Inventory 72, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate II. 



The Carambola, a Favorite: Fruit of Southern China, 

 carambola l. ; s. p. i. nos. 5565 1 and 55652. 



Averrhoa 



The peculiar winged fruits of the carambola are highly acid in character and are eatpn hy the 

 Chinese with fish, meats, and other foods. When fully ripe they :ire deep yellow and sweot 

 enough to be eaten out of hand, though they are not grnatiy relished in this form. The tree 

 can be grown successfully in southern ^"lorida, but it is too tender for cultivation in other 

 parts of the United States. (Photographed by Wilson Popenoe at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 

 March 18, 1914; PloOOlFS.) 



