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40674 to 40676— Continued. 



but is too dry to be cultivated for tbe flesli, and the skin is too thin for 

 utilization as citron peel." (Wester, Citrus Fruits in the Philippines, 

 Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1915.) 



40676. Citrus medica odorata Wester. Tihi-tihi. 



" The leaves of this species contain 0.6 per cent essential oil, and the 

 plant might possibly be grown for this oil." (Wester.) 



"A small, thorny shrub, seldom exceeding 2.5 meters in height, with 

 sharp, stout spines; fruit 60 to 65 mm. long, 7 to 10 cm. in transverse 

 diameter, weighing 300 to 475 grams, oblate, with a shallow basal cavity, 

 and sometimes a mammillate apex, more or less ridged longitudinally. 

 fairly smooth, clear lemon yellow; lenticels scattered, depressed; oil 

 cells large, equal or a trifle raised, skin rather thick; pulp grayish, rather 

 dry, sharply acid, of lemon flavor; juice cells long and slender: seeds 

 many, sometimes 125 in a single fruit, short, broad, and flattened. The 

 tihi-tihi is a rare plant found in cultivation in Cebu and Bohol ; 

 one plant has been seen in Misamis Mindanao. The plant is very pre- 

 cocious, fruiting as early as the third year from seed, everbearing, and 

 the fruit is used by the Filipinos in washing the hair. It is not eaten 

 and is of no commercial importance. The tihi-tihi differs from the citron 

 in its green, tender, highly aromatic growth, the leaves having been 

 found to contain 0.6 per cent essential oil, as analyzed by the Bureau 

 of Science. The fruit is strikingly different from the citron." < Wester, 

 Citrus Fruits in the Philippines, Philippine Agricultural Review, first 

 quarter, 1915.) 



40677 to 40770. 



From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for 

 the Department of Agriculture. Received May 11, 1915. Quoted notes 

 by Mr. Meyer. 

 40677 to 40680. Juniperus spp. Pinace*. Juniper. 



40677. Juniperus saltuaria Rehder and Wilson. 



"(No. 2202a. Siku, Kansu, China. November 14. 1914.) A pe- 

 culiar species of juniper, of weeping habit, forming long cordlike 

 branches, which hang down perpendicularly from the crown. Able 

 to stand much drought and heat, but apparently quite sensitive to 

 severe frosts. Of value as a quaint ornamental tree for cemeteries, 

 especially for the drier sections of the United stales. Chinese 

 name Tzu pei shu, meaning ' pointed conifer.' ' 



40678. Juniperus formosana Hayata. 



"(No. 2203a. Kwatsa, on Siku River, Kansu, China. November 

 10, 1914.) A juniper of weeping habits, very similar to the preceding 

 number [S. P. I. 40077], but branches less drooping, or value as a 

 quaint ornamental tree for cemeteries, especially in the drier sections 

 of the United States." 



40679. Juniperus chinensis L. 



"(No. 2204a. Sianfu. Shensi, China. January 25, L915.) A tall- 

 growing juniper of graceful habit, assuming characteristic shapes 

 when old. Foliage bluish. Apparently nor able to withstand severe 

 frosts. Of decided value as a park tree for those semiarid sec- 

 tions of the United States wh< re the winters are not too severe." 



