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from four to six inches long and about a couple of inches 

 across, but people generally do not wait until they are 

 full grown but begin to eat them when young so that the 

 whole pod can be used." (Kin.) For distribution later. 



Eugenia Tdotzschiana . (Myrtaceae.) 37392. Seeds of 

 the pera do campo from Lavras , Minas Geraes, Brazil. 

 "Cabacinha do campo or pera do campo. A pear shaped, very 

 fragrant fruit produced by a small wiry shrub occasionally 

 seen on the campo here. The plant grows to a height of 4 

 or 5 feet under favorable conditions, with very few 

 branches; when growing on land that is pastured it grows 

 only two feet high, with many unbranched stems arising 

 from the ground. The leaves are oblong lanceolate, rather 

 hard and tough, tomentose beneath, and alternative. The 

 fruits are strikingly similar in appearance to a small 

 russet pear. They vary from 2 to 3 inches in length, and 

 are russet brown in color, with a thick tomentum on the 

 surface, the skin is thin and surrounds a whitish, very 

 juicy and aromatic pulp, so fragrant that its odor can be 

 detected several yards away. The flavor is rather acid 

 but very aromatic. The seeds vary from 1 to 3 or 4, and 

 are oval or somewhat irregular in shape, about one-half 

 inch in diameter. The proportion of seed to flesh is 

 small for a wild fruit. The season is said to be November 

 and December; there are very few fruits left now (January 23). 

 A very superior doce is said to be made from this fruit, 

 which seems on the whole unusually promising for trial in 

 the mildest parts of the United States." The botanical 

 determination of this fruit was not certain when the first 

 page of this bulletin was printed. (Dorsett, Popenoe and 

 .Shamel introduction.) For distribution later. 



Garcinia vidalii. (Clusiaceae . ) 37381. Seeds of the 

 libas from Manila. Presented by Mr. 0. W. Barrett, Chief, 

 Division of Horticulture, Bureau of Agriculture. "This 

 characteristic species of Garcinia is a native of the 

 Province of Rizal, Luzon. It is easily recognized by its 

 rather large, numerously veined leaves which are broadly 

 rounded at the apex and frequently retuse. It is a tree 

 attaining a height of about 12 meters, the branches and 

 branchlets being stout and somewhat angular, brownish or 

 yellowish, rugose when dry. The leaves are opposite, and 

 obovate or elliptical-obovate , 15 to 25 cm. long and 6 to 

 14 cm. wide. The flowers are 5-merous, the staminate ones 

 with stout, 4-angled pedicels about 5 mm. long. The fruit 

 is fleshy, greenish and smooth when fresh, subglobose, 5-6 

 cm. in diameter. Edible." (Merrill in Philippine Journal 

 of Science, vol. 3, p. 361, 1909.) For distribution later. 



