26323. MAYTENUS BOARIA. 



From Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, 

 Chile. Beautiful shade tree and hedg:? 

 plant, v/hich succeeds well on other - 

 wise bare and dry lowlands. The 

 hard wood is fine-grained and elastic, 

 mostly plain white or pale yellow, 

 sometimes beautifully veined with red 

 a^id olive. 



34715. METROSIDEROS 

 TOMENTOSA. Downy Rata. From 

 C. J. Clapham, Wellington, New Zea* 

 land. Perhaps the most magnificent 

 plant in the New Zealand flora, accor- 

 ding to Kirk. A handsome tree, 

 seventy feet high, bearing brilliant 

 scarlet flowers. Peculiarly a seaside 

 tree, occurring on rocky cliffs of the 

 North Island of New Zealand. Native 

 name Pohutukawa means "spray - 

 sprinkled." 



35323. Ml DA ACUMINATA. 



Quandong. From Sydney, Australia, 

 through Anderson and Co. A beautiful, 

 drought-resistant, evergreen tree, 30 

 feet tajl. Its sour, globular, reddish 

 fruit, called "native peach," and borne 

 in immense profusion, is eaten stewed 

 or preserved; resembles guava in fla- 

 vor. Nuts edible, nutritious, and so oily 

 as to burn readily. Once important 

 food of Australian natives. 



