161? 
Pyro^guarana • ac id 2.750 
Starch 9.350 
Glucose 0.777 - 
Pectio acid, malic acid, dextrin etc. 7.470 
Vegetable fiber 49.125 
Water -7.650 
Owing to the fact that guarana is ao rich in caffein, a small 
dose enables a man to endure an extraordinary amount of hardship, and 
taken sparingly it is said to be excellent for intestinal trouble. 
The Mauhe district of Para, Brazil, produces about 25 tons of gua- 
rana paste annually, and cultivation of the plant has recently been 
undertaken in the states of Goyaz and Rio de Janeiro. 
A number of new and successful pharmaceutical compounds contain 
this product . (Adapted from Bulletin of the Pan American Union, vol. 
51, p. 268. ) 
• PRUNUS TOMENTOSA ( Amygdala c e ae ) , 55781. Bush cherry, From China. 
Seeds collected by J. F. Bock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of 
Plant Industry. "(Likiang, Yunnan. July 18, 1922.) A shrubby cherry 
which grows on the Yunnan- Szechwan border about 5 days ' journey north 
of Likiang in the scrub forests near Fengkow, not far from the Yangtze 
River, at an altitude of 11,000 feet. The plant is 8 to 10 feet high, 
with a gray pubescence, branching from the base and forming a large, 
round bush. 14 is a most prolific bearer, and in the latter part Of 
July is loaded with the oval orange-yellow cherries of a sweetish sour 
flavor.- {Rockrj 
PRUNUS spp. ( Amygdalae eae ) , 55757-55761, 55782-55784. From 
China. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the 
Bureau of Plant Industry. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 
55757. Cherry. "(Likiang, Yunnan. July 6, 1922. ) A smaller 
tree than the following, No. 4858 (S. P. I. No. 55758); the fruits also 
are smaller, globose, and dark red. It grows in the Likiang snow range 
at an altitude of 12,000 feet. The tree is apparently free from any 
disease." - 
55758. Cherry. "(No. 4858. Likiang, Yunnan. July 6, 1922.) A 
fine looking cherry tree 35 to 40 feet in height, which grows at an al- 
titude of 12,000 feet among limestone boulders on the edge of alpine 
meadows on the Likiang snow range . The foliage is dark green* and* the 
orange- red, ovaly pointed, sour fruits are much sought after by birds 
and hence difficult to collect."- 
56759. Phim. "(Szemao, Yunnan. July, 1922.) A plum tree of fine 
shape, 40 to 50 feet in height, growing in the mountains, at an altitude 
of 5,000 feet or more. The small yellow fruits, about. the size of an 
