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of which may be of value for afforestation work In arid and 
semi-arid regions.. For distribution later. 
KRAUSSIA PLORIBUNDA. (Rubiaceae.) 34169. Seeds from 
Durban, Natal. Presented by Dr. J. Medley Wood, Director, 
Durban Botanic Gardens. "A small tree up to 20 feet In height 
and one foot in diameter, with a fluted stem. Leaves ever- 
green. Fruit a small black berry. Wood heavy, hard, not 
used." (Sim, Forest Flora of Cape Colony.) For distribution 
later. 
MABA NATALENSIS. (Diospyraceae . ) 34170. Seeds from 
Durban, Natal. Presented by Dr. J. Medley Wood, Director, 
Durban Botanic Gardens. "A tree twenty to fifty feet high 
with very horizontal densely foliaged branches. Fruit one 
half inch in length, acorn- shaped in the green calyx cup, yel- 
low when ripe, rather succulent though hardly edible. Fre- 
quent on the coast throughout Natal. Usually on the sand 
dunes or behind them. Rarely large enough for the wood to be 
used as timber." (Sim, Forest Flora of Cape Colony.) Intro- 
duced as a possible stock for the various species of Diospy- 
ros, to which it is closely related. For distribution later. 
MANGIFERA INDICA. ( Anacardiaceae . ) 34199-205. Plants of 
mangos from Port Louis, Mauritius. Purchased from the Depart- 
ment of Forests and Gardens, through Mr. Gabriel Regnard. 
Seven varieties said to be the best grown in the Island. For 
distribution later. 
MEDIC AGO SPP. (Fabaceae.) 34147-151. Seeds of medlcagos 
from Jerusalem, Palestine. Presented by Mr. E. F. Beaumont. 
Five species, some of which are very drought-resistant. For 
distribution later. 
OMPHALEA SP. (Euphorbiaceae . ) 34156. Seeds from Bocono, 
Colombia. Presented by Mr. W. 0. Wolcott, Brooklyn, N. Y. "I 
can give you no definite information about these nuts except 
what the natives told me, as I bought them in the town at the 
foot of the mountains and did not see the trees. The natives 
told me they grew high up in the mountains where it is quite 
cold, but not freezing, probably 7000 to 8000 feet or more, as 
Bocono where I got them Is about 5000 feet. They say the 
trees grow quite large, 12 to 18 inches in diameter and 50 to 
60 feet high, and are very prolific in nuts. They call the 
nuts by two names, Nueces (nuts), and Pan del pobre (poor 
people's bread). I have traveled for the last twenty years 
all over Venezuela and Colombia and have never seen them ex- 
cept at this one place. It rains a good deal in those moun- 
