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26323. MAYTENUS BOARIA. From Jose D. Husbands, Lima- 

 vida, 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 Henri 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 

 Sapindacese. 



,41809. MIMUSOPS ELENGI. From G. Regnard, Port Louis, 

 Mauritius. A tropical tree related to the sapodiUa, 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, Cien- 

 fuegos, 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 axiUary 

 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 Che- 

 nault, Orleans, France. Variety Fastigiata. A rare variety of 

 white mulberry, valuable as an ornamental pyi'amidal tree. 



40215. MORUS ALBA. Mulberry. From seeds taken fi'om 

 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, Sliatoot. 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, (PI. XL) 



