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32390. EHUS LANCEA. From J. Burtt Davy, Pretoria. South 

 Africa. The karree boom of southwestern Transvaal and adja- 

 cent Bechuanaland. Valuable hardwood tree with odd-pinnate 

 leaves; for regions of limited rainfall, 10 to 15 inches in winter. 

 Fruits are edible. Can be grown from poles in same manner as 

 willows. Belongs to the sumac family (Anacardiacese). 



40717. EHUS POTANINI. Sumac. Collected by F. N. Meyer 

 in the mountains near Kwanyintaug, Shensi, China. Tall shrub or 

 sometimes tree, 60 feet high. Folinge brilliant in fall. A gall insect 

 produces large, inflated galls, called " gall nuts," utilized extensively 

 for black dye, great quantities being exported from Hankow. Culti- 

 vation on cheap land might be attempted. Has weedy tendencies. 



EHUS VEENICIFLUA. Lacquer tree. Poisonous to handle. 

 (Antidote, weak alcoholic tincture lead acetate.) Tree 25 to 40 feet 

 high, native of China. From the sap collected from incisions in the 

 bark, the famous lacquer manufacture is one of the important in- 

 dustries in Japan and China. The tree is deciduous and stands con- 

 siderable frost. 



45024 EIBFS SPECIOSUM. Gooseberry. From P. D. Barn- 

 hart, Los Angeles, Cal. Showy ornamental shrub, up to 12 feet in 

 height, with fuchsialike bright-red flowers. Said to be evergreen, 

 but is reported to be deciduous and dormant during the dry season 

 at Los Angeles. When the rains set in the new foliage appears — 

 rich, glossy, dark green — soon followed by the bright flowers, pendent 

 all along the stems of the previous year's growth. 



EOLLINIA MUCOSA. Low tree related to the anonas, with 

 oblong, taper-pointed, smooth leaves and fruit usually about 4 inches 

 in diameter, greenish, somewhat globose, the surface bearing tu- 

 bercles, edible. Native of Guiana and some of the West Indian 

 islands. 



44094. EOLLINIA sp. From Mr. M. T. Dawe, Bogota, Co- 

 lombia. Eeported as a shrub bearing orange-colored, edible fruits. 

 The flesh is also said to be of orange color. Found in the tropical 

 parts of the Department of Magdalena. 



39593. EOSA ODOEATA GIGANTEA. From Mr. E. D. Stur- 

 tevant, Hollywood, Cal. A rampant climbing rose with usually 

 unarmed flowering branches and solitary, light -pink, single flowers, 5 

 to 6 inches across. Leaflets usually five, nearly oval, smooth, and 

 firm. Fortune's Double Yellow is said possibly to have arisen from 

 crosses with this rose or to be a variety of it. Quite tender except in 

 the South. Too large for greenhouses. 



