APRIL 1 TO MAY 31, 1920. tS 



60466 to 50517 — Continued. 



50488. l.vcuMA itivicoA Gaertn. f. Sapolaceti'. 



"Seed of an edible fruit very much in use here. Known aj= culitiribd.'' 

 A small handsome tree with bright-green leaves, indigenous to tropical 

 America. The fruit is very variable, fi-om small and carissalike to the size and 

 shape of a large hen's egs;, with yellow, sweet, rich, rather dry pulp inclosing 

 one or two large seeds. The mealy pulp tastes somewhat like an inspiced 

 pumpkin custard flavored Avith nanca. It is eaten out of hand. ('Adapted 

 from The Philippine Farmer, vol. 5, p. 23, and The Philippine Agricultural 

 Revieir, vol. 9. p. 2-'i9.) 



50489. Mammka amekicana L. Clusiaceae. Mamey. 

 "Seed of the abrico." 



A tree native to tropical America, cultivated in Jamaica up. to .3,000 feet. 

 The large fruit is edible. (Adapted from Mueller, Select Extra- Tropical Plants, 

 . , p. 296.) 



For previous introduction, gee S. P. I. Ko. 47425. 



50490. Maximiliana sp. Phoenicacese. Palm. 

 "Seed." 



'^^'50491. Oryza latifolia Desv. Poaceee. Wild rice. 



"A kind of native rice growing on not-invmdated soil in Marajo. It is an 

 interesting kind for several reasons. In the fii'st place, it is the tallest I ever 

 heard of, growing sometimes to a height of 8 feet. In the second place, it is 

 a perennial kind, growing in large isolated bunches for several years, flower- 

 ing and bearing seeds the whole year round. Its leaves are very broad. The 

 kernels may not have any industrial or culinary value, but as a cattle feed the 

 green plant might be useful. Besides this I consider this kind interesting 

 from a phj-togeographical standpoint, demonstrating that real native kinds of 

 rice are to be foimd in the Amazonian region." {Goeldi.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47029. 

 60492. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice. 



"Plants of No. 262." 

 50493. Okyza sp. Poaceae. Wild rice. 



"Wild water rice plants." 

 60494. Oryza sp. Poacese. Wild rice. 



" (No. 296.) Wild rice plants from Belem." 

 60496. Oryza sp. Poacese. Wild rice. 



"(No. 290.) Wild rice plants from Soure." 

 60496. Physalis angulata L. Solanacese. 



"Seed of camapu." • 



A much-branched herb with very small flowers and a fruiting calyx which 

 is conical-ovoid with a sunken base, 10-angled loosely inflated, at length well 

 filled by the greenish yellow berry. Found in open rich ground from Penn- 

 sylvania to Minnesota and southward. (Adapted from Gray's New Manual of 

 Botany, seventh edition, p. 715.) 

 50497. RoLLiNiA MUCOSA (Jacq.) Baill. Annonaceae. 



"Plants of Cachiman morveux." 



The flowers of this species have oblong corolla lobes spreading outward in 

 such a way as not inaptly to represent a tricom hat. The areoles of the fruit 



