38050. FUCHSIA PROCUM- 

 BENS. From D. Petrie, Epsom, 

 Auckland, New Zealand. Trailing 

 Fuchsia. Slender much-branched, 

 prostrate plant 6 to 18 inches long, 

 with alternate, cordate-ovate leaves 

 1-2 to 3-4 inch long and 1-3 to 1-2 inch 

 wide. Flowers solitiiry, axillary, 

 apetalous, 1-2 to 3-4^ inch long; the 

 short tube orange and the reflexing 

 obtuse lobes purple; anthers blue. Ber- 

 ries red. Suitable for basket culture. 



36497. GARCINIA OBLON- 



G I FOLIA. From Wm. J. Tutcher, 

 Hong Kong, China. A tree related to 

 the famous mangosteen, w^hich be- 

 cause of its habitat in a subtropical, 

 Luuch ccoler climate than that to 

 which the mongosteen is supposed to 

 be confined, may prove suitable as a 

 stock for the latter in Hawaii, Porto 

 Rico or even Florida. Apparently 

 indigenous to Island of Hong Kong. 



GARCINIA Tl NCTORiA, 



Medium sized evergreen tree from 

 East Indies. Foliage glossy, handsome. 

 Fruit edible, eaten fresh or dried and 

 used in medicine. Bark used to pre- 

 pare bright yellow dye. The tree 

 yields an inferior grade of gamboge. 

 Of interest in connection with man- 

 gosteen breeding in tropical America. 



