MYRCIARIA CAULIFLORA. 



Jaboticaba. From Rio de Janeiro, 

 Brazil. Collected by Dorsett, Shamel 

 and Popenoe. Remarkable fruit tree 

 40 feet high. Popular among Brazil- 

 ians. Maroon-purple, thick-skinned 

 fruits resembling grapes with deli- 

 cious, vinous, white pulp, borne on 

 trunk, branches and twigs in such 

 numbers as at times almost to conceal 

 them. May stand light frosts. 



30961. NAUCLEA ORIENTA- 

 LIS. Received from Mr. G. Regnard, 

 Port Louis, Mauritius. A large, yellow- 

 flowered, rubiaceous tree related to 

 the cinchona, found from the Malay 

 Peninsula to northern Australia. 

 Yields a hard, black, heavy timber 

 which is capable of a very high polish 

 and is extensively used in the manu- 

 facture of furniture. 



34080. NEPHROSPERMA 

 VANHOUTTEANA. From P. Ri- 

 valy Dupont, Seychelles Islands. A 

 palm, often growing 35 feet high, 

 found in open placesand alongstreams 

 in the Seychelles Islands. 



