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The color is light green. The fruit begins to ripen 
about the first' of October, but the season is not at 
its height until after the end of the year. Many of 
the fruits are attacked by an Insect which burrows in 
the seeds. Its presence can be detected by small 
round holes on the surface of the fruit." (Popenoe.) 
Campylotropis maeroearpa (Bunge) Rehder. (Fabaceae.) 
43679. Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by 
the Arnold Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels 
and Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Department. A shrub, 
up to 6 feet in height, with long-stalked leaves and 
oval leaflets. The purple flowers appear in many- 
flowered racemes about 3 Inches long, and the glabrous 
pods are more than f inch long. This shrub is found 
in northern and central China. (Adapted from Bailey, 
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, p. 1845, under 
Lespedeza maeroearpa.) 
Cassia eremophila A. Cunningham. (Caesalpiniaceae . ) 
43650. Seeds from Cairo, Egypt. Presented by the 
Director, Horticultural Division, Ministry of Agri- 
culture, v Giza Branch. A woody plant, found in Aus- 
tralia, in all the colonies except Tasmania. The 
leaves are composed of two pairs of very narrow leaf- 
lets, and the pods are very smooth. In Australia both 
the pods and the leaves of this plant are eaten by 
stock. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Native Plants of 
Australia, p. 47, under Cassia nemophila.) 
Cordia myxa L. (Boraginaceae . ) 43654. Seeds of 
Sebesten from Cairo, Egypt. Presented by the Director, 
Horticultural Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Giza 
Branch. A moderate-sized deciduous tree, found in 
tropical Asia and Australia, with oval leaves and 
thick, rough bark. The wood is soft, and is said to 
have furnished the wood from which the Egyptian mummy 
cases were made. In India it is used for boat-build- 
ing, gun stocks and agricultural implements; it is an 
excellent fuel. The fibrous bark is made into ropes, 
and is used for caulking boats. The fruits are suc- 
culent and mucilaginous, and when young these are 
eaten as vegetables, and also pickled. They have also 
been employed as pectoral medicines. (Adapted from 
Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, pp. 19, 
165, 407, 620, 639, and from Gamble, Manual of India 
Timbers, p. 270.) 
