(17°) 



3759- Mamon. Mamoncilla. — The fruiting branches of Melicocca bijuga L. 

 (Same family). Native of tropical America and cultivated. Purchased 

 by H. H. Rusby at a railway station in the Magdalena River valley, Colom- 

 bia, August, 1917. 



3760-3776. Seventeen samples of preserved jujubes, or Chinese figs, the preserved 

 fruits of Zizyphus sativa Gaertn. {Rhamnaceae — Buckthorn family). 

 Native of eastern Asia and cultivated. Presented by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. 



3777. Pigeon-berry. False Cascara sagrada. — The fruits of Rhamnus californica 



Esch. (Same family). Native of California. Collected at Mount Tamal- 

 pais, California, by H. H. Rusby, August, 1909. 



THE GRAPE FAMILY (Fitaceae) 



3778. Muscadine. Bullace or southern fox grape. — The fruit of a cultivated 



plant of Fills rotundifolia Michx. Native of the southeastern and south- 

 central United States. From South Carolina. Presented by James A. 

 Dillingham. 



3779. Sweet-scented or bull frost grape. — The fruit of Fitis vulpina L. Native of 

 eastern and central North America. Collected at Nashville, Tennessee, 

 by H. H. Rusby, August 20, 1913. 



3780. Another sample of the same. From Salem, Indiana, through William H. 



Rudder. 



3781. Another sample from the same source. 



3782. Clinton grape. — A cultivated hybrid of the preceding with F. Labrusca, 

 specially valued for jelly and preserves. 



Numbers 3783-3790 unless otherwise stated were presented by the Munson 

 Nurseries, Denniston, Texas, in 1919. 



3783. America. — A seedling of Jaeger's No. 70, originating from F. Lincecumii 



Munson and F. rupestris Scheele. 



3784. Summer, or pigeon, grape. — The fruit of Fitis aestivalis Michx. Native of 

 the eastern and central United States. Collected at Bronx Park, New 

 York, by Percy Wilson, September, 1899. 



3785. Ericson. — A hybrid between America and R. W. Munson, and originating 

 from F. Lincecumii, F. rupestris, F. aestivalis, and F. Bourquiniana Munson. 



3786. Cloetia. — A hybrid having the same parentage as the preceding. 



3787. Hopkins. — A hybrid between the preceding variety and the Post-oak grape, 



F. Lincecumii Munson. 



3788. R. W. Munson.— A hybrid between Post-oak and Triumph and originating 

 from F. aestivalis, F. Lincecumii, and F. Bourquiniana. 



3789. Albania. — A hybrid of Post-oak, Norton, and Herbert, and having its origin 

 in the same three species as the preceding. 



3790. Muench. — A hybrid between Neosho and Herbemont, and originating from 



F . Lincecumii and F. Bourquiniana. 



3791. Frost grape. Raccoon or winter grape. — The fruit of Fitis cordifolia Lam. 

 Native of the eastern and central United States. From Salem, Indiana, 

 by William H. Rudder. 



3792. A large-fruited variety of the preceding. Perhaps a hybrid of this with 



another species. Collected at Oscawanna Lake, New York, by H. H. 

 Rusby, September, 1918. 



