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kind is growing in Dr. St. D. G. Walter's garden in Honolu- 

 lu. The leaves are oval to ovate, the petioles having two 

 glands. The fragrant purple flowers are about two inches 

 in diameter. The ovoid-pointed fruit has a tough, leath- 

 ery shell which, when green is six-striated, with white 

 stripes; when quite ripe the fruit is a dull orange-yel 

 low. The numerous seeds are imbedded in the juicy, scent- 

 ed pulp, which is aromatic and delicious. Propagation is 

 by seed and by cuttings." (G. P. Wilder, Fruits of the 

 Hawaiian Islands.) 



Passiflora edulis Sims . (Passif loraceae . ) 40852. Seeds of 

 a passion-fruit from Guemes, Argentina. Presented by Mr. 

 H. F. Schultz, Director, Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 "At Jujuy I found another variety of edible Passiflora 

 which, I think, is superior to the variety I mailed you 

 before. The fruit is roundish, smooth and of a very at- 

 tractive yellow color, of a rather pale shade and not un- 

 like a Yellow Richard apple. The fruit measures about 7 to 

 8 cm. in diameter. The pulp is bluish purple in color, 

 and, in my opinion, is more spicy than the other variety. 

 The plant is very precocious and a good, strong grower, 

 for which reason it should be planted about 8 meters one 

 from the other and be trained on four or five wires, a 

 foot apart, each, the upper one about 1.80 meters high. I 

 do not know where the variety originally came from; a 

 friend of the proprietor purchased some fruits in Covent 

 Garden, London, and brought him the seeds. The price for 

 the fruit there, at that time was two pence each, while 

 the fruits of the Queensland variety sold at three pence 

 each. " (Schultz. ) 



Passiflora laurifolia L. (Passif loraceae .) 40837. Seeds of 

 a passion-fruit from Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. 

 Garret P. Wilder. "This strong-growing, glabrous vine, 

 climbing by tendrils, is a native of tropical America and 

 known there as the Yellow waterlemon. The date when it was 

 introduced to Hawaii, and by whom, is not known, but in 

 the Hilo and Hamakua districts of Hawaii this variety 

 grows wild. Its thick leaves are oval, oblong and entire, 

 and have a short, sharp point. The flowers are about two 

 and a half inches across, are white, with red spots on 

 them. The fruit is slightly oblong, 2 inches in diameter, 

 and very regular in size and shape. When ripe, it is 

 yellow, spotted with white. It has a medium-hard shell or 

 skin, and the edible pulp is whitish-yellow, and contains 

 many flat, black seeds. "(G. P. Wilder, Fruits of the Ha- 

 waiian Islands. ) 



