
          DESCRIPTIVE LIST.

55420. ACACIA CATECHU. From Egypt. Presented by E. E. Massey, Government  Botanist, Khartum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. A small tree, with 
handsome foliage and spikes of white or yellow flowers. It yields a 
good quality of gum arabic, and also the product known as cutch. The 
timber takes a beautiful polish; it has yellowish white sapwood, and 
red heartwood of great density. This tree is suggested for trial in 
the arid Southwest.

55422. ACACIA SPIROCARPA. From Egypt. Presented by E. E. Massey, 
Khartum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. An umbrellalike tree 20 to 40 feet 
high, native to Abyssinia, where it is common on arid and rocky land. 
The snow-white flowers are borne in large clusters, and the narrow, 
spirally twisted pods are ornamental. Probably susceptible to frost.

54799. ACACIA VEREK. Gum-arabic Tree. From Egypt. Presented by 
Maj. R. G. Archibald, Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Anglo-
Egyptian Sudan. A small tree which thrives in semi arid climates where 
heavy frosts are not experienced. It yields a fine quality of gum 
arabic. Suggested for trial in mild-wintered portions of the south-
western United States.

56288. ACER DAVIDI. Maple. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. 
F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. An attractive ornamental shade tree 
with large coarsely-toothed leaves and long pendent clusters of fruit. 
From the Likiang Snow Range, where it attains a height of 60 feet.

56454. ACER HOOKERI. Maple. From India. Presented by G. H. Cave, 
curator, Lloyd Botanic Gardens, Darjiling. A handsome shade tree, 40 
to 50 feet high, native to the Himalayas at altitudes of about 10,000 
feet. The bark is brown and deeply fissured, the leaves oval and not 
lobed as in more familiar species, - sometimes they are copper-colored 
as in some of the Japanese maples. The wood, which is gray with small 
pores and numerous fine medullary rays, is very handsome.

55840. ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS. Yang Tao. Presented by D. W. Coolidge, 
Pasadena, Calif. An ornamental deciduous climber, native to Szechwan, 
China. This plant has attracted considerable attention because of its 
edible fruits, which may be eaten from the vine, served with sugar and 
cream, or used for jams and sauces. They are russet brown, hairy, 
about 2 inches long, and have greenish flesh of pleasant flavor, resembling 
that of gooseberries but tempered with a taste peculiarly 
their own. The leaves have a plushlike texture and an unusual dark-
green color, and their large size and regular spacing add to the beauty 
of the vine. The flowers are buff-yellow to white, fragrant, about 
an inch broad, and are produced in great abundance.

54460. ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS. Yang Tao. Presented by Bruce Drummond, 
Indio, Calif.

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