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  32260 
  and 
  32261— 
  Continued. 
  

   32260— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  "Mr. 
  Raposo 
  states 
  that 
  shipments 
  of 
  the 
  fiber 
  sent 
  to 
  London 
  and 
  manu- 
  

   factured 
  into 
  rope, 
  as 
  tested 
  by 
  English 
  engineers, 
  show 
  a 
  tensile 
  strength 
  10 
  

   times 
  greater 
  than 
  manila 
  rope 
  of 
  like 
  dimension. 
  As 
  compared 
  with 
  other 
  

   products 
  from 
  which 
  rope 
  and 
  twine 
  are 
  made, 
  the 
  caroa 
  gives 
  a 
  10 
  per 
  cent 
  

   greater 
  outturn 
  of 
  finished 
  material 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  weight 
  of 
  raw 
  material. 
  

  

  '"Tests 
  of 
  caroa 
  rope,' 
  he 
  says, 
  'for 
  use 
  on 
  shipboard 
  show 
  great 
  wearing 
  

   quality, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  other 
  superiorities. 
  The 
  rope 
  does 
  not 
  swell 
  from 
  wetting. 
  

   In 
  three 
  round 
  trips 
  from 
  London 
  to 
  Bombay 
  the 
  rope 
  gave 
  no 
  appearance 
  of 
  

   serious 
  damage. 
  

  

  '"It 
  takes 
  20 
  tons 
  of 
  the 
  green 
  caroa 
  to 
  make 
  lton 
  of 
  the 
  fiber 
  ready 
  for 
  ship- 
  

   ment, 
  but 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wastage 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  suitable 
  for 
  making 
  paper. 
  

   This 
  if 
  true 
  would 
  give 
  the 
  plant 
  a 
  far 
  more 
  considerable 
  value. 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  

   fiber 
  as 
  rudely 
  produced 
  in 
  Brazil 
  and 
  laid 
  down 
  in 
  London 
  was 
  $80 
  per 
  ton. 
  

   This 
  cost 
  would 
  be 
  largely 
  reduced 
  by 
  economical 
  handling. 
  The 
  discovery 
  

   of 
  this 
  new 
  fiber, 
  if 
  what 
  is 
  claimed 
  for 
  it 
  be 
  true, 
  is 
  a 
  most 
  important 
  addition 
  

   to 
  the 
  raw 
  material 
  of 
  manufacture.' 
  " 
  {Bulletin, 
  Pan 
  American 
  Union, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  "This 
  species 
  and 
  the 
  closely 
  related 
  following 
  one 
  occur 
  throughout 
  the 
  arid 
  

   districts 
  along 
  the 
  Rio 
  Sao 
  Francisco 
  in 
  a 
  climate 
  said 
  to 
  resemble 
  that 
  of 
  our 
  

   arid 
  Southwest. 
  Mr. 
  Tennant 
  Lee, 
  who 
  saw 
  2,000 
  acres 
  of 
  these 
  plants 
  in 
  a 
  

   wild 
  state 
  and 
  who 
  tested 
  their 
  fiber, 
  says 
  this 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  fibers 
  ever 
  

   brought 
  into 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Ropes 
  made 
  of 
  it 
  will 
  stand 
  salt 
  water 
  longer 
  

   than 
  manila 
  hemp; 
  it 
  is 
  28 
  per 
  cent 
  stronger 
  than 
  manila, 
  yields 
  a 
  larger 
  per- 
  

   centage 
  of 
  fiber 
  than 
  the 
  abaca, 
  and 
  the 
  waste 
  is 
  suitable 
  for 
  paper 
  making." 
  

   (Fairchild.) 
  

  

  32261. 
  Neoglaziovia 
  concoloe 
  C. 
  H. 
  Wright. 
  Makimbira. 
  

  

  "This 
  plant 
  has 
  leaves 
  protected 
  by 
  stout 
  incurved 
  spines 
  upon 
  their 
  

   edges, 
  thereby 
  rendering 
  the 
  handling 
  both 
  difficult 
  and 
  dangerous." 
  

  

  32262. 
  Casimiroa 
  sapota 
  Oersted. 
  Sapota 
  bianco. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carlos 
  Werckle, 
  Museo 
  Nacional. 
  

   Received 
  August 
  4, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  December 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

  

  32263. 
  Echium 
  pininana 
  Webb 
  and 
  Berth. 
  

  

  From 
  Palma, 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  George 
  V. 
  Perez, 
  Puerto 
  Orotava, 
  

  

  Teneriffe, 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  Received 
  December 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  most 
  striking 
  ornamental 
  plant 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  tall 
  single 
  spike 
  of 
  light-blue 
  

  

  flowers. 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  leaves 
  will 
  turn 
  out 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  excellent 
  forage, 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  

  

  prickly 
  comfrey 
  (No. 
  2152). 
  These 
  seeds 
  are 
  from 
  a 
  wild 
  plant 
  in 
  Palma, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

  

  native. 
  Try 
  it 
  in 
  southern 
  California 
  or 
  Florida." 
  (Perez.) 
  

  

  32264. 
  Garcinia 
  venulosa 
  (Blanco) 
  Choisy. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Limay 
  Forest 
  Station, 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  byMaj. 
  George 
  

   P. 
  Ahern, 
  Director 
  of 
  Forestry, 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  Interior, 
  Manila. 
  Received 
  

   December 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

   "The 
  seeds 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  plants 
  were 
  grown 
  were 
  collected 
  in 
  Bataan 
  Province." 
  

   (Ahern.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

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