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Sasa alio -mar ginata (Miq.) Makino & Shibata. (Poaceae.) 
42656. One plant from Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the 
Yokohama Nursery Company. (See Arundlnaria, Bambos, and 
Phyllostachys introductions.) 
Spiraea wilsoni Duthie . (Rosaceae.) 42449. Cuttings from 
Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. 
"Closely allied to, perhaps only a variety of S. henryi. It 
is distinguished among other points by its smooth' or slight- 
ly silky flower-stalks. Leaves of flowering shoots entire, 
downy above, duller green." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 
Hardy in the British Isles, Vol. 2, p. 535.) Perfectly 
hardy and among the most ornamental of all the numerous 
species and hybrids of this genus. (Sargent, Arnold Ar- 
boretum Bulletin, No. 19.) 
Strychnos spinosa Lamarck. (Loganiaceae . ) 42596. Seeds 
of Kaffir-orange from Inhambane, East Africa. Presented by 
Rev. Pliny W. Keys, Methodist Episcopal Mission. "An ever- 
green shrub 8-10 feet high, seldom a small tree; having 
decussate short branches often ending in a spine, and ob- 
ovate 3-5 nerved leaves 1-2 inches long, 3/4-1 inch wide, 
rounded at the point, tapering to a short petiole, and 
often with the two sides from the midrib more or less in- 
folded upon one another. Cymes mostly terminal on short 
twigs, paniculate, rather few-flowered. Calyx-lobes long, 
subulate. Corolla- tube and segments glabrous, but throat 
bearded by a complete ring of hairs half as long as the 
segments. Stamens arising from the base of the corolla- 
tube, and anthers connected by an Interwoven woolly mass. 
Ovary 1 celled, ovules numerous, surrounding a central free 
placenta. Fruit size of an orange, or larger, with rind 
green when young, yellow when ripe, hard shell, and num- 
erous flat seeds lying in acidulous edible pulp. Occurs 
sparingly along the coast from East London eastward and is 
more abundant in Natal, Tropical Africa and Madagascar. It 
is seldom cultivated except as a curiosity, and the natives 
only eat it "when food is scarce. The timber is too small 
to be of value." (Sim, The Forests and Forest Flora of 
Cape Colony, p. 274.) 
Tamarix spp. (Tamarlcaceae . ) 42441-42443. Seeds of 
three species of Tamarix from Petrograd, Russia. Present- 
ed by Dr. A. Fischer de Waldheim, Director , Imperial Botanic 
Gardens. 42441, T. florida albiflora Bunge. 42442, T. karelini hirta 
Litw. 42443, T. pentandra Pallas. For trial as hedge and 
windbreak plants in the West. 
Uvaria rufa (Dun.) Blume. (Annonaceae . ) 42470. Seeds 
from Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T. 
Edwards, Director, Bureau of Agriculture. "Banauae; Susong 
Calabo. Fruits of this species are oblong, reniform, 3, 
