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blossoms are formed in a cluster; pure white and fra- 
grant; corolla deep and unbroken. The 'corolla is about 
two inches deep with an undulating border." • (Tracy.) 
Berberis sargentiana Schneider . (Berberidaceae . ) 42973. 
Cuttings from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Prof. 
C. S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum. A black-berried bar- 
berry from western Hupeh, China, reaching a height of 
2 meters. It is "the only evergreen barberry which has 
proved entirely hardy at the Arnold Arboretum, and 
for this reason is one of the most desirable of the 
recent introductions as a garden plant. (Adapted from 
Plantae Wilsonlanae, Vol. 1, p. 359, 1913.) 
Britoaacida (Mart.) Berg. (Myrtaceae.) 42989. Seeds 
from Papayal, El Banco, Colombia. Presented by Mr. H. 
M. Curran. "Guayabo. Tree 20 to 30 feet. Large yellow 
fruit, few seeds, acid, 3 Inches in diameter, flesh." 
(Curran.) 
Buddleia globosa Hope. (Loganiaceae .)" 42864. . Seeds 
from Santiago, Chile. Presented by Senor Don Ernesto 
Palaclos, Catholic University. The panil or palguin, a 
Chilean shrub better known as matieo, owes its name panil 
to the soft fleshy consistency of its leaves, which 
are much used in curing inflammation and are used with 
good results for washing wounds . Abundant in Valdivia, 
where it occurs as a shrub, covered in November with 
yellow flowers, in globose clusters. 
Chrysobalanus ieaeo L. (Rosaceae.) 43000. Seeds from 
Tierras de Loba, Bolivar, Colombia. Presented by Mr. 
H. M. Curran. "A shrub from four to eight feet in 
height, much branched. Planted more as an ornamental 
about the houses than for the fruit. Fruits white 
with a pinkish bloom, rather dry and Insipid; about 
the size of a wild plum." (Curran.) 
Cueumis melo L . (Cucurbitaceae . ) 42840-42849. Seeds 
of ten varieties of melon from Petrograd, Russia. Pre- 
sented by Miss M. I. Kurnakova Danilova, through the 
American Vice Consul, at the request of Dr. C. C. 
Young, Belen, Texas. Brief descriptions by Miss 
Danilova follow. 42840. "Red, soft-fleshed, aromatic, 
summer melon called Ananas (pineapple)." 42841. "Black 
summer melon called Urlik." 42842. "Sweet, aromatic, 
soft-fleshed winter melon called Adan. v 42843. "Light 
green, summer melon called Aramad. " 42844. "Local 
