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Below mannelos . (Rutaceae.) 38389. Plants of the bael 

 fruit from Manila. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, Direct- 

 or of Agriculture, through Mr. Karry H. Boyle, Assistant 

 Horticulturist. "Seedlings of a fruit obtained from a tree 

 grown on the plaza of the largest pagoda in Slam which is 

 situated in the town of Propatone. As this fruit v/as of a 

 different type from the ordinary bael fruit it is thought 

 that it might be of some value. The fruit is fully five 

 inches in length and two and a half inches in width, more 

 melon shape than pyriform." (Boyle.) 



Bombycodendroji vidalianum. (Malvaceae.) 38486. Seeds 

 of the lanutan from Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. 

 Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, Horticulturist in charge, 

 Lamao Experiment Station. "Seeds of the lanutan, a tree 

 valuable for its wood, and also quite ornamental with large 

 white flowers with a red center, shaped like those of the 

 tropical Hibiscus rosa-sinensis , and about 7 inches in diame- 

 ter. It is probably too tender for Florida." (Wester.) 



Canariwm, sp. (Burseraceae. ) 38372. Plants of the plli 

 nut from Manila. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, Director 

 of Agriculture, through Mr. Harry H. Boyle, Assistant Hor- 

 ticulturist. "Trees of this nut are found growing in the 

 various islands of southern Luzon, in the province of Al- 

 bay. The leaves are compound, and the fruit is a triangu- 

 lar drupe containing one seed. The nuts are eaten quite 

 extensively in the islands and throughout the Far East. 

 From them an oil is extracted which is used for the table 

 and also for burning in lamps. This nut, to my notion, is 

 the best I have ever eaten. During the past two years 

 quite a number of shipments of this nut have been made to 

 San Francisco and they find a ready market. A gum, that 

 resembles in properties the copaiba balsam, is extracted 

 from the bark." (Boyle.) 



Cocos rivalis. (Phoenicaceae . ) 38588. Plants of a palm 

 from Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. W. E. Hess, 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. "The rarest and prettiest 

 of Porto Rico palms. This species greatly resembles in 

 habit and appearance Geonoina gracilus but has more leaflets. 

 At its type location it is growing on the bank of a stream 

 with its roots in the water and in another location some 8 

 miles distant in an apparently dry limestone ravine. There 

 are probably not more than a couple of dozen specimens left 

 and among these less than half a dozen fruiting trees; be- 

 ing of little value to the natives, when large enough they 

 are cut down for fence posts." (Hess.) 



Cocos nucifera. (Pheonicaceae. ) 38428-434. Seeds of 

 seven varieties of coconuts from Pago Pago, American Samoa. 

 Presented by Commander C. D. Stearns, Governor. Among 



