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Aeschynomene sp. (Fabaceae.) 44040. Seeds from El 

 Coyolar, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle. 

 "Yellow sensltlva. A very dense growing leguminous 

 annual, whose roots are always completely covered with 

 nodules. People say they are a good forage, but I 

 have never seen a cow eating them. Our best plant 

 for nitrification of the soil." (Werckle.) 



Aleurites trisperma Blanco. (Euphorbiaceae. ) 44061. 

 Seeds from Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. A. W. 

 Prautch, through Mr. Adn. Hernandez, Director, Manila 

 Bureau of Agriculture. "Mr. Prautch has returned from 

 his trip to Cavite province with seeds and leaves 

 of the Aleurites trisperma tree. The nuts were picked up 

 under the trees where they had been lying since last 

 August, which month the tree fruits. As you have al- 

 ready successfully introduced A. moluccana in the United 

 States, it is quite possible that this species will 

 also be successful. It is believed that this soft 

 shell kind is superior, for in addition to the nut 

 being easier to crack, the Bureau of Science has found 

 that the oil so closely approximates the Chinese tung 

 oil as to be practically indistinguishable therefrom. 

 There is a slight difference between this oil and that 

 of the Aleurites moluccana." (Hernandez.) 



Callicarpa giraldiana Hesse. (Verbenaceae . ) 44076. 

 Cuttings from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the 

 Arnold Arboretum. An ornamental shrub from western 

 China, with dentate leaves 2 to 4 inches long, dense 

 cymes of pink flowers on hairy stalks, and violet 

 fruits. If sheltered this shrub will grow in the 

 northern parts of the United States, and if killed to 

 the ground, young shoots will spring up vigorously, 

 producing flowers and fruit in the same season. (Adap- 

 ted from Rehder, in Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of 

 Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 629, under C. giruldii. ) 



Campomanesia fenzliana (Berg) Glaziou. (Myrtaceae.) 

 44086. Seeds from Parana, Brazil. Presented by Mr. 

 B. H. Hunnicutt, Lavras, Minas, Brazil. A small Bra- 

 zilian myrtaceous tree with foliage resembling that 

 of the European oaks. It reaches a height of 30 to 35 

 feet, and bears orange yellow fruits up to an inch in 

 diameter, with edible pulp resembling that of the 

 guava . (Adapted from note of Dorsett, Shamel and Pop- 

 enoe . ) 



