communis (Malaceae.) 43442. Plants 

 grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, 

 California. Hybrid pear raised by Dr. W. Van Fleet, 

 in 1907 and presented to the Plant Introduction Field 

 Station, Dec. 22, 1909. "Fruit large and of attrac- 

 tive pyriform shape, somewhat resembling Bartlett but 

 with a deep red cheek on yellow ground. Flesh fine 

 grained, tender and juicy with but few granules, fla- 



