80 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



42896— Continued. 



'• Seeds of what might be called an apricot plum. A fruit the size of a small 

 plum growing on a plumlike tree, but having considerable of an apricot flavor." 

 ( Whitman.) 



42897 to 42901. Annona cherimola Mill. Annonaceae. 



Cherimoya. 



From San Francisco de Limache. Chile. Plants presented by Sr. Adolfo 

 Eastman. Received May 6, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Eastman. 



"These are grafted varieties and are already in flower, so that at least next 

 season they will bear." 



42897. " Concha, meaning shell. The skin resembles tortoise shell." 



42898. " Copucha, meaning bladder. Has a very smooth skin." 



42899. " Pifia, meaning pineapple. Has the appearance of the pine- 

 apple." 



42900. " Sandia, meaning watermelon. Called so because of its size, 

 like a watermelon." 



42901. (No label.) 



42902. Amherstia xobilis Wall. Caesalpiniacese. 



From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by the curator of the Royal 

 Botanic Garden, at the request of Mr. Bernard Coventry, Agricultural 

 Adviser of the Government of India, Pusa. Received June 20, 1916. 



" Named in honor of Lady Amherst. A medium-sized tree, native of Burma, 

 and considered the most beautiful of all flowering trees. Its immense eandela- 

 brumlike sprays of red and yellow flowers, drooping from every branch among 

 the handsome foliage, present an appearance of astonishing elegance and loveli- 

 ii ss. It is in flower during the greater part of the year, but its chief flowering 

 season in Ceylon is from January to April, i. e., the dry season. The tree thrives 

 in the moist low country up to 1,600 feet and requires rich and well-drained 

 soil. It does not seem to flourish near the sea, and is rarely met with about 

 Colombo. It produces seed very scantily anywhere, a pod or two occasionally 

 being all that can be obtained, and even these are often infertile. Propagation 

 by layering has therefore to be adopted. Introduced into Ceylon in 1860." 

 (Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, p. 291.) 



42903 and 42904. Strychxos spp. Loganiaceae. 



From Beira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Presented by Mr. E. H. 



Heron, Director of Agriculture. Received June 19, 1916. 



42903. Stbychnos spinosa Lam. 

 " Vernacular name, M'Tamba." 



A small tree up to 10 feet high found throughout tropical Africa, in 

 Madagascar, and the Seychelles. This tree is interesting because of its 

 hard-shelled, orangelike fruit, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, with an acid 

 pulp which is wholesome and agreeable, with a clovelike aroma very 

 noticeable when ripe. The seeds contain no alkaloids. This plant has 

 produced fruit in Florida, where it seems to do well. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. 1. No. 1l:.")96. 



42904. Stbyi gerbardi N. E. Brown. 

 •• Vernacular name, HTQuaqua." 



An Easl African species from Natal and Portuguese East Africa. 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34161. 



