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which is abundant in dry soil throughout Tasmania and also in many 
parts of Australia. The leaves are narrow, often almost subulate, 
and the panicles, 6 to 10 inches in length, are very dense. (Adapted 
from Bentham, Flora Australiensis , vol. 7, p. 569.) 
stranvaesia davidiana (Malaceae), 56695 and 56696. From Elstree, 
Herts, England. Plants presented by Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House 
Gardens. Quoted notes by Edwin Beckett, superintendent, Aldenham House 
Gardens . 
56695. "This may be trained as a small standard tree, otherwise 
it will be of bush form. The foliage is evergreen, and the terminal 
corymbs of white flowers are soon followed by the handsome bunches of 
scarlet fruits." 
56696. "This yellow- fruited form was raised from the same batch 
of seeds as the proceeding (S.P.I. No. 56695), but the fruits were found 
to have a distinct orange-yellow color. Seedlings of this may revert 
to the original type." 
tacsonia mollissima (Passif loraceae ) , 56593. Curuba. From Bogota, 
Colombia. Seeds presented by Brother Ariste Joseph, Instituto de la 
Salle. "This species is more commonly cultivated on the mesa of Bogota 
than any of the several others whose fruits are also known as curuba. 
The vine is not quite so ornamental as that of some other species, but 
the fruit is considered one of the best. It is slender oblong-oval, 
2 to 4 inches long, and slightly more than an inch thick with a thin, 
leathery pericarp (not brittle as in most other species) inclosing many 
black seeds, each surrounded by an orange-colored, juicy aril. The 
flavor is sprightly and aromatic. While much eaten out of hand, the 
fruit is perhaps best when prepared in the form of 'crema de curuba' 
or when made into an ice. Certainly the curuba is one of the most popu- 
lar fruits of Bogota." (Wilson Popenoe.) 
TARAKTOGENOS kurzii (Flacourtiaceae . ) , 56633. From Upper Chindwin, 
Northwest Burma. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer 
of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received February 28, 1923. Collect- 
ed in January 1923 near the jungle village of Kyokta, Upper Chindwin. 
These seeds are from the same forest as those sent in 1921." (Rock.) 
"The world wide demand for chaulmoogra oil, a product used in the 
successful treatment of leprosy, has rendered essential the thorough 
study of the various treee from which it can be obtained and has made 
highly important their establishment in all parts of the world where 
leprosy occurs. To these ends the Department of Agriculture has twice 
sent Mr. Rock to the native home of the true chaulmoogra tree, TaraMogenos 
lurzii, and has secured through him considerable quantities of seed. The 
shipment received under the present number reached Washington safely 
