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Primus maximowiczii Rupr. ( Amygdalaceae . ) 40997. Seeds 
of Maxlmowicz ' s . cherry from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 
Presented by Professor C. S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum. 
"A tree about 25 feet high, with horizontal branches. 
Leaves obovate, about one and one-half Inches long, some- 
what coarsely toothed, nearly glabrous; petioles slender, 
about one-half inch long. Flowers white, on slender hairy 
peduncles, one or two on each flowering shoot. Fruit 
crimson, the size of small peas. Japan." (Kew Bulletin, 
New Garden Plants , 1903 . ) 
Primus sargentii Rehder. (Amygdalaceae.) 40998. Seeds 
of Sargent's cherry from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 
Presented by Professor C. S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum. 
"A species which has been confused with P. pseudo-cerasus 
from which it differs by having all Its parts glabrous. 
It is nearest allied to P. serrulata, differing by having 
sessile umbels and more coarsely toothed leaves. Japan." 
(Kew Bulletin, New Garden Plants, 1909.) 
Psidium guayabita A. Richard. (Myrtaceae.) 40993. Seeds 
of guayabita from Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Presented 
by Mr. Juan T. Rolg, Botanist, Agricultural Experiment 
Station. "This Is a species peculiar to the western portion 
of Pinar del Rio, where it is called guayabita, del Pinar. 
The fruit is edible but not very valuable. A very popular 
aromatic liquor is prepared from the fruit and there is a 
factory in Pinar del Rio which has patented the product 
with the name of Licor de guayabita del Pinar. " (Roig.) 
Saccharum ciliare Anderss. (Poaceae.) 40989. Seeds' of 
elephant grass from St. Kitts, British West Indies. Pre- 
sented by Mr. F. R. Shepherd, Curator, Botanic Station. 
"It is the sara of the classic authors of India, "and is 
met with throughout the plains and lower hills and dis- 
tributed to China. In the Panjab it often, covers large 
tracts of country and is frequently planted in lines or 
dividing hedges, especially In low-lying localities subject 
to periodic Inundation. Sir William Jones says 'This 
beautiful and superb grass is highly celebrated in the 
Puranas, the Indian God of War having been born In a grove 
of it, which burst into flame; the gods gave notice of his 
birth to the nymph of the Pleiades, who descended and 
suckled the child thence named Cartlceya. The casa (kasa 
or leans) vulgarly casia {S. spontaneum) has a shorter culm, 
leaves much narrower, longer and thicker hairs, but a 
smaller panicle, less compound, without the purplish tints 
of the sara; It is often described with praise by the 
