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The color is light green. The fruit begins to ripen 

 about the first of October, but the season is not at 

 its height until after the end of the year. Many of 

 the fruits are attacked by an insect which burrows in 

 the seeds. Its presence can be detected by small 

 round holes on the surface of the fruit." (Popenoe.) 



Campylotropis macrocarpa (Bunge) Rehder. (Fabaceae.) 

 43679. Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 

 the Arnold Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels 

 and Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Department. A shrub, 

 up to 6 feet in height, with long-stalked leaves and 

 oval leaflets. The purple flowers appear in many- 

 flowered racemes about 3 inches long, and the glabrous 

 pods are more than f inch long. This shrub is found 

 in northern and central China. (Adapted from Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, p. 1845, under 

 Lespedeza macrocarpa.) 



Cassia eremophila A. Cunningham. (Caesalpiniaceae . ) 

 43650. Seeds from Cairo, Egypt. Presented by the 

 Director, Horticultural Division, Ministry of Agri- 

 culture, Giza Branch. A woody plant, found in Aus- 

 tralia, in all the colonies except Tasmania. The 

 leaves are composed of two pairs of very narrow leaf- 

 lets, and the pods are very smooth. In Australia both 

 the pods and the leaves of this plant are eaten by 

 stock. (Adapted from-Maiden, Useful Native Plants of 

 Australia, p. 47, under Cassia nemophila.) 



Cordia myxa L. (Boraginaceae . ) 43654. Seeds of 

 Sebesten from Cairo, Egypt. Presented by the Director, 

 Horticultural Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Giza 

 Branch. A moderate-sized deciduous tree, found in 

 tropical Asia and Australia, with oval leaves and 

 thick, rough bark. The wood is soft, and is said to 

 have furnished the wood from which the Egyptian mummy 

 cases were made. In India it is used for boat-build- 

 ing, gun stocks and agricultural implements; it is an 

 excellent fuel. The fibrous bark is made into ropes, 

 and is used for caulking boats. The fruit's are suc- 

 culent and mucilaginous, and when young these are 

 eaten as vegetables, and also pickled. They have also 

 been employed as pectoral medicines. (Adapted from 

 Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, pp. 19, 

 165, 407, 620, 639, and from Gamble, Manual of India 

 Timbers, p. 270. ) 



