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Chrysophyllum sp. (Sapotaceae . ) 41648. Seeds from 

 forests of Rio Contas , Bahia, Brazil. Presented by Mr. H. 

 M. Curran. "Sapotaceous fruit wild in forest. Trees not 

 seen. Has a thin, tough skin and soft light yellow flesh 

 with a texture much like that of a ripe persimmon. The 

 flavor of the fruit is slightly acid and very agreeable. 

 One of the best forest fruits I have ever eaten." (Curran.) 



Crotalaria Cunningham ii R. Brown. (Fabaceae.) 41571. 

 Seeds from Wellington Point, near Brisbane, Queensland, 

 Australia. Presented by Mr. James Pink. "I am of the opin- 

 ion that under cultivation it will prove an acquisition for 

 ornamental planting and in dry situations it may prove a 

 rival to the herbaceous Calceolaria. The plant grows about 

 two feet high and will bear topping to any extent, every 

 lateral throwing up a spike of flowers of bright orange 

 yellow." (Pink.) "Though unattractive as to the colour of 

 the flowers, this is a very curious and striking greenhouse 

 plant, the soft velvety pubescence that clothes all the 

 surfaces with a uniform glaucous hue at once arresting the 

 attention. It is a native of the dry, almost desert re- 

 gions of North-western and Central Australia, growing on 

 sandy ridges, from Shark's Bay to the Gulf of Carpentaria, 

 and penetrating southwards through Central Australia to- 

 wards Spencer's Gulf. A shrub two to three feet high, 

 everywhere covered with a soft grey-green tomentum." 

 (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 5770.) 



Eleocliaris tuberosa (Roxb.) Schultes. (?) (Cyperaceae . ) 

 41680. Bulbs or corms of apulid from Manila, Philippine 

 Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, Director, Bureau 

 of Agriculture. Of a somewhat similar form or perhaps 

 species, Mr. F. N. Meyer says "They are mostly eaten raw, 

 but are also sliced and shredded in soups and in meat and 

 fish dishes. Foreigners in China grate them and serve them 

 boiled as a winter vegetable, in which state they resemble 

 sweet corn very much in looks and taste. The plants need 

 a hot summer to mature and are grown on a muck or clayey 

 soil with several inches of standing water on top, very 

 much in the same manner as wet land rice." 



Garcinia sp . (Clusiaceae . ) 41622. Seeds from Brazil. 

 Presented by Mr. H. M. Curran. "Species cultivated in Rio 

 de Janeiro Botanical Gardens. Trees 30 to 40 feet high, 

 16 to 18 inches in diameter, with heavy crop of large 

 fruit, approximately 2 inches in diameter, with yellow acid 

 flesh. Probably a common variety from India." (Curran.) 



Koelreuteria formosana Hayata. (Sapindaceae . ) 41679. 

 Seeds from Taihoku, Formosa. Presented by Mr. Genjiro 

 Takata, Chief, Bureau of Productive Industry. An indige- 

 nous Formosan tree related to K. bipimiata Franch. , but dif- 



