
          32704. GARCINIA LIVINGSTONEI. Pembe . From East Africa. Presented 
by Pliny W. Keys, Inhambane. A small compact bush with stiff, very 
stout branchlets. The small white flowers are followed by elliptic 
fruits 2 inches long, orange yellow when fully ripe. The leathery skin 
encloses whitish, juicy flesh and two large seeds; the flavor is acid 
and aromatic. At Miami, Florida, this plant has proved to be hardy, 
and has borne fruit abundantly at an early age. It is of interest 
principally as a possible stock for the mangosteen.

54470. GARCINIA SPICATA. Received from the Yokohama Nursery Co., 
Japan. This medium-sized tree, native to the western peninsula of India, 
has small flowers in spikes and smooth deep-green fruits the size 
of walnuts. It is introduced as a possible stock for the mangosteen.

47358. GARCINIA TINCTORIA. From Cienfuegos, Cuba. Presented by R. 
M. Grey, Harvard Experiment Station. A rapid-growing evergreen tree 
from tropical Asia, bearing on the mature wood, singly or in clusters, 
orange-yellow fruits about 2 inches in diameter. The leathery skin 
encloses 3 to 5 segments of juicy flesh, each segment usually containing 
a large oblong seed. The flavor is rather acid. Introduced for 
trial as a stock plant on which to graft the mangosteen.

55105. GARCINIA TINCTORIA. Presented by Gerrit P. Wilder, Honolulu, 
Hawaii.

55454. GARCINIA TINCTORIA. Presented by H. S. Jones, Santa Fe, Isle 
of Pines, Cuba.

GARCINIA TINCTORIA. Presented by E. Lewis, Sabanda, Panama.

GARCINIA TINCTORIA. Presented by J. Zetek, Ancon, Canal Zone.

56823. GORDONIA sp. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A shrub about 8 feet high, found at an altitude 
of 6,000 feet near Tienyinssu. The flowers, which resemble those of 
the myrtle, are white and very large, with numerous stamens. Related 
to the well known Loblolly Bay of the southern United States, Gordonia 
lasianthus.

44433. GOURLIEA DECORTICANS SUBTROPICALIS. Chanar. From Oran, 
Salta, Argentina. Presented by S. W. Danon. A tall leguminous tree 
from northern Argentina with a crooked, tapering trunk about 4 1/2 feet 
in diameter, and yellowish, coarse, soft wood. The variety subtropicalis 
differs from the typical species in the tapering trunk and the manner 
in which the bark peels off. It is likely to prove of value as a windbreak 
tree for mild-wintered regions.

51407. GUAIACUM GUATEMALENSE. Lignum-vitae. From Guatemala 
City. Secured through H. W. Goforth, American vice-consul. A small 
tree, reaching about 25 feet in height, native to the hot dry lowland 
plains of eastern Guatemala. It has a gnarled and twisted trunk, slender branches, delicate leaves, and in February and March is covered 
with small flowers of a delicate lavender-purple hue. The extremely

-19- 
        