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42791. Artemisia cina Berg. Asteraceae. Wormseed. 



From Tiflis, Caucasus. Russia. Presented by the director, Jardin Bo- 

 tanique. Received May 22, 1916. 



See S. P. I. No. 426S2 for previous introduction and description. 



42792. Annona reticulata L. Annonacea\ Custard-apple. 



From Beira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Seed presented by Mr. 

 E. H. Heron, Director of Agriculture. Received May 13. 1916. 



"A robust tree which has spread spontaneously in the forests of the Philip- 

 pines, the island of Guam, and the East Indies. It is essentially tropical, 

 while the cherimoya, with the smooth-fruited forms of which it has often been 

 confused, is subtropical. Its fruit is inferior in flavor to both the cherimoya 

 and the sugar-apple (Annona squamosa), from the first of which it may be dis- 

 tinguished by its long, narrow, glabrate leaves and from the second by its solid, 

 compact fruit, as well as its larger leaves. From A. glabra, with which it is 

 also confused, it may be distinguished by its elongate narrow outer petals and 

 its small, dark-brown seeds. It is common in the West Indies and thrives in 

 south Florida." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 29^.) 



See S. P. I. Nos. 18736 and 39887 for previous introductions. 



42793 to 42798. 



From Leyden, Netherlands. Seeds presented by the director, Botanic 

 Garden. Received May 15, 1916. 



42793. Amygpalus persica L. Amygdalacese. Peach. 

 (Prunus persica Stokes.) 



42794. Malus astracanica Dum.-Cours. Malacese. Apple. 

 This species is perhaps native of southern Russia and western Siberia. 



It resembles Malus pumila in most fruit characters and in the pubescence 

 of the leaves, but is nearer to Mains baccata in the form, serration, and 

 texture of the leaves and in the longer stemmed fruits and leaves. 



42795. Malus sp. Malacere. Apple. 



Received as Malus orthocarpa Lavalle, which appears never to have 

 been published. 



42796. Pyrus amygdaxiformis Vill. Malacca'. Pear. 



A large, rounded shrub or small tree, occasionally 20 feet high. Leaves 

 very variable in shape and size; white flowers 1 inch across appearing 

 in April; fruit orange shaped, about an inch wide, yellowish brown, 

 produced on a short thick stalk. Not especially valuable for the garden 

 except for its picturesqueness when old. Native of the Mediterranean 

 region. (Adapted from W. J. Beau, Trees and Shrubs Hardy iu the 

 British Isles, vol. 2, p. 278.) 



42797. Pyrus nivalis Jacq. Malaeea?. Pear. 

 A small sturdy tree with woolly, white young Shoots and young leaves; 



flowers pure white, 1^ inches across, produced in April in conspicuous 

 clusters. Fruit 1* inches or more wide, rounded, yellowish green. This 

 eastern European tree is very beautiful early in the season because of 

 its pure white leaves and numerous flowers. In France the trees are 

 cultivated for their fruits, which are eaten when bletted. (Adapted 

 from IV 7 . ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, 

 p. 289.) 

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