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50998 and 50999. 



From Kulare, vi;i Cairns, uorthern Queensland, Australia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by J. A. Hamilton. Received July 20, 1920. Quoted notes by 

 Mr. Hamilton. 



50998. Er.EusiNE cx)racana (li.) Gaertn. Poaceoe. Ragi millet. 

 "A very productive cereal from India. Grows well where wheat is 



not a success." * 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 46295. 



50999. PHASEor.us lunatus I-. FabacefB. Lima bean. 

 " Improved Dwarf Lima. A new variety of Lima bean, my Improved 



Dwarf Iteint: a natural cross between Burpee's Bush Lima and the 

 Dwarf Lima. In this climate the heavy pods of Burpee's Bush Lima 

 beans hav<> the tendency to lie on the ground and so rot in our wet 

 spells, but my Improved Dwarf holds its .steifis upright and so keeps 

 sound ; it is also very prolific." 



51000 to 51002. 



From Nice, Franco. Seeds presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky, 

 Jardin d'Acclimatation. Received July 20. 1920. Quoted' notes by 

 Dr. Proschowsky. 



51000. Alectkyon subcinereum (A. Gray) Radlk. Sapindacea". 

 (Xephelium leiocarpuvi F. Muell.) 



"A small tree with beautiful evergreen foliage ; it is very hardy here, 

 so that it might eventually serve as stock on which to graft fruit trees 

 like Nephelium longanum, N. mntahile, and especially TAtchi chinensis." 



51001. Fuchsia speciosa Hort. Onagracese. Fuchsia, 

 "A few ripe fruits (edible, as are those of several species of Fuchsia) 



of Fuchsia' speoiosa. Still it is not as a fniit plant that I recommend 

 it, but mainly as a strikingly beautiful flowering evergreen bush, with 

 its gracefully drooping branchlets covered with hundreds of red flowers. 

 It is quite hardy here." 



51002. Passifloba sp. Passifloraceoe. 



'"A very beautiful ever^'reen climber, with • rose-colored flowers and 

 edible fruit.s. It is quite hardy here." 



Received as Tacsonin jamesoni. wliieh does not seem to have been 

 transferred to Passiflora. 



51003 and 51004. 



From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Seeds presented by James Birch Rorer, Aso- 

 ciacion de Agricultores del Ecuador. Received July 20, 1920. Quoted 

 notes by Mr. Rorer. 



51003. Annona CHERiMorA IMill. Annonacese. Cherimoya. 

 "(No. 44.) Seeds of a cherimoya; a large fruit containing only a 



small nimiber of very large seeds." ^ 



51004. Cyclantheea pedata (L.) Schrad. Cucurbitacece. 



"(No. 43.) A cucurbitaceous vegetable grown here, commonly called 

 .;. , ..achoccha or achogcha." 



'-; v.ft'i An annuaj climber, native to western South America and Central 

 America, where it is often cultivated for its edible fruits and shoots. 



