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Baryxylum inerme (Roxb. ) Pierre. (Caesalpiniaceae . ) 

 41574. Seeds from Little River, Florida. Presented by Mr. 

 Charles T. Simpson. "A large, quick-growing, symmetrical 

 tree, with a spreading top and fine graceful feathery foli- 

 age, indigenous to Ceylon and Malaya. The young leaves and 

 shoots are covered with a brown velvety tomentum, from which 

 the tree takes its specific name. The tree flowers twice 

 a year at irregular seasons, some specimens being in blos- 

 som while others by its side are in ripe fruit. The flowers 

 are rusty-yellow, sweet-scented, and borne in large erect 

 panicles . Trimen, in his Flora of Ceylon, stated: 

 is a magnificent sight when in full blossom. ' It is spec- 

 ially suited to dry districts, but also thrives to perfect- 

 ion in the moist region up to 1800 feet." (Macmillan, 

 Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, 2nd Edition, 



p. 299. ) 



Canavali oUusifolium (Lam.) DC. (Fabaceae .) 41619 . Seeds 

 from Burringbar, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by 

 Mr. B. Harrison. "A native bean growing on the beach or 

 sea coast here with pink flowers, the vines of which grow 

 to the length of 20 or 30 feet. It is regarded as a poison- 

 ous plant by some writers, although it is said to be good 

 poultry food." (Harrison.) 



Chayota edulis Jacq. (Cucurbitaceae . ) 41573, 41625- 

 41626. Chayotes from Camaguey, Cuba. Presented -by Mr. 

 Robert L. Luaces, Director Granja Escuela . No. 41573. "Four 

 chayotes of the green variety. Of these four, one has been 

 sprouted off the vine and the others on the vine. We here 

 in Cuba either sprout the fruits on the vine or over water, 

 that is taking the chayote from the vine and putting it in 

 the mouth of a wide' mouthed bottle until it sends out the 

 sprout. It is also common to cut off the lower end of 

 the fruit before planting and allowing the wound to heal 

 over either simply in the air or covering the wound with 

 ashes. I send one chayote sprouted off the vine and' in 

 the air so that you may see how it changes somewhat in 

 shape. Keep one of the fruits this way so that you may 

 see just how much it will shrink, in sending out the bud, 

 before drying up, for I believe that some of the varieties 

 shown in the Porto Rico bulletin (Bulletin No. 28, Division 

 of Botany) can be accounted for in this way ." (Luaces .) No. 

 41625 is white and No. 41626 a long green variety. 



Cfiayota edulis Jacq. (Cucurbitaceae.) 41621, 41627- 

 41628. Chayotes from Orotina and San Jose, Costa Rica. 

 Presented by Dr. Carlos Werckle , Department of Agriculture. 

 The fruits of these three varieties are light green, round 

 white, and spiny, and round green, and spiny, respectively. 



