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vor sweet and pleasant, quality very good. Should 

 make -an attractive market pear. It is hoped the usual 

 resistance of Oriental pears to blight will be shown 

 by this hybrid variety." (Dr. Van Fleet.) 



Rubus sp. (Rosaceae.) 43438. Seeds of Mora from 

 Guatemala City, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson 

 Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer. "A wild species of 

 Rubus which is common in the vicinity of San Lucas, 

 an altitude of nearly 7000 feet. The plants .greatly 

 resemble the blackberry in habit, growing to a height 

 of 6 or 7 feet. The fruit also resemble blackberries 

 being about the same size, with the individual drupe- 

 lets like those of the blackberry, but slightly light- 

 er in color. The flavor is rather acid, suggesting 

 both the blackberry and the loganberry. The fruit is 

 gathered from the wild plants and brought by the In- 

 dians to the market of Guatemala City, where it is a 

 common sight. It is used for preserves and for stew- 

 ing." (Popenoe.) 



Saecelliiim lunceolatum Humb. & Bonpl . (Boraginaceae . ) 



43460. Seed from Argentina. Collected by Mr. H. M. 

 Curran. A tree, 2 to 4 m. in height, with many branch- 

 es, and a trunk 3 dm. in thickness. The alternate, 

 lanceolate leaves 'are 10 to 16 cm. in length, and the 

 terminal racemes of inconspicuous dioecious flowers 

 resemble minute bouquets. The fruit is a small drupe. 

 The wood of this tree is about the same in color and 

 texture as that of the ash (Fraxinus excelsior). This 

 tree is found in the Peruvian Andes, on the tributar- 

 ies of the river Guancabamba. (Adapted from Humboldt 

 and Bonpland , Plantes Equinoxiales , pp. 41-44.) 



Schinopsis lorentzii (Griseb. ) Engler . (Anacardiaceae . ) 



43461. Seeds of Quebracho from Argentina. Collected 

 by Mr. H. M. Curran. A tall, timber tree, native of 

 central South America, attaining a height of 50-75 

 feet, and a diameter of two to four feet. The leaves 

 are composed of 10-15 pairs of pinnae and the flowers 

 occur in panicles. The fruit is a dry, indehiscent 

 samara. The heartwood of this tree is one of the hard- 

 est, heaviest, and, in the region of its occurrence, 

 most durable woods known. It contains a large amount 

 of tanning, which acts as a preservative, and is used 

 extensively for railroad ties, wharves, dry docks, 

 fence posts, etc. The tannin of which the heartwood 

 contains from 20 to 24 per cent, is a very important 



