31815, MANGIFERA INDICA, 



•*Rio Grande** Mango. 



From Carlos Werckle, San Jose, 

 Costa Rica. 



3Iedrani=si2ed tree with glossy foli- 

 age and small, whitish flowers. The 

 young leaves are wine-colored gradu- 

 ally changing toward maturity to 

 yellow and green. Fruits large, round- 

 ish and of excellent flavor. 



31633. MANGIFERA ZEY- 

 LANIGA. From Peradeniya, Ceylon. 

 Presented by Dr. John C. Willis. A 

 small-fruited mango with edible fruits 

 the size of a cherry. May be useful as 

 stock or for pollination for the mango. 



26323. MAYTENUS BOAR I A. 



From Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, 

 Chile, Beautiful shade tree and hedge 

 plant, which 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 

 and olive. 



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30041. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM 



FCRSKAHLES, from J. D. Whiting, 



Jerusalem, Palestine. 



A small perennial occurring wild in 

 alkriinedesertregionsof Arabia where 

 grain cannot be grown for lack of mois- 

 ture. The seeds are very nutritious and 

 when ground are made into bread. 

 Recommended for trial in the arid re- 

 gions of the Southwest 



26454. MONARDA FISTU- 

 LOSA. Horsemint. A rather coarse 

 herbaceous drug plant, with large 

 heads of gaping, wide-mouthed purple 

 flowers, found growing wild along 

 the banks of streams of the eastern 

 United States, lighting up the dark 

 corners of the woods. It is easy of 

 culture, thriving in any good soil. 



31852. MORAEA IRIDIOIDES. 



From Mr. J. Medley Wood, director, 

 Natal Botanic Gardens, Durban, Natal, 

 South Africa. A bulbous plant similar 

 to an iris; stem 1 to 2 feet long; flow- 

 ers over 3 inches across, white, marked 

 yellow on cla ws of out er segments. 



