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37382. ACROCOMIA SCLEROCARPA. Macaúba palm.
Collected by Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe, Lavras, Minas
Geraes, Brazil. Beautiful pinnate-leaved palm ; strong, rapid grower.
Produces clusters of fruit weighing 60 to 80 pounds. Fruits consist
of a hard kernel surrounded by white, starchy, mucilaginous material.
Hogs prefer them to corn and fatten on them.

42683. ACTINIDIA CALLOSA HENRYI. From Vilmorin-
Andrieux & Co., Paris, France. Ornamental climbing plant, with
fragrant white flowers. The persistent leathery leaves are of a
bronze-red color, passing into a metallic green and changing in the
autumn to a beautiful reddish color. Introduced by E. H. Wilson
from central China, where it had been discovered earlier by Aug.
Henry.

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS. Yangtaw. Deciduous, trailing
vine, with handsome white flowers, occurring wild in eastern China.
Diœcious; the pistillate plants produce fruits resembling small plums
in size and shape, with delicate gooseberry flavor. Eaten raw;
makes delicious jelly. For testing for porch decoration and fruiting
in the mild-wintered regions of the United States.

ADANSONIA DIGITATA. Baobab tree. Central African
tree up to 60 feet high, with enormous trunk, said to reach 30 feet or
more in diameter. Wood soft, leaves somewhat resembling those of
the horse-chestnut. The bark furnishes an extremely strong fiber
often used for rope making. The fruits are called "monkeys' bread."
They are 8 to 12 inches long and have cells filled with slightly acid,
agreeable pulp. The leaves are said to be used for medicinal purposes.

42355. ADENANTHERA PAVONINA. Coral or Circassian
bean. From Mr. Eugene Jaeglé, Ivoloina, Madagascar. Large,
handsome, ornamental tree which yields a hard, durable wood sometimes
used in India as a substitute for red sandalwood. Also yields
a dye. The beans are used as food by the natives of India; also as
beads. Native of tropical Asia.

10727. ADENOCARPUS FRANKENIOIDES. From Alaricus
Delmard, Monte, Canary Islands. Evergreen leguminous shrub,
with velvety branches, delicate, hairy leaves, and yellow flowers produced
in terminal racemes. Very ornamental for planting in shrubbery.
        