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Strychnos spinosa Lam . (Loganiaceae. ) 42903. Seeds 

 from Beira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Pre- 

 sented by Mr. E. H. Heron, Director of Agriculture. 

 "Vernacular name M'Tamba." (Heron.) A small tree up 

 to 10 feet high found throughout Tropical Africa, in 

 Madagascar, and the Seychelles. This tree is interest- 

 ing because of its cannon-ball-shaped hard-shelled 

 fruit, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, with acid pulp which 

 is wholesome and agreeable with a clove-like aroma 

 very noticeable when ripe. The seeds contain no alka- 

 loid. This plant has produced fruit in Florida where 

 it seems to do well. 



Theobroma purpureum Pit tier . (Sterculiaceae. ) 42857. 

 Seeds from Bolivar, Colombia. Presented by Mr. H. M. 

 Cur ran. "Cacao del Monte. Wild cacao from Cauca River 

 valley. Small tree in dense forest. Said to be edible." 

 (Curran. ) 



Ximenia americana L. (Olacaceae.) 42896. Seeds, of 

 false sandalwood from Donga, Northern Nigeria, West 

 Africa. Presented by Rev. C. L. Whitman, Sudan United 

 Mission. "Seeds of what might be called an apricot- 

 plum. A fruit the size of a small plum growing on a 

 plum-like tree, but having considerable of an apricot 

 flavor." (Whitman.) 



Notes on Behavior of Previous Introductions. 



Cicer arietinum. Garbanzo. The Garbanzo is now being 

 cultivated rather extensively in some parts of the 

 West. Mr. R. L. Beagles, Farm Superintendent in 

 charge of the Chico Plant Introduction Field Station, 

 writes that he saw in the neighborhood of Gridley, 

 near Sacramento, Calif., a plantation of. about fifty 

 acres which looked very promising. 



Diospyros kaki. (S.P.I. 16912, 16921, 26773.) Tamo- 

 pan persimmon. This large and delicious variety is 

 now on the market in Washington and is seemingly prov- 

 ing popular. Fruits are being grown for the market 

 by J. C. Breese, Fayetteville , N. C., and H. H. Hume, 

 Glen St. Mary, Fla. 



Feijoa sellowiana. This Office has just received a 

 consignment of these fruits from Mr. Hertrich, manager 

 of 4;he Huntington estate in Pasadena, Calif. It is 

 a most promising myrtaceous fruit, and is likely to 



