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and Burma. The seeds yield the true chaulmugra oil, 
long supposed to be the product of Gynoeardia odorata. 
Chaulmugra oil has long been known and used in India 
as a remedy for cutaneous diseases, and has become a 
drug of some importance in European practice. The 
seeds are bought to Calcutta, chiefly from Chlttagong, 
and are of two kinds (1) matufe seeds with brown ker- 
nels, rich in oil; (2) immature seeds with black ker- 
nels, poorer In oil. The seeds arrive in the market 
at the end of the rainy season in November and Decem- 
ber. To extract the oil the kernels are separated 
from the shells and dried in the sun. They are then 
pounded with a pestle and mortar and the broken ker- 
nels put Into canvas bags and the oil expressed with 
the aid of fire In a castor-oil mill. The oil is of 
two kinds (l) clear, bright, straw-coloured; (2) muddy 
and precipitating a sediment of earthy colour. One 
maund of oil is obtained from 4 to 5 maunds of seed." 
(Extract from Watt's Commercial Products of India.) 
Authentic cures are reported from the. use of this 
oil in the treatment of leprosy and Its employment 
has greatly relieved the suffering of those afflicted 
by this terrible disease. (Falrchild.) 
Malus sylvestris Miller. (Malaceae.) ..'4315,1-45174. 
Plants of twenty-four varieties of apple from Avon- 
dale, Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. H. R. 
Wright, Avondale Nursery. 
Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae . ) 43224-43226. 
Seeds of the mango from Mexico. Presented by Mr. 
W. Moore, British Vice Consul, La Paz, B. C. Mexico. 
Acting on the advice of the American Consul at Mazat- 
lan, Mexico, the Department of Agriculture requested 
the Navy Department to instruct a vessel to call at 
La Paz, Lower California, Mexico, to obtain seeds of 
the various varieties of mangoes grown In that dis- 
trict, said to be very good. Accordingly, the U. S. 
S. Brutus stopped at this port, and with the co- 
operation of the British Vice Consul, Mr. Frank W. 
Moore, a box of seeds was obtained. 
Owenia venosa Mueller. (Meliaceae.) 43071. Seed 
from South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia. Presented by 
Mr. J. Cronln, Curator, Melbourne Botanic Gardens. An 
Australian tree reaching a height of 40 feet with a 
diameter of 3 feet. A native beverage Is made from 
the sour fruit, and the durable easily worked wood 
