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grained, and is used by the carpenters of Jujuy for 
various kinds of work. It is indigenous to the north- 
ern part of Argentina, and is not exported in the 
south. (Adapted from Grisebach, Plantae Lorentzianae , 
p. 121 as Piptadenia communis exeelsa , and from Lillo, Contr. 
Arboles Argentina, p. 48.) Important timber trees and 
"also planted as shade trees in Buenos Aires. (Curran.) 
Piptadenia maeroearpa Bentham (Mimosaceae . ) 43459. 
Seeds from Argentina. Collected by Mr. H. M. Curran. 
An unarmed tree, native of Brazil, with grayish tomen- 
tulose twigs and branches, and 10 to 25 pairs of pin- 
nae, each with 20-40 pairs of pinnules , hardly two mil- 
limeters long. The flowers occur in peduncled heads 
in the axils of the leaves, sometimes at the ends 
of the branchlets. The pods are half a foot long and 
more, and an inch wide with thickened margins. (Adapt- 
ed from Bentham, Hooker's Journal of Botany, vol. 4, 
p. 341, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horti- 
culture, p. 2647.) Important timber trees and also 
planted as shade trees in Buenos Aires. (Curran.) 
Prunus salieifolia H. B. K. (Amygdalaceae . ) 43425. 
"Cereza. Seed of a wild cherry brought to the market of 
Mazatenango from the tierra fria or highlands. The fruit 
is one-half to five-eighths of an inch in diameter, 
sometimes round but more commonly oblate in form, 
shiny purplish black in color. In size and general 
appearance it closely approaches an English Morello 
cherry, though perhaps a trifle smaller. The flesh, 
which is dark colored and juicy, is rather meaty in 
texture, and has the flavor of the Oxheart cherry grown 
in the Western United States, with the addition of a 
trace of bitterness. The fruit is esteemed, and is. 
used in several ways, principally as a fresh fruit 
and for the preparation of preserves. The tree is 
said to be medium sized, and to grow in the mountains 
some distance back from the coast, at a considerable 
elevation." (Wilson Popenoe.) 
Pyrus ehinensis x communis (Malaceae.) 43442. Plants 
grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, 
California. Hybrid pear raised by Dr. W. Van Fleet, 
In 1907 and presented to the Plant Introduction Field 
Station, Dec. 22, 1909. "Fruit large and of attrac- 
tive pyrlform shape, somewhat resembling Bartlett but 
with a deep red cheek on yellow ground. Flesh fine 
grained, tender and juicy with but few granules, fla- 
