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Used for firewood as it gives great heat. Very pretty 

 when in flower. Grows 6 to 10 feet high." (Wright.) 

 One of the most abundant of New Zealand shrubs, reach- 

 ing occasionally a height of 30 feet, with hard, 

 leathery, sharp-pointed leaves, and white or pinkish, 

 odorless flowers up to | inch in width. This plant 

 flowers so profusely that the entire country appears 

 as though covered with snow. The entire plant is very 

 aromatic, and the leaves have been used for making 

 tea. The wood is used for fences and firewood. (Adapt- 

 ed from Laing & Blackwell, Plants of New Zealand, p. 

 272.) 



Maximilianea vitifolia (Willd.) Kr. & Urban. (Cochlos- 

 permaceae.) 44821. Seeds from Guatemala. Collected 

 by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of this Bureau. "(No. 107a.) 

 Tecomasuche. A common shrub or small tree of eastern 

 and central Guatemala from the highlands at about 4000 

 feet down to a level of 1000 feet or perhaps lower. 

 The plant occasionally reaches a height of 35 feet, 

 is always stiff, rather sparsely branched, and bears 

 stout branchlets which usually carry leaves only toward 

 their tips. The plant is leafless from December or 

 January to May, in most sections, and, at this period, 

 produces at the ends of the branchlets numerous large 

 yellow flowers, single, brilliant in color, with a 

 deep orange center. They are followed by oval seed 

 pods as large as a hen's egg." (Popenoe.) 



Mesembryanthemum chilense Molina. (Aizoaceae.) 44814. 

 Doca seeds from Chile. Presented by Mr. G. F. Arms, 

 Coquimbo, Chile. "Doca, or Frutillas del Mar (Strawberries 

 of the sea). Collected on the sea beach near Serena, 

 Chile." (Arms.) A glabrous, succulent plant about a 

 meter (3 feet) in length, with opposite, triangle 

 green leaves from 4 to 7 cm. (1 3/5 to 3 inches) long, 

 solitary purplish flowers, and fleshy fruits. It 

 grows flat on the sand on the sea coast from Coquimbo 

 to Rio Bueno, Chile. The fruit is edible, having an 

 agreeable taste, but if eaten in abundance has a pur- 

 gative effect. (Adapted from A. Murillo, Plantes Me- 

 dicinales du Chili, pp. 99, 100, 1889.) 



Nageia excelsa (D.Don.) Kuntze. (Taxaceae.) 44850. 

 Seeds from Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. Presented 

 by Mr. H. R. Wright. "This is the one tree exclusive- 

 ly used in this country for making butter boxes, the 



