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Aeaeia pyenantha (Mimosaceae) , 45867. Golden Wattle. 
Prom Richmond, Australia. Presented by Mr. P. H. Baker. 
A rapid-growing tree, attaining a height of about 30 
feet, the bark of which is used for tanning. The 
flowers which are borne in clusters are yellow, hence 
the name, golden wattle. The tree has no soil preference, 
but is usually found on the poor sandy soil near the 
seacoast; here it serves also as a sand binder. The 
wood is tough and close-grained, having a specific 
gravity of 0.83. The bark contains as high as 33.5 
per cent of tannin, and the dried leaves have yielded 
as much as 15.16 per cent of tannic acid. The range 
is South Australia, Victoria, and southern New South 
Wales. (From Maiden, Useful Plants of Australia, p. 
313-313, and p. 365. ) 
Aetinidia ehinengis (Dillenlaceae) , 45946. From 
China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural 
Explorer for this Department. "(No. 3456a. Near Lung 
to ping, Hupeh, China. November 23, 1917.) A variety 
of yang tao bearing smooth fruits of various sizes rang- 
ing from that of a gooseberry to a good-sized plum. 
It possesses a good flavor though it sets one's teeth 
on edge as does the use of non-select pineapples and 
wild blueberries. This fruit really is of high prom- 
ise for the United States, and especially so for the 
mild-wintered sections. It should preferably be grown 
as an arbor vine. In its native habitat one finds it 
bearing most heavily when crawling over low scrub and 
rocks on northeast exposures, where the plants are 
subjected occasionally to strong twisting winds which 
seem to check their tendency to excessive vegetative 
growth, Where this yang tao occurs one also finds a- 
round the farmsteads coir palms, loquats, bamboo 
clumps, tea plants, tung-oil trees, etc. The fruits 
when properly handled keep fresh for a long time; they 
ship and keep especially well after having been sub- 
jected to a slight frost. As to their uses, -they can 
be eaten out of hand or as a desert when skinned, 
sliced and sprinkled over with sugar; excellent pre- 
serves can also be made from them. The Chinese with 
their excessive vegetable diet and their abhorrence 
of sour fruits do not care for this fruit and let It 
waste mostly. However, Caucasians universally seem to 
enjoy this unique berry which in flavor combines that 
of gooseberry, strawberry, guava, and rhubarb. Pos- 
sibly in some of the southern states new industries 
could be built up by cultivating this fruit for the 
