34 SEEDS Al^D PLANTS IMPORTED. 



44135 to 44142— Continued. 



purplish white flowers borne singly or in terminal or axillary cymes, 

 and roundish, smooth, lemon-yellow fruits 5 cm. long with thin skin, 

 pale-green, juicy, sharply acid pulp, and very numerous small seeds. 

 (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Revieto, first quarter, 1915, 

 p. 25.) 

 44137 and 44138. CiTEUS medica nana Wester. Rutacese. 



Dwarf citron. 



A small thorny shrub, collected at Cebu, rather common in the 



Philippines, with loose cymes of purplish white flowers and roundish 



egg-shaped, smooth, yellow fruits 2i inches or more long. (Adapted 



from the Philippine Agricultural Revieiv, first quarter, 1915, p. 23.) 



44137. " No. 27. Grown in Luzon Province." 



44138. " No. 2384. Grown in Luzon Province," 



44139. Citrus medica odobata Wester. Rutacese. 

 Tihi-tihi. " Grown in Luzon Province." 



See also S. P. I. Nos. 41717 and 44089 for further description. 



44140. CiTBUs MiTis Blanco. Rutacese. Calamondin. 

 " No. 2534. Grown in Luzon Province." 



A small, somewhat spiny Philppine tre^e, 4 to 6 meters high, \x\t\\ 

 oblong elliptic leases up to 9 cm. long, axillary, usually solitary, white 

 fragrant flowers 21 mm. wide, and globular, orange-yellow, smooth, thin- 

 skinned fruits 2 to 4 cm, long, with orange-colored, acid, juicy pulp con- 

 taining large, smooth seeds. The calamondin, both wild and cultivated, 

 is widely distributed in the Philippines, and the trees are nearly always 

 very prolific. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Revietc, first 

 quarter, 1915, pp. 12-13.) 



" This is now widely distributed in Florida, under the incorrect name 

 of Panama orange, from early distributions of S. P. I. No. 2886, which 

 came from Panama." (Fairchild.) 



44141. Pennisetum clltabe (L.) Link. Poacese. Grass. 

 (P. cenchroides Rich.) 



A low, spreading, perennial grass with short spikes. 



44142. Cabica papaya L. Papayacese. Papaya. 

 " Grown in Cavite Province." 



44143. Aeschynomene sp. Fabacese. 



From El Coyolar, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklg. Received 

 ^ February 14, 1917. 



" Yelloiv sensitiva. Best soil improver ; not troublesome. Hand-picked seed ; 

 free from weeds." (WerckM.) 



See also S. P. I. Nos. 44040 and 44113 for previous introductions and descrip- 

 tion. 



44144. Stizolobium ni\'eum (Koxb.) Kuntze. Fabacese. 



Velvet bean. 



From Mowbray, Cape Province, South Africa. Purchased from Messrs. C. 

 Starke & Co. Received February 14, 1917. 



Kudu-Laing bean, said to be a hybrid velvet bean. 



