
          19113. ARISTOTELIA CHILENSIS. 
From Mr. Teodoro Finger, Coronel, 
Chile. Spanish name "Maqui."
A beautiful evergreen bush or tree,
producing small, reddish-black fruits
of the size of a pepper with a sweet
acid taste. The juice of this fruit is
used for coloring wine and is exported 
in large quantities to Europe, Argentina 
and Peru. Formerly known
as Aristotelia macqui.

ARRACACIA XANTHORRHIZA. 
Arracacha. Perennial herb,
2 to 3 feet high, with deeply divided
leaves and small heads of purple flowers. 
The large and fleshy roots which
have a peculiar pleasant flavor, but are
slow in reaching maturity, form a
most important article of food in
South and Central America. Cooked
like parsnips, which they resemble.
For Gulf States and California.

37013. ARTABOTRYS UNCINATUS. 
An ornamental tropical
shrub with climbing, spreading
branches and large glossy leaves from
5 to 10 inches long, smooth on both
sides. The peduncles are hooked and
usually opposite a leaf, with fragrant,
brownish-red, wooly-petaled flowers
and two-seeded fruits about the size
of walnuts.
        