1184 
Used for firewood as it gives great heat. Very pretty 
when in flower. Grows 6 to 10 feet high." (Wright.) 
One of the most abundant of New Zealand shrubs , reach- 
ing occasionally a height of 30 feet, with hard, 
leathery, sharp-pointed leaves, and white or pinkish, 
odorless flowers up to £ inch in width. This plant 
flowers so profusely that the entire country appears 
as though covered with snow. The entire plant is very 
aromatic, and the leaves have been used for making 
tea. The wood is used for fences and firewood. (Adapt- 
ed from Laing & Blackwell, Plants of New Zealand, p. 
272. ) 
Maximilianea vitifolia (Willd.) Kr. & Urban. (Cochlos- • 
permaceae.) 44821. Seeds from Guatemala. Collected 
by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of this Bureau. "(No. 107a.) 
Tecomasuche. A common shrub or small tree of eastern 
and central Guatemala from the highlands at about 4000 
feet down to a level of 1000 feet or perhaps lower. 
The plant occasionally reaches a height of 35 feet, 
is always stiff, rather sparsely branched, and bears 
stout branchlets which usually carry leaves only toward 
their tips. The plant is leafless from December or 
January to May, in most sections, and, at this period, 
produces at the ends of the branchlets numerous large 
yellow flowers, single, brilliant in color, with a 
deep orange center. They are followed by oval seed 
pods as large as a hen's egg." (Popenoe.) 
Mesembryanthemum ehilense Mo 1 i na . ( A i z o ac e a e . ) 44814. 
Doca seeds from Chile. Presented by Mr. G. F. Arms, 
Coquimbo, Chile. "Doca, or Frutillas del Mar (Strawberries 
of the sea). Collected on the sea beach near Serena, 
Chile." (Arms.) A glabrous, succulent plant about a 
meter (3-| feet) in length, with opposite, triangle 
green leaves from 4 to 7 cm. (1 3/5 to 3 inches) long, 
solitary purplish flowers, and. fleshy fruits. It 
grows flat on the sand on the sea coast from Coquimbo 
to Rio Bueno, Chile. The fruit is edible, having an 
agreeable taste, but if eaten in abundance has a pur- 
gative effect. (Adapted from A. Murillo, Plantes Me- 
dicinales du Chili, pp. 99, 100, 1889.) 
Nageia exeelsa (D.Don.) Kuntze. (Taxaceae.) 44850. 
Seeds from Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. Presented 
by Mr. H. R. Wright. "This is the one tree exclusive- 
ly used in this country for making butter boxes, the 
