96 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



43810 to 43935— Continued. 



43923. Thea japonica (L.) Baill. Theacese. Camellia. 

 (Camellia japonica L. ) 



An evergreen shrub, native of .Japan and China, sometimes becoming a 

 small tree up to 40 feet in height, with deep, glossy green leaves 3 to 4 

 inches long and solitary red flowers, 2^ to 4 inches wide, appearing at the 

 end of the branchlets. The oil expressed from the seeds is used by the 

 Japanese women for dressing their hair. (Adapted from Bean, Trees 

 and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, pp. 284, 28o.) 



43924. ViBUKNUM HTJPEHENSE Rehder. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle. 

 Seeds of this plant were introduced under S. P. I. No. 43732. 



43925. ViBUBNUM THEiFEEUM Rehder. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle. 

 The seeds of this plant were introduced under S. P. I. No. 43735. 



43926. Carica papaya L. Papayacese. Papaya. 



Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station. Miami, Fla. Received 

 December 19, 1916. 

 " Seeds from selected fruits." (Simmon/ls.) 



43927. Annona cherimola Mill. Annonacese. Cherimoya. 



From the city of Guatemala. Guatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, 

 Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received No- 

 vember 28. 1916. 

 " No. 66a. Seeds of the cherimoya, or anona as it is called here. These are 

 from choice fruits, mainly from Antigua, but are sent in principally for the 

 purpose of producing stock plants on which to bud superior varieties of the 

 cherimoya. In Florida this may not be the best stock for the cherimoya. but 

 in California it seems to be the only species so far tested which is suitable. 

 November 12, 1916." (Popenoe.) 



For an illustration of the Guatemalan cherimoyas, see Plate YIII. 



43928 to 43930. Carica papaya L. Papayacese. • Papaya. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. .1. E. Higgins, horticulturist. 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. Received December 18, 1916. 



" Probably in no other region has systematic improvement of the papaya 

 been given so much attention as in Hawaii. Mr. J. E. Higgins and others have 

 attempted to breed superior strains which would reproduce themselves when 

 propagated by seed and strains which would remain regularly hermaphroditic, 

 thus eliminating the necessity of planting staminate trees. The papaya is an 

 important breakfast fruit in Hawaii. In few other regions is it so highly 

 esteemed and in few are there varieties of such excellent quality." (Popenoe.) 



43928. " No. 23.55 : 1." 43930. " No. 4325." 



43929. " No. 3681." 



43931. Persea schiedeana Nees. Lauracea?. Coyo. 



From Guatemala. Cuttings collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural 

 Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received December 29, 

 1916. 



" No. 73. From Sepacuite, Department of Alta Vera Paz. The coyo. a fruit 

 closely allied to the avocado, which is evidently the same .species as the chiicte, 

 or shucte, sent in from El Rancho under No. 72. It is said to vary greatly in 



