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Citrus limetta aromatica Wester. (Rutaceae.) 44136. 

 Seeds of dalayap from the Philippine Islands. Presented 

 by Mr. P. J. Wester, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila. 

 A spiny Philippine shrub collected at Palawan, with 

 slender, willowy branches; dull green, ovate or el- 

 liptic, serrate leaves to 10 cm. (4 inches) long; 

 purplish white flowers borne singly or in terminal or 

 axillary cymes. The roundish, smooth, lemon yellow 

 fruits are 5 cm. (2 inches) long, with thin skin; pale 

 green, juicy, sharply acid pulp; and very numerous, 

 small seeds. (Adapted from P. J\ Wester, Philippine 

 Agricultural Review, First Quarter, 1915, p. 25.) 



Citrus medica nana Wester. (Rutaceae.) 44137. Seeds 

 of dwarf citron from the Philippine Islands. Presented 

 by Mr. P. J. Wester, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila. 

 A small thorny shrub, collected at Cebu; rather common 

 in the Philippines. It bears loose cymes of purplish 

 white flowers, and roundish, egg-shaped, smooth, yel- 

 low fruits, 2| inches or more long. (Adapted from 

 P. J. Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review, First 

 Quarter, 1915, p. 23.) 



Davidia involucrata vilmoriniana (Dode) Hemsley. (Cor- 

 naceae.) 44127. Seeds from Paris, France. Presented 

 by Vilmorin-Andrieux Co. A tree, 40 to 50 feet high, 

 from western China; with alternate, bright green, 

 ovate, coarsely serrate leaves, 2 to 4| inches long; 

 inconspicuous flowers in terminal, globular heads, 

 about an inch in diameter; enormous white bracts sur- 

 rounding the flowers; and ovoid, greenish yellow fruits 

 with brown dots, about If inches long. In the British 

 Isles this tree is quite hardy, and though it can be 

 propagated by cuttings, the plants raised from seeds 

 show the greatest vigor. (Adapted from Curtis's Bo- 

 tanical Magazine, vol. 138, plate 8432.) 



Diospyros ebenaster Retzius. (Diospyraceae . ) 44130. 

 Seeds of black sapote from Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented 

 by Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder. An -ornamental Mexican tree 

 with oblong-oval glossy leaves, about 4 inches long; 

 and light green oblate fruits, up to 4 inches in di- 

 ameter, with very dark brown sweetish pulp. (Adapted 

 from note of Wilson Popenoe.) 



Diospyros kaki L.f. (Diospyraceae.) 44108. Cuttings 

 of persimmon from Kioshan, Honan, China. Presented by 

 Dr. Nathannel Fedde, American Luthern Mission. "The 



