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Aleurites moluccana (L. ) Willd. (Euphorbiaceae . ) 40977. 
Seeds of the candlenut tree from Manila, Philippine Is- 
lands. Presented by Bureau of Agriculture. "A handsome 
tree with spreading branches, alternate, lobed, pubescent 
leaves of a pale color, rounded -or cordate at the base, 
with two glands at the top of the petiole. Flowers small, 
white, in terminal lax cymes; fruit fleshy, coriaceous, 
globose, with four shallow furrows; seeds one or two, 
rugose, gibbous. The candlenut tree is widely spread over 
Polynesia, a small part of Malaysia, and the Philippine 
Islands. Throughout Polynesia the nuts, strung on coco- 
nut-leaflet ribs, serve the natives for candles to light 
their houses. In Hawaii they are roasted, chopped up, 
mixed with seaweed, and served at native feasts as a rel- 
ish. They yield an oil which is very fluid, of an amber 
color, without smell, insoluble in alcohol, readily sapon- 
lflable, and quickly drying. This oil is a mild cathar- 
tic, acting in the same manner as castor oil, but causing 
no nausea nor griping, and having the further advantage of 
a nutty flavor and of being more prompt in Its effects." 
(Safford, Useful Plants of Guam.) 
Anacardium excelswm (Bert. & Balb. ) Skeels . (Anacardla- 
ceae.) 40987. Seeds of nariz from Trinidad, Santa Clara 
Province, Cuba. "A magnificent tree, native of South 
America. It is very rare here In Cuba but there are four 
or five fine old specimens beside the cart road from Cas- 
ilda to Trinidad, and It Is from these fine specimens 
(which have been noted by Rolg and de la Maza, Flora de 
Cuba, p. 131) that these seeds were obtained. The nariz 
grows to 60 or 65 feet in height, forming an erect but 
rather broad, compact head of • deep green foliage. As 
a shade and ornamental tree it should have considerable 
value. The leaves are entire or nearly so, upon stout 
petioles one-half, to one inch long, the blades obovate, 
oblanceolate or spatulate, six to eighteen Inches long, 
two and one-half to six Inches broad, the apex obtuse to 
subacute,* the base cuneate-attenuate , the surface smooth 
and deep green above, somewhat paler beneath, the vena- 
tion raised below. The fruits ripen principally in Au- 
gust; they are dark brown, about^an Inch long, reniform 
and flattened, shaped somewhat like a nose, whence the 
name nariz. Unlike the cashew, the fruit stalk Is not large 
and swollen, but is Inconspicuous. The seeds are not con- 
sidered edible. While this tree appears to have no par- 
ticular economic value, it Is worthy of trial as an orna- 
mental, and it would also be of interest to test It as a 
stock for its relative, the mango . " (Popenoe ' s Introduc- 
tion.) 
