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best judges can scarcely distinguish it. For frying 

 fish this oil is equal either to olive oil or butter. 

 The tree is native to the Amazon valley , at an altitude 

 of not oiore than 1,600 feet above sea level. (Adapted 

 from Seemann, Popular History of the Palms, p. 270.) 



Olearia furfuraeea (Asteraceae ) , 47953. From 

 Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. Seeds presented by 

 Mr. H. R. Wright. A freely branching ornamental shrub 

 or small tree, 6 to 20 feet high, native to the North 

 Island of New Zealand. The alternate leaves, 2 to 4 

 inches long by 1 to 2 inches broad, vary in shape from 

 oblong to broadly ovate. They are coriaceous, green 

 above, and clothed below with a dense silvery tomentum. 

 The small heads of white flowers are borne in large, 

 much-branched corymbs on long slender peduncles. (Adapt- 

 ed from Cheeseman, Manual of the New Zealand Flora, 

 p. 284.) 



Parkia iimoriana (Mimosaceae ) , 47948. Cupang. From 

 Zamboanga, P. I. Seeds presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, 

 agricultural advisor. "Ahandsome timber tree, the seeds 

 of which are roasted and used for coffee." (Wester.) 



It is a rapid-growing tree, reaching a maximum 

 height of 120 feet. It bears feathery bipinnate leaves 

 and small white flowers in dense pear-shaped heads. 

 The long, black, pendulous pods are over a foot long 

 and are relished by cattle. The soft white wood is 

 used for making matches. 



Parthenium argentatum (Asteraceae), 47955. Guayule. 

 From Saltillo, Mexico. Seeds presented by the Cia. Ex- 

 plotadora de Caucho Mexlcano, through the American con- 

 sul, Mr. H. C. Morgan. "Seeds from the guayule plant 

 which yields a certain kind of commercial rubber. The 

 seeds were collected from this year ' s flowers . " (Morgan.) 



Solatium chacoense ( Solanaceae ) , 47972. Potato. From 

 Puerto Bertoni , Paraguay. Seeds presented by Dr. Moises 

 S. Bertoni. "The tubers, thicker than those of 5. 

 Cjinmersonii, have a strong flavor and are not usually 

 eaten. But, under cultivation, there appear at times 

 edible tubers (with a potato flavor); this happens 

 sometimes in the wild state, but as an unstable vari- 

 ation, according to my results. It is a plant worth 

 studying, especially by crossing with the common 

 potato, for in this region it is not attacked by any 



