Inventory 38, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate VIII. 



Rheedia edulis a Wild Relative of the Mangosteen, S. P. I. No. 37384. 



This small, very handsome tree is known in the region around Lavras, Brazil, as the Limao do 

 matto, or wild lemon, because of the appearance and acid tasteofits bright-yellow Juicy fruits, 

 which are eaten out of hand and also preserved. It may prove a stock for the mangosteen. 

 (l'hotographed (l'14G4'3FSj by Dorsett and l'upenoe, Lavras, Brazil, January 12, 1U14.) 



