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"The marang is one of the coming tropical fruits. 

 It is very sweet and rich in flavor, and has the unique 

 quality of having a flesh that separates easily from 

 the seeds and the skin. As far as I have been able to 

 ascertain, the marang occurs only on the south coast of 

 Mindanao and in the Sulu Archipelago. On my return to 

 Manila I met on the steamer a missionary who had lived 

 in Borneo for three years, part of which time was spent 

 in Sandakan; she had neither heard of nor seen the fruit 

 before. The marang will probably not succeed except 

 where the climate is warm and humid throughout the year 

 and the atmosphere close and still. In my opinion it 

 is the best fruit of the genus. Iced, it is very de- 

 licious indeed." (Wester, The Philippine Agricultural 

 Review, November, 1912, and letter of August 15, 1918.) 



Herberts pruinosa (Berberidaceae), 46711. Barberry. 

 From San Rafael, California. Seeds presented by Mr. 

 R. H.Menzies. "This barberry is one of the handsomest 

 of the seventy-odd species I have under cultivation. 

 It is the first to flower, the large, clear yellow 

 flowers being very showy. The white, powdery berries 

 are borne profusely and are carried through the winter, 

 a few remaining on the plant along with the next season's 

 flowers. While an evergreen in California, it will 

 probably be deciduous in the east. The foliage becomes 

 very handsomely colored in the fall. I know of no 

 barberry that puts on a greater growth, almost from 

 the start; my plant throws out new shoots each year, 

 all the way from 5 to 6| feet from the base." (Menzies.) 



Carica candamarcensis (Papayaceae) , 46623. From 

 Ecuador. Collected by Dr. J . N. Rose, Associate Curator, 

 National Herbarium, Washington, D. C. "From Ambato. 

 Called Chamburo in Ambato but a different species from 

 No. 20 sent in from Huigra as Chamburo. Fruit small." (Rose.) 



"It is very similar to the papaya. The plants grow 

 to a height of about 10 feet, and resemble those of the 

 papaya except in the distinctly darker color of the 

 foliage and the less deeply lobed leaves. Staminate 

 and pistillate flowers seem always to be produced on 

 separate plants. The fruits are borne singly, not in 

 clusters as is often the case in the wild papayas of 

 Florida. They are obovoid-elliptic in shape, 2 to 4 

 inches in length, orange-yellow in color when ripe, 

 with a more pronounced aroma than in the papaya. The 

 flesh is about half an inch thick; each of the numerous 

 seeds, which fill the large cavity, is enclosed in a 



