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Annona cherimola Miller. (Annonaceae . ) 45077. Cheri- 

 moya. From Jujuy, Argentina. Presented by Mr. S. W. 

 Damon, Oran. Reported to be frost-resistant, having 

 withstood 9 or 10 C. (16 or 18 F. ) of frost. Said 

 to be a fine anona, weighing up to two kilos (4 2/5 

 Ibs.). 



Berberis trifoliolata Moricand. (Berberidaceae . ) 45096. 

 Barberry plants grown at the Chico Field Station from 

 seeds originally received from Dr. David Griffiths, 

 collected in Texas. Evergreen shrub, 2 to 5 feet in 

 height, often forming large thickets. The compound 

 leaves have 3 leaflets, each 3 to 5-lobed, with spiny 

 margins. The red, aromatic berries, about as large as 

 peas, are very acid and are much used for tarts, jel- 

 lies, etc. (Adapted from Small, Flora of the Southern 

 United States . ) 



Cocos eriospatha Martius. (Phoenicaceae . ) 45045. Palm 

 fruits from Gotha, Florida. Presented by Mr. H. Nehr- 

 ling. "A most beautiful , glaucous , pinnate-leaved palm 

 with slightly violet-colored leaf stems. The seeds 

 were received under the name of Cocos blumenavia from 

 Blumenau, in Brazil, in 1892. This palm bore its 

 first bunches of fruit four years ago. The large, 

 cream-colored flower cluster is enclosed in a spathe 

 densely covered with a felty, brown, soft wool. The 

 fruits have no odor. They are the size of a very large 

 cherry or small plum, are yellow, and are covered 

 with deep brown spots. The fruit is the most delici- 

 ous of all the hardy Cocos, and reminds one of the fla- 

 vor of a very good sweet plum. The palm grows on 

 high dry pine-land and is hardier than the orange." 

 (Nehrling. ) 



Dovyalis tristis (Sond.) Warburg. (Flacourtiaceae. ) 

 45048. Seeds from Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. 

 Presented by Mr. I. B. Pole Evans, Chief, Division of 

 Botany, Department of Agriculture, Union of South 

 Africa. "A tree which occurs on the kopjes (low 

 hills) around Pretoria and which bears an abundance 

 of small fruits. These fruits make a delicious jelly." 

 (Evans.) Usually an armed shrub or small tree 10 to 

 15 feet high, with leathery, obovate, glabrous leaves, 

 shiny above. The inconspicuous flowers appear in No- 

 vember, followed in January by the roundish, yellow, 

 pulpy fruits which are about \ inch long. The fruits 

 are highly flavored, and are eaten raw or made into 



