A NEW ANNONACEOUS FRUIT FROM BRAZIL. 



This interesting species, identified by Mr. W. E. 

 Safford as Annona salzmanni, is known in the vicinity of 

 Bahia, Brazil, where it is found, as araticum, a name 

 which is applied indiscriminately to a number of annona- 

 ceous fruits. It was described and named from specimens 

 of foliage and flowers collected some years ago, but the 

 fruit had never been seen by botanists and remained un- 

 known until it was found near a small lagoon on the farm 

 of Col. Demetrio Luiz de Souza. at Bahia, by Messrs. Dor- 

 sett, Shamel and Popenoe in 1913. Good specimens are fre- 

 quently larger in size than the one shown in the photo- 

 graph, and when ripe are light creamy yellow in color. 

 The flesh is milky white, very sweet in flavor, containing 

 numerous seeds. It may prove of value in breeding annona- 

 ceous fruits for tropical and subtropical regions, an im- 

 portant field open to plant breeders which has as yet been 

 scarcely touched. Photo No. 15433 by Dorsett and Popenoe 

 at Lavras, Minas, Brazil Jan. 12, 1914. 



