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skin of the mamey de cartagena 'exudes a resinous, gummy 
juice which is much used for killing chigoes and lice 
when applied locally. Animals suffering with mange 
and sheep ticks are cured by washing in a decoction 
made by boiling the seed in water; if, however, ulcers 
are present, it should not be employed - a case is 
known of a dog suffering from mange and ulcers, but 
otherwise healthy, that died in two days after having 
been bathed twice in the solution. Used in the form 
of a cerate, it kills many varieties of insects. An 
infusion of the fresh or dry leaves, (one handful 
to a pint of water, in cupful doses) given during 
the intervals of fever, has repeatedly cured inter- 
mittents and remittents which did not yield to the 
quinine salts. The treatment should be continued for 
several days. A yellow, violet-scented liquor is made 
from the fruit and flowers, and is a very delicious 
beverage. The fruit eaten green or ripe, or in pre- 
serves, possesses beneficial stomachic qualities." 
(Godlng. ) 
Pistaeia ehinensis (Anacardiaceae ) , 47362. Chinese 
pistache. Prom Peking, China. Seeds presented by Mr. 
Han, assistant director of the Chinese Forestry 
Bureau, through Mr. Paul S. Relnsch, American Minister 
at Peking. "The pistache tree is a fairly rapid grower. 
Its wood is good, durable, and much valued in making 
household furniture and agricultural implements. Its 
shoots are edible, and oil is extracted from its 
seeds. It is found in the central, parts of China, es- 
pecially along the northern side of the Yangtze valley. 
It is of great economic value." (Han.) 
Phyllostaehy8 pubeseens (Poaceae), 47370. Bamboo. 
From Anderson, S. C. Rhizomes purchased from Mr. 
Rufus Fant. "Mr. Fant's account of this clump [from 
which these rhizomes were taken] is that about twenty 
years ago he saw the Giant Japanese Bamboo advertised 
in a florists' paper by H. H. Berger of San Francisco. 
He sent the money and- bought a plant or rather a piece 
of rhizome; l 4 - died. He sent again and got a pot- 
grown plant; he was afraid that this was not hardy, 
so kept it potted for about five years, until it out- 
grew the pot, and then planted It out of doors where 
It now stands. In 1912 he formed the idea of starting 
a grove along a little stream which runs through Silver 
Brook Cemetery, not far from his house. So he took up 
a clump of bamboo in February and planted it there,- 
