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26323. MAYTENUS BOARIA. From José  D. Husbands, Limavida, 
Chile.  Beautiful shade tree and hedge plant, which succeeds
well on otherwise bare and dry lowlands.  The hard wood is fine
grained and elastic, mostly plain white or pale yellow, sometimes
beautifully veined with red and olive.

41681. MELASTOMA MOLKENBOERII. From M. Buysman,
Jardin Botanique, Lawang, Java.  A large shrub or small tree, 15 to
20 feet high, with terminal fascicles of 3 to 5 rose-colored flowers.
The handsome flowers and deeply veined leaves make this a plant of
considerable ornamental value in the practically frostless regions of
this country, possibly as a greenhouse shrub.

35212. MELICOCCA BIJUGA. Genip. From Hemi Pittier,
Caracas, Venezuela.  Slow-growing tree, attaining 20 to 60 feet in
height, with compound leaves (two pairs of leaflets), whitish flowers
in terminal racemes, and edible, green or yellow, fruits about the
size and shape of plums, and possessing a grapelike flavor. Family
Sapindaceæ.

41809. MIMUSOPS ELENGI. From G. Regnard, Port Louis,
Mauritius.  A tropical tree related to the sapodilla, bearing a small,
sweet, edible fruit. In India the sapodilla is grafted on some species
of Mimusops in preference to its own roots, and this species may
prove of value in Florida for the same purpose.

40913. MORINGA OLEIFERA. From Wilson Popenoe, Cienfuegos, 
Cuba. Very attractive, small, ornamental tree, 15 to 20 feet
high, with pinnately compound leaves of pleasing light-green color,
and masses of slightly fragrant white flowers arranged in axillary
panicles 6 to 8 inches long. The slender triangular seed pods are
often a foot in length. Considered an antidote for manchineel
poisoning.

27048. MORUS ALBA. White mulberry. From Leon Chenault, 
Orleans, France. Variety Fastigiata. A rare variety of
white mulberry, valuable as an ornamental pyramidal tree.

40215. MORUS ALBA. Mulberry.  From seeds taken from
dried fruits received from the Amir of Afghanistan, Kabul, through
A. C. Jewett.  The dried fruits of this mulberry are said to form the
principal food of the poor people of the mountainous regions where
it grows.

30330. MORUS NIGRA. Black mulberry, Shatoot.  From
F. N. Meyer, Khotan, Chinese Turkestan.  Berries large, of dark
violet color; very persistent, fresh subacid flavor ; ripening from early
August to late September.  Trees grafted usually 1 meter above
ground, so fruit may be picked easily. Recommended as home fruit
in desert regions under irrigation. Probably hardy in protected
places in New York and New England. (PL XI.)
        