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flowers are followed by yellow capsules the seeds 
of which are are entirely surrounded by a scarlet 
aril. The fruit ripens from August onward, and the 
leaves are brilliantly colored in fall. The wood 
is beautifully white, compact and close, not very 
hard, and is used for making spoons. The young 
shoots and leaves are lopped for fodder. Common in 
the outer Himalayan ranges from the Indus to Bhutan, 
between 3,800 and 8,500 feet altitude, also in the 
Khasia Hills, generally in mixed forest where there 
is some shade. Hardy in England. (Adapted from 
Brandis, Forest Flora of India, p. 78; and Arnold 
Aboretum, Bulletin of Popular Information, No. 13.) 
Go8sypium barbadense (Malvaceae), 53493. Cotton. 
From Alexandria, Egypt. Seeds presented by Mr. A. 
N. Anagnosti, through Mr. Henry G. Brooks, New York 
City. "'Suprema cotton.' One of the men now con- 
nected with us developed some years ago in Egypt a 
variety of cotton but did not bring it out at that 
time owing to the fact that ' Sakellaridis ' was then 
a popular variety. We understand that the seed of 
this cotton has been held for some ten to fourteen 
years in sacks in Alexandria, Egypt. From examina- 
tion of some of the lint which has been sent us it 
appears that this cotton Is not as long as the 
'Sakellaridis' cotton but it has a very fine fiber 
and very good luster. 
"As the 'Sakellaridis' cotton has been deteri- 
orating of late in Egypt, and as the 'Pima' cotton 
grown in Arizona is too long and lacks luster for 
many purposes, and as the 'Sea Island' cotton, so- 
called, has been practically given up, it appears 
that this 'Suprema' cotton would supply length, 
fineness, and luster, that are not now supplied by 
the American crop." (Henry G. Brooks.) 
Khaya nyasiea (Meliaceae), 53474. From Mount 
Salinda, Southern Rhodesia. Seeds presented by 
Dr. W. L. Thompson. ' "One of our largest and most 
valuable (for timber) forest trees." (Thompson.) 
A huge tree attaining a height of 150 feet 
or more, and sometimes a diameter of 15 feet; one 
that I measured in the Inyamkuwha' forest patch 
having attained this diameter at 8 feet from the 
ground just above the buttresses. Diameters of 5 
to 8 feet are not uncommon. The trunk is almost 
always very straight, and runs up to a considerable 
