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MATTER IN THIS BULLETIN IS NOT TO BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT 
SPECIAL PERMISSION. 
ACACIA ELATA. (Mimosaceae.) 34837. Seeds of cedar 
wattle from Australia. Presented by Lt.-Col. J. W. B. 
Field, Castlemaine, Victoria. A New South Wales tree of 
very local distribution, furnishing small quantities of 
lower grade gum arable. It is an evergreen tree with pale 
yellow flowers growing to a height of 60 to 80 feet. For 
distribution later. 
ACACIA SPECTABILIS. (Mimosaceae.) 34838. 
the mudgee wattle from Australia. Presented by 
J. W. B. Field, Castlemaine, Victoria. A yellow 
evergreen shrub eight to twelve feet in height, 
tribution later. 
■r: ALICASTRUM SP. (Moraceae.) 34876. Seeds of the 
"ramon" from Merida, Mexico. Presented by Mr. G. N. 
Collins, of this Bureau. "A small tree common ih northern 
Yucatan, the branches of which are the principal fodder 
during the dry season. All kinds of animals seem to eat 
'the leaves freely. The plant is strictly tropical, and I 
do not know that it could be grown anywhere in the 
United States, but it was so extensively used and seemed 
to afford such excellent forage in the dry regions of 
Merida that it might be worth while to give it a trial." 
(Collins.) For distribution later. 
ARISTOCLESIA ESCULENTA.. ( Clusiaceae . ) 34878. Seeds 
of the pacuri from Villarlsca, Paraguay. Presented by Sr. 
Carlos Mahaux. "A very large beautiful tree with hard 
wood. The leaves are coriaceous, and elegantly marked 
with numerous parallel veins; the flowers are large, of a 
light red color, solitary at the ends of the small 
branches. The fruit called pacoury-uva in Brazil, is said 
to be very sweet and delicious, whilst the seeds have the 
flavor of almonds." (Lindley, Treasury of botany.) For 
distribution later. 
BORONIA PINNATA. (Rutaceae.) 34839. Seeds from 
Australia. Presented by Lt.-Col. J. W. B. Field, Castle- 
maine, Victoria. A pink-flowered evergreen shrub 4 to 10 
feet high. For distribution later. 
CARICA PAPAYA. ( Papayaceae . ) 34903. Seeds of papaya 
from Merida, Mexico. Presented by Mr. G. N. Collins, of 
Seeds of 
Lt . -Col. 
-flowered 
For dis- 
