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Carica candamarcensis (Papayaceae), 46782. From Mexico. 

 Seeds collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe and presented 

 through Dr. H. J. Webber, Director, Citrus Experiment 

 Station, University of California. "Collected at La 

 Zacualpa, Chiapas, October 10, 1918. A wild carica 

 common in this region. It is very similar to the papaya. 

 The plants grow to a height of about 10 feet, and re- 

 semble 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 natives call them melocotones, or 'peaches' . 

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

 numerous seeds which fill the large cavity is enclosed 

 in a translucent, whitish aril which is the part eaten. 

 The seeds do not adhere to the wall of the seed cavity 

 as in the papaya but, together with the arils surrounding 

 them, entirely fill the cavity. The flavor of the arils 

 is sweet and aromatic, very pleasant, and quite distinct 

 from that of the flesh of the papaya." (Popenoe.) 



Chamaedorea sp. (Phoenicaceae) , 46783. Palm. From 

 Mexico. Seeds collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe and pre- 

 sented by Dr. H. J. Webber, Director, Citrus Experiment 

 Station, University of Calif ornia. "From Pochutla, Oaxaca, 

 August 18, 1918. This closely resembles the dwarf palm 

 which I sent in from Guatemala last year under the name 

 pacayito. It is abundant on cool, shady mountain sides in 

 the coffee district above Pochutla, at altitudes of about 

 3,000 feet. When mature, the plant has a slender trunk, 

 perhaps half an inch thick and 2 feet high. The leaves 

 are from a foot to 18 inches in length, rather finely 

 pinnate, deep green, graceful , with the rachis stiff but 

 arching slightly. As a house plant for the northern 

 states, and for use in fern dishes, it seems to me 

 that this plant possesses unusual possibilities, and 

 I strongly recommend it for trial." (Popenoe.) 



Colocasia esculenia (Aracaceae), 46788. Dasheen. From 

 Port-of -Spain, Trinidad. Presented by Mr. Eugene Andre. 

 "Tubers of what isbeinggrown here as Chinese eddoes. This 

 aroid gives better results in poor, dry soil than the 

 dasheen, the latter requiring well-watered, low-lying 

 land for remunerative crops." (Andre.) 



"This variety, known in Trinidad as Chinese eddo is 



