70 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



45613 and 45614^Continuecl. 



floras. It is an attractive name, and it seems desirable to retain it ; but 

 an additional word is necessary to distinguish between the various 

 species. The one under consideration might well be called the sweet 

 granadilla." {Wilson Po-penoe.) 



For an illustration of a granadilla fruit, see Plate IV. 

 45615 and 45616. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by Mr. Adn. Hernan- 

 dez. Director of Agriculture. Received December 26, 1917. 



45615. Phaseolus lunatus L. Fabacese. Lima bean, 

 Patani. "A perennial twining vine of vigorous growth, conmionly 



cultivated as an annual, of wide distribution, and in general cultivation ; 

 grown on a trellis, arbor, or bamboo poles for support. Indigenous to 

 tropical America. There are at least seven distinct ' native ' forms, of 

 which the white-seeded varieties are the best for culinary uses ; the col- 

 ored or variegated beans should be boiled and the water changed two 

 or three times to render them wholesome."' (Wester. Pood Phnits of 

 the PhiUppvnes, p. 176.) 



45616. Lansium domesticum Jack. Meliaceae. Langsat. 



" This, like the mangosteen, is a delicious oi'iental fruit not yet well 

 established in America. While it is not so famous as the mangosteen, 

 it is highly esteemed throughout the Malayan region and is praised by 

 many travelers. To judge from our limited experience with it, the 

 langsat is slightly hardier than the mangosteen, and there seems to be 

 no reason why it should not succeed with us. A few plants have been 

 gi'own in the West Indies and other parts of the American Tropics, but 

 I have yet to hear of its fruiting outside the Orient. The langsat has 

 two allies in America: One, the well-known umbrella tree (Melia aze- 

 darach) of the United States; the other, the tropical mahogany iSwie' 

 tenm mahagoni). The genus Lansium, to which the langsat belongs^ 

 is a small one; and this species is the only one cultivated for its fruit. 

 The duku, a fruit closely resembling the langsat. is commonly considered 

 a botanical variety of Lansium domesticum. 



" The tree is rather slender in habit, with a straight trunk and com- 

 pound leaves composed of three or more pairs of elliptic to obovate 

 leaflets three or four inches in length. The fruits, which ripen in the 

 Straits Settlements from July to September, are produced in small clus- 

 ters ; in general appearance they suggest large loquats, the surface being^ 

 straw colored and slightly downy. The skin is thick and leatherj- and 

 does not adhere to the white, translucent flesh which separates into five 

 segments. The flavor is highly aromatic, at times slightly pungent ; 

 each segment of the flesh normally contains an oval seed, but some of the 

 segments in each fruit are usually seedless. The fruit is commonly 

 eaten while fresh, but it is said also to be utilized in various other ways, 



" The name lanzon is applied to this fruit in the Philippine Islands, 

 lang.sat or lanseh being the form used in the Malay Peninsula." {Wil- 

 son Popenoe.) 



