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Aehimene8 sp. (Gesneriaceae ) , 51195. From Chama, 
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Seeds presented by Mr. Harry 
Johnson. "No. 436. A fine gesneriad with sky-blue 
flowers, about 1 inch in diameter and with white and 
yellow throats, borne in terminal racemes of from 3 
to 22. The plant produces small round scaly tubers, 
and should make a good basket plant." (Johnson.) 
Citrus sinensis (Rutaceae), 51215. Orange. Prom Jeru- 
salem, Palestine. Budwood presented by Mr. J. Ettln- 
ger, director , Agriculture and Colonization Department, 
Zionist Commission. "Budsticks of the Jaffa orange, 
' Shamooti. 1 " (Ettinger.) 
The Jaffa orange is one of the largest, larger 
even than the Washington Navel.. Its seedless fruit is 
obovate, with a very thick skin. The tree is not 
spiny, and the fruit, therefore, is never scarred 
by thorns. Its shipping qualities are excellent. The 
Jaffa oranges seen in Tunis and Algeria and those 
grown in America and illustrated in American pub- 
lications have very little resemblance to the real 
Jaffa orange. They are represented as having seeds, 
while the true Jaffa orange is seedless. (Adapted from 
Aaronsohn, Agricultural and Botanical Explorations in 
Palestine, p. 26.) 
Cordia sp. (Boraginaceae ) , 51101. From Santiago 
de las Vegas, Cuba. Seeds presented by Mr. Gonzalo M. 
Fortun, director, Agricultural Experiment Station. "A 
plant generally known in Cuba as 'vomitel'; it is 
also called 'gutaperi.' The fruits of this plant are 
edible, and we were told that an excellent preserve 
is made from them. The tree, when loaded with its 
glorious heads of orange, crimped, salver- shaped 
flowers, makes a magnificent appearance." (Fortun.) 
Dammara alba (Pinaceae), 51129. From Bultenzorg, 
Java. Seeds presented by Dr. I. Boldingh, acting head, 
Division of Plant Breeding, Java Department of Agri- 
culture. A splendid tree, up to 100 feet high, of 
great importance on account of its yield of the 
transparent dammar resin, extensively used for var- 
nish. Its stem is 8 feet in diameter, straight and 
branchless for two-thirds its length. Native to the 
-Indian Archipelago and mainland, and extending to 
the Philippine Islands. (Adapted from Mueller, Select 
Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 161.) 
