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best judges can scarcely distinguish it. For frying 
fish this oil is equal either to olive oil or butter. 
The tree is native to the Amazon valley , at an altitude 
of not sore than 1,600 feet above sea level. (Adapted 
from Seemann, Popular History of the Palms, p. 270.) 
Olearia furfuraeea ( Asteraceae ) , 47958. From 
Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. Seeds presented by 
Mr. H. R. Wright. A freely branching ornamental shrub 
or small tree, 6 to 20 feet high., native to the North 
Island of New Zealand. The alternate leaves, 2 to 4 
inches long by 1 to 2 inches broad, vary in shape from 
oblong to broadly ovate. They are coriaceous, green 
above, and clothed below with a dense silvery tomentum. 
The small heads of white flowers are borne in large, 
much-branched corymbs on long slender peduncles. (Adapt- 
ed from Cheeseman, Manual of the New Zealand Flora, 
p. 284.) 
Parkia timoriana (Mimosaceae), 47948. Cupang. From 
Zamboanga, P. I. Seeds presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, 
agricultural advisor. "A handsome timber tree, the seeds 
of which are roasted and used for coffee." (Wester.) 
It is a rapid-growing tree, reaching a maximum 
height of 120 feet. It bears feathery bipinnate leaves 
and small white flowers in dense pear-shaped heads. 
The long, black, pendulous pods are over a foot long 
and are relished by cattle. The soft white wood is 
used for making matches. 
Partkertium argentatum (Asteraceae), 47955. Guayule. 
From Saltillo, Mexico. Seeds presented by the Cia. Ex- 
plotadora de Caucho Mexlcano, through the American con- 
sul, Mr. H. C. Morgan. "Seeds from the guayule plant 
which yields a certain kind of commercial rubber. The 
seeds were collected from this year ' s flowers . " (Morgan.) 
Solarium chacoense ( Solanaceae ) , 47972. Potato. From 
Puerto Bertoni , Paraguay. Seeds presented by Dr . Moises 
S. Bertoni. "The tubers, thicker than those of S. 
eommersonii, have a strong flavor and are not usually 
eaten. But, under cultivation, there appear at times 
edible tubers (with a potato flavor); this happens 
sometimes in the wild state, but as an unstable vari- 
ation, according to my results. It is a plant worth 
studying, especially by crossing with the common 
potato, for in this region it is not attacked by any 
