Inventory 71, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate I 



One of the White Sapotes of Central America. (Casimiroa 

 tetrameria millsp. ; s. p. i. no. 55445.) 



ThecoinmoQ white sapole ( Casiwima iduli.s) lias been ciilli\:ii(<i in Califumia for nianv years. 

 The species here shown, C. tctramrrin, is of more recent inlnxiueiinn and has not yet become 

 well known in this country. At Miami, Fla.,i( prows lustily and producvs in creat ahnn- 

 dance its yellow-green fruits, whose pale yellow llesh is of very sweel flavor wilha billerlanR. 

 Casimiroa tetrameria can be distinguished from 0. rduli.s by its more imbosccnt leaves. The 

 fruits of the two species arc almost identical in character. (Photographed by Kdward 

 Simmonds, Plant Introduction Garden, Miami, Fla., October, 1921; PiiTDiKiFS.) 



