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Kennedya comptoniana (Fabaceae), 47191. Prom 

 Blackwood, South Australia. Seeds presented by 

 Mr. Edwin Ashby, "Wittunga." "This is a fine climber. 

 The sprays of deep violet flowers are very long, and 

 the leaves are more deeply cut than in the variety 

 around Perth, W. Australia." (Ashby.) 



Mimusops caffra (Sapotaceae) , 47099. From Africa. 

 Presented by Mr. J. Burtt-Davy, Johannesburg. A somewhat 

 hoary or glaucous evergreen tree or shrub forming a large 

 proportion of the sea-dune vegetation, but also extending 

 inland on sandy soils. On the dunes it grows down to 

 the watermark, fully exposed to sea winds and, where 

 these winds prevail, is consequently usually dwarfed 

 and heavily branched from the base. In shelter it 

 gets up to about 10 meters (33 ft.) in height and 30 

 to 45 centimeters (llf to 17f in.) in diameter, but 

 even there it is heavily branched and very gnarled and 

 crooked, and consequently yields first-rate knees, etc. , 

 for boat-building. The leaves are firmly coriaceous, 

 and widely obovate. The flowers are usually in clus- 

 ters of 2 to 4 in the axils along the branch. The 

 fruit is 2 centimeters (f in.) long, tapering to the 

 point, red, and is relished by children. Abundant along 

 the coast and through M'Chopes;as also in Cape Colony 

 and Natal. (Adapted from Sim, Forest Flora Portuguese 

 East Africa, p. 80. ) 



Nephelium lappaceum (Sapindaceae) , 47196 & 47197. 

 Rambutan. From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by the 

 Director, Botanic Garden. "While perhaps not equaling 

 its near relative , thelitchi, the rambutan is one of the 

 best fruits of the Malayan region. The late Dr. Treub 

 of Java preferred it to the mangosteen, although it is 

 not so esteemed by the majority of Europeans. It is 

 a handsome fruit, and one which can bear a considerable 

 amount of handling; hence it should be possible to 

 market it advantageously, once it is produced in tropi- 

 cal America. Like the mangosteen, the durian, and the 

 litchi, its introduction into the American tropics has 

 not been given sufficient attention. There seems to 

 be no reason why all of these fruits and numerous others 

 from the Malayan region should not succeed in parts 

 of Porto Rico, Cuba, and tropical America in general. 

 The mangosteen, invariably considered one of the most 

 delicate and exacting of Malayan fruit trees, has 

 fruited successfully both in Jamaica and Dominica. 

 The rambutan is seen in almost every garden about Singapore 



