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though smaller than Tefqhi; It is used for oil andi pick- 
ling; Prof. Trabut says 'the oil of Zoragi is very thick and 
heavy and not much appreciated by the natives;' this fault 
can however, be remedied by mixing with a lighter oil; the 
Tunisiya , whi ch grows more slender and taller with lighter 
trunk; the fruit is smaller, and makes a better oil but a 
much inferior producer; the Boo Shookiya, the fruit of 
which Is not so round as Tefahi or Zoragi, but more oval 
and has a separate formation at one end resembling a 
spine, whence its name (meaning producer of spines)." 
(Johnson. ) , 
Olearia traversii ( Muel 1 . )Hook . f . ( Asteraceae . ) 40586 . Plants 
fromElstree, Herts, England. Presented by the Hon. Vlcary 
Gibbs . "AJceake. A tree twenty to thirty feet high and 
sometimes two feet in diameter. This may be considered as 
the only valuable timber tree in the Chatham Islands , being 
durable and not subject to attacks of Insects." (Buchanan, 
Trans. Proc. N. Z. Inst., vol. 7, p. 337.) 
Pijftanthus nepalensis (Hook.) Sweet. (Fabaceae.) 40589. 
Plant from Elstree, Herts, England. Presented by the Hon. 
yieary Gibbs. "A shrub or low tree with very* pithy young 
shoots, naturally eight to twelve feet high, but growing 
taller against walls. In Kew it is deciduous, but in 
milder climates it retains more or less foliage during the 
winter. Leaves alternate, of three lanceolate stalkless 
leaflets, three to six inches long, about one-third as 
wide, smooth except when quite young, dark green above, 
glabrous beneath, the common leafstalk one and one-half to 
two Inches long. Racemes stiff, erect, two to three 
inches long, and as much broad, hairy, set with hairy 
bracts. Flowers pea-shaped, one and one-half inches long, 
the stalk up to one inch long and like the brown calyx, 
very hairy; petals bright yellow. Pod three to five 
Inches long, three-fourths inch wide. Native of the Hi- 
malaya, introduced to England in 1821. It thrives well 
against a wall where It flowers In May, but is not perma- 
nently hardy in the open air at Kew. A shrub of excep- 
tionally vigorous appearance. It Is nevertheless not long 
lived. It is easily propagated by seeds, which It ripens 
in quantity, and owing to its dislike of root disturbance 
should be grown in pots until planted in permanence. Its 
flowering sprays resemble those of the herbaceous genus 
Thermopsis." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the 
British Isles. ) 
Prunus sibirica L. (Amygdalaceae. )40504. Seeds of the 
Siberian apricot from Novospasskoe , Russia. Presented by 
