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it is called 'mamey Colorado;' and in the Philippines 

 'chico mamey." 1 (Popenoe.) - See PI. 241. 



Botor tetragonoloba (Fabaceae), 47510. Goa bean. From 

 Zamboanga, P. I. Seeds presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, 

 agricultural advisor. "Seguidilla. A climbing bean with 

 four-winged pods, which when tender are used as string 

 beans and are of excellent quality. They should be of 

 great value in Porto Rico and Panama." (Wester.) "This 

 species has fruited in Brooksvllle and its pods have 

 been tested and found to be very palatable." (Fairchild. ) 



Cariea candamureensis (Papayaceae) , 47524. From 

 Ecuador. Seeds presented by Dr. J. N. Rose, Smithsonian 

 Institution, Washington, D. C. "This Cariea from Ambato 

 (my No. 22354) is very different from the other Cariea 

 IS. P. I. No. 46623] collected by me in Ecuador. It 

 has a stout thick trunk and a large round top. Unlike 

 most of the other species, male and female flowers are 

 borne abundantly on the same plant. The fruit Is small, 

 about three inches long, and has three, broad, low 

 ribs. It is used chiefly in making dulces. It is grown 

 in yards or gardens." (Rose.) - This tree is growing 

 successfully at Berkeley, Gal. Mr. Ernest Robertson, 

 of 4600 Brooklyn Ave . , Los Angeles, Cal., writes as 

 follows regarding the two plants of this same species 

 sent him under 36969, in 1916: "I have just picked my 

 first and only fruit, which is a hybrid, from one of 

 the two plants of Cariea candamarecnsis which you sent me 

 two years ago. Both proved to be female plants. I got 

 some pollen from C. papaya and succeeded in setting two 

 fruits, one of which is now ripe." 



Chlorophora excels^ (Moraceae), 47497. From Entebbe, 

 Uganda. Seeds presented by the chief forestry officer, 

 Forestry Department. This is a valuable timber tree, 

 native throughout most of tropical Africa. The wood Is 

 whitish, gradually changing to pale bay, and Is durable 

 and easily worked. The tree often reaches a height of 

 130 feet, with a diameter of 10 feet,- the trunk bare 

 of branches for 60 feet. The thin, leathery, elliptical 

 leaves are 6 to 7 inches long. The flowers, borne In 

 dense spikes, are of two kinds: the pistillate are 

 inconspicuous; the staminate have long, exserted, 

 white stamens. The slightly fleshy fruits are greenish 

 yellow. (Adapted from Thiselton-Dyer , Flora of Tropical 

 Africa, vol. 6, part 2, p. 22.) 



