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The trees are 30 feet or more In height, and begin to 
bear in the third or fourth year. The soft, fibrous, 
outer covering of the fruit contains the thick, orange- 
red palm-oil, and the inner hard part or palm nut con- 
tains the palm kernel, a hard, white, nutty body which 
yields about 50 per cent of palm-kernel oil. This palm- 
kernel oil is used in making oleomargarine, cooking 
oils, and also fine toilet soaps, while the palm oil 
is used in the manufacture of cheaper soaps, candles, 
lubricating oils, etc. Although there are now on the 
market several machines which, it is claimed, are ca- 
pable of dealing with the fruits in large quantities, 
they have met with very little practical success. 
Machinery will doubtless be invented in the next few 
years which will meet all demands. (Adapted from 
Commerce Reports, Oct. 2, 1915, Report on Palm and 
Palm Oil Industry, Consul Wm. J. Yerby, Dakar, Senegal.) 
Hibiscus huegelii wrayae (Malvaceae), 47190. Prom 
South Australia. Seeds presented by Mr. Edwin Ashby, 
"Wittunga", Blackwood. "From the Gawler Ranges, South 
Australia. A tall shrub, bearing large, mauve-colored 
flowers. This is the handsomest of all the Australian 
'Desert Roses.'" (Ashby.) . # 
Hibiscus 8abdariffa (Malvaceae), 47119. Roselle. From 
Florida. Presented by Mr. J. R. Fraser, Ramrod Key. 
"In my experiments with roselle, I observed one plant that 
seemed somewhat superior to the others, and after the 
first picking, I let it mature its seed. The first 
picking yielded 8 pounds of fruit (the usual yield Is 
about 4 pounds of fruit per plant) and the second pick- 
ing yielded 10 pounds of fruit, a total of 18 pounds 
per plant. The calyces on this plant were 2£ inches 
in length by If Inches in diameter at the base." 
(Fraser. ) 
Indigo/era australis (Fabaceae), 47152. From Rich- 
mond, Victoria, Australia. Seeds presented by Mr. F. 
H. Baker. "Native indigo plant,- a beautiful shrub, 
with violet flowers." (Baker.) 
An erect-branching shrub, 2 to 4 feet high, with 
pinnately compound leaves. The nine to eleven leaf- 
lets, about three-fourths of an inch long, vary from 
nearly linear to almost orbicular, and the showy red 
flowers are borne in dense racemes. (Adapted from 
Bentham, Flora Australiensis , vol. 2, p. 199.) 
