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Aeer campbellii (Aceraceae), 47629. Maple. From 
Darjeellng, India. A collection of seeds presented by 
Mr. G. H. Cave, director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. This 
is the principal maple of the northeastern Himalayas, 
where It grows at an altitude of 7,000 feet and more. 
The leaves are a beautiful green with red petioles. 
The grayish white, close-grained wood is moderately 
hard and is extensively used for planking and for tea 
boxes. The tree reproduces freely by seed or by coppice , 
and plays an important part in the regeneration of the 
hill forests. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the 
Economic Products of India, vol. 1, p. 69.) 
Amerimnon sissoo (Fabaceae), 47637. From Darjeellng, 
India. A collection of seeds presented by Mr. G. H. 
Cave, director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. "The timber 
is very valuable, and is one of the numerous kinds 
which are known in the timber trade as rosewood. The 
heartwood is brownish, and it posseses great strength 
and elasticity. It is also heavy, its weight being 
about 50 lbs. to the cubic foot. The wood is used for 
all kinds of joinery and cabinet work, carving, build- 
ing material, gun carriages, etc. It requires a 
tropical or subtropical temperature." (Gardeners' 
Chronicle, Jan. 31, 1914, p. 82, under Dalbergia sissoo.) 
Anacardium exeelsum ( Anacardiaceae ) , 47929. From 
New York, N. Y. Seeds presented by H. P. Finlay & Co. 
Ltd. "Seeds, called 'mi jagua, ' that come from Vene- 
zuela, where they are used as a substitute for Indian 
corn in the feeding of hogs. These seeds are much 
cheaper than Indian corn in Venezuela." (Finlay.) 
A majestic tree, related to the cashew hut, found „ 
at altitudes ranging from sea level to 2,700 feet in 
torrid regions. The wood is hard and heavy and worked 
with difficulty, but it is used in making boats and 
canoes. Fish are very fond of the fruit and it is 
stated that in ancient times the Indians in Talamanca 
used the cut-up bark of this tree to stupefy the fish 
and thereby to catch them more easily. (Adapted from 
Pittier, Flantas Usuales de Costa Rica, p. 92.) 
For previous introduction and description see 
Plant Immigrant Bulletin No. 111-2, p. 904, S. P. I. 
No. 40987. 
Araehis hypogaea (Fabaceae), 47865. Peanut. From 
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Seeds presented by Capt. 
