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Werckle, through Mr. J. E. Van der Laat, Director, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. "Fiberless cocoros. Very small, en- 

 tirely coreless and fiberless. I do not know if of all 

 the fruits the seeds are without testa, but the only one I 

 could examine and ate was so; simply the cotyledons in a 

 very small cavity in the center without a shell." (Werckle.) 



Citrus southwickii Wester. (Rutaceae.) 41387. Seeds 

 from Manila, 'Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. 

 Wester, Lamao Experiment Station. "Limao. A thorny tree, 

 with dense head and drooping branches, attaining a height 

 of 6 meters. The limao, though rare, is not uncommon in 

 Bohol, where it is cultivated and has also been collected 

 by the writer in Baganga, Mindanao. The flowers appear 

 late in April and during the early part of May, with the 

 fruit ripening in January and February; a few fruits near- 

 ly full grown were collected in May. Has flowered irregu- 

 larly from May to December. The fruit is not eaten, but 

 used in washing by the Boholanos and is of no economic im- 

 portance. The tree is evidently quite drought resistant and 

 succeeds well in very scanty soil underlaid with limestone. 

 The limao belongs in that group of the citrus fruits having 

 free filaments, the most conspicuous characters being the 

 compact growth of the crown, the dark-green, thick and dis- 

 tinct leaves, the almost sessile stigma, and the attract- 

 ive, oblate, regular-shaped fruit with its many locules, 

 exceeding in number those in all other citrus fruits known 

 to the writer. This species has been named in honor of 

 Mr. E. F. Southwick. For full description see The Philip- 

 pine Agricultural Review, First Quarter 1915. Fruit scarce- 

 ly edible, plant may make a good stock." (Wester.) 



Citrus ivebberii inoiitana Wester. (Rutaceae.' 41388. Seeds 

 of Cabugao from Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by 

 Mr. P. J. Wester, Lamao Experiment Station. "Fruit makes 

 a fair 'ade. A shrubby tree with slender branches and 

 small, weak spines sometimes absent; young growth green; 

 leaves 3.5 to 14 cm. long, 3 to 3.5 cm. broad, ovate to 

 ovate oblong, crenate, dark green above, shining; base 

 broadly acute to rounded; apex blunt pointed, usually re- 

 tuse; petiole 24 to 38 mm. long, with narrow wing margin, 

 in large leaves sometimes 17 mm. broad; flowers not seen; 

 fruit roundish oblate, about 45 mm. across, somewhat cor- 

 rugate, 8 loculed. The general character of the plant and 

 fruit indicate that the cabugao is a form of the alsem." 

 (Wester, The Philippine Agricultural Review, First Quarter 

 1915. ) 



Diospyros kaki L. f. (Diospyraceae . ) 41361 to 41371. 

 Cuttings of persimmons from Okitsu, Japan. Presented by 

 Professor Ishiwara, Horticultural Experiment Station. 



