455 



:olie,c; , I, . .An 



cat" i very , and when 



.-. n (Grcff.) . tribution 

 later. 



(Sola- -.) 51297. Seeds of a pepper 

 . C. _-'. :..d, Villa Encarna- 



cic . 'any, 3ii'. A very small and very 



. -: rival if r than the Tabasco 



;uay. The 



se- ' Indian. . ar the yerbales of 



. :? --\:L.) For distribution lat- . 



CA JUS. . ) 31470. Seeds of the 



:te sapote from Kondur, . Presented "by 



r. . sgucigalpa. is handsome, 



leaves, ?sy le upper 



-- fonr - I of foli - 



: - is of value, and possesses 



"nlities as f ; and avenue tree. e fruits 



ice an apple or a quince, and the 



large as a good-sized apple. When 



the pulp "becomes quite soft, and has "been 



leiicious, melting, peach-like flavor. 



ripe "s October "ovemoer, "but as 



developed it may "be picked and 



, and is then quite e as though 



." (P. W. . rnal Economic 



. 83-90, 1911.) r distribution later. See 



halftone 



CASTILLA SP. (Urticaceae. ) 51410. Seeds of a Central 



tree from Tul; , sruz, ;:3xico. Presented 



. . . even or eight trees of 



-.boer. Introduced for the 



'fice in er. j of the various 



-ub"be in Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Canal Zone. 

 For distribution later. 



CSIEA PENTAEERA. (Malvaceae 31395. Seeds of West 



silk-cotton tree from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented ~by 



Din riculture. "A tree attaining a height of 



100 f?et or more, having an imposing appearance. Its bark is 



gr ? - :i covered with rough tuberculated prickles. It tapers 



up-?.rd from a swollen base, around which are thick projecting 



buttresses of sufficient width to allow of horses "being 



stalled between them." (Smith, Dictionary of popular names 



of economic plants.) "The fiber surrounding the seeds of this 



I rel?.ted species is the 'kapok 1 of commerce, and is 



