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37799 to 37801— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer,) 

 rock soil, possibly at the foot of mountains. They seem to be 

 quite resistant to the bark disease but may perhaps not be quite 

 hardy north of Washington, D. C. Chinese name K'uei li tzu, 

 meaning ' superior chestnut.' " 



37800. "(No. 2007a.) The ordinary form of local chestnut, having 



rather small nuts; the trees are low branching and do not grow 



tall ; the leaves persist on the trees till spring. Chinese name 



Yin U tzu, meaning ' silver chestnut.' Propagated from seed only. 



See remarks under Nos. 2005a and 2006a [S. P. I. Nos. 37548 



and 37799]." 



37801. Diospyros lotus L. Diospyracese. Persimmon. 



"(No. 2008a. Mountains near Nantotchu, south of Sianfu, Shensi, 



China. January 21, 1914.) The wild form of cultivated Japanese and 



Chinese persimmon, collected at an altitude of over 2,000 feet above sea 



level. Chinese name Ych shih tzu." 



See No. 1096 [S. P. I. No. 37540] for additional information. 



37802. Rheedia brasiliensis (Mart.) Planch, and Triana. Clu- 

 siacese. Bakopary. 



From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Presented by Dr. J. C. Willis, director of 

 the Jardim Botanico. Received April 13, 1914. 



"A beautiful pyramidal tree of the family Guttifersp, known in the State 

 of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where it is indigenous, under the name of bakopary. 

 As the name indicates, the fruit greatly resembles the balcury (Platonia in- 

 signis — Aristoclesia esculenta) ; it is somewhat smaller in size than the latter, 

 and while not considered so delicious, is highly esteemed by the natives, par- 

 ticularly when prepared in the form of a doce or jam, when, as one authority 

 says, it is 'a nectar.' In general form the fruit is ovate, rather sharp at 

 the apex. In length it varies from 1^ to 1* inches, in width from 1 to 1J 

 inches. The stem is 1£ to 2 inches in length, rather stout. When fully ripe 

 the color is light orange yellow tinged with green. The tough, pliable skin, 

 about one-eighth of an inch thick, surrounds the soft, translucent, snowy white 

 pulp in which the two oblong elliptical seeds are embedded. In flavor the 

 pulp is subacid, sprightly, strikingly similar to that of the mangosteen, though 

 perhaps not quite so delicate. 



" Deserves a trial in the warmest sections of the United States, not only 

 for its own merits as a fruit but in connection with the mangosteen experi- 

 ments. As a stock for the mangosteen it might prove of value." ( Wilson 

 Popenoe. ) 



For an illustration of the leaves and fruit of the bakopary, see Plate III. 



Plants. 



37803 to 37805. Citrus spp. Rutacese. 



Presented by Mr. James Birch Rorer, mycologist. Board of Agriculture, 

 Port of Spain, Trinidad, through Mrs. S. T. Rorer. Received April 

 21, 1914. 

 37803. Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle. Lime. 



From the island of Tobago, British West Indies. 



Cuttings. 



