Inventory 43, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate 



The Granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis L, in Hawaii (S. P. I. No. 40552). 



One of the tropical passifloras as it appears in Hawaii. T( is related to the maypop, 

 which grows like a weed on the dry, thin soils of our Southern States, and hybrids 

 between these two species ought to be attempted. This vine is climbing to a consider- 

 able height over a tree of the kukui (Aleurites moluccana Willd.) in a ravine at Kobin 

 son Station. The fruits weigh from -I to G pounds each and the pulp is ,.t delicious 

 flavor. The thick, fleshy rind of this specimen was more or less infested with what 

 was said to be the melon fly, a relative of the Mediterranean fruit fly. (Photographed 

 by Mr. It. A. Young, Aug. 14, 1913; P11877FS.) 



