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numerous, brown, shaped like that of the cherimoya 

 but much larger, being fully one inch long. The tree 

 is grown in dooryards, and is said also to occur in 

 the forests, but up to the present I have only seen 

 it in cultivation. It grows to about the same size 

 as the cherimoya, and is of the same form, but the 

 foliage is much larger, and makes the tree a striking 

 object in gardens. The fruit is a common object in 

 markets and fruit stalls, and seems to be generally 

 used by the Indians, though an overindulgence in it 

 is said to superinduce paludismo or malarial fever. The 

 tree grows on deep loamy soils, very rich and general- 

 ly moist, and is probably suited only to regions with 

 very warm climate. It if succeeds at all in Califor- 

 nia, it will probably be only in the most protected 

 locations; in Florida it ought to have somewhat more 

 favorable climatic conditions, at least in the lower 

 end of the peninsula. The soncuya, which is probably 

 unknown in cultivation outside of Central America is 

 a fruit of much better quality than most of the wild 

 annonas, and seems to be especially worthy of atten- 

 tion because of its thick outer rind, which makes it 

 easier to handle the fruits without bruising them, 

 than is the case with the cherimoya." (Popenoe.) 



Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons. (Rutaceae.) 43478. Seeds 

 of Bael tree from Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. J. 

 E. Higgins, Horticulturist, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. This plant is the Bael Tree of India, ascend- 

 ing to 4000 feet above the sea, and found here and 

 there both wild and cultivated throughout India and 

 also Burma. It finally attains a height of 40 feet. 

 The leaves are trifoliate and deciduous, and the 

 greenish-yellow, nearly globular fruit varies from 2 

 to 6 inches in diameter, being smaller in the wild 

 trees. The hard shell is filled with pale orange, 

 aromatic pulp, in which occur 10-15 long, narrow cells 

 containing the seeds imbedded in transparent gum. The 

 Hindus are very fond of this fruit, and in its green 

 state it is a specific for dysentery. It is now be- 

 ing tested in several places in the United States. 

 (Adapted from Swingle, in Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia 

 of Horticulture, pp. 222, 223, and from Mueller, Sel- 

 ect Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 20.) 



Berberis fremontii Torrey. (Berberidaceae . ) 43474. 

 Plants of barberry from Lyford, Texas and San Saba, 

 Texas. Collected by Dr. David Griffiths and grown at 



