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flowers are borne in small clusters of fours or fives 

 and suggest, in a way, small red-flowered fuchsias. 

 The calyx is cut on one side and is pushed off the 

 petals like a spathe. The petals which are nearly an 

 inch long are spread only a little at the tip and at 

 first suggest a tubular flower. The plant was seen 

 nowhere else although it was quite common at Huigra at 

 an altitude of about 4,000 feet. The flowers are so 

 attractive that v/e believe it might prove a valuable 

 addition to our ornamentals, especially in the semi- 

 arid region of the southwestern United States ." (Rose.) 



Ctisimiroa sp. (Rutaceae), 47957. From Los Angeles, 

 Calif. Budwood presented by Mr. Milo Baker. "Budwood 

 from a tree grown from a cutting received from Central 

 America some years ago and budded into a white sapote 

 tree. This budded tree is fruiting this year for the 

 second time. The fruit is practically seedless and 

 about the size of a small apple; the entire fruit 

 is edible, and very rich. The tree seems to be a 

 vigorous grower and a prolific fruiter." (Baker.) 



The cuttings received are more pubescent than 

 those of the common C. cdulis (the white sapote), and I 

 suspect they belong to one of the other species of 

 this genus,- probably C. sapote or C. tetrameria. It is not 

 rare for the white sapote to produce seedless fruits 

 and, so far as I know, the other species of Casimiroa 

 produce fruits much like those of the white sapote 

 in character." (Popenoe.) 



Cassia angustif^'.ia (Caesalpiniaceae), 47974. Senna. 

 From Tangier , Morocco. Seeds presented by Mr- J. Goffart. 

 This plant is one of the sources of the drug known as 

 senna. It is grown extensively in India and Arabia. 

 Watt, in his Commercial products of India, says of its 

 culture: "It is so,-,n on red or black clay loams , fairly 

 liberally plowed and manured, the sowing being in May. 

 V/eeding has to be attended to, but irrigation is hardly, 

 if ever, necessary. The season for collecting the 

 leaves Is June to December." 



Cueumis nielo ( Cucur b itaceae), 47946. Muskmelon . 

 From Fresno, Calif. Presented by Mr. A. C. Jewett. 

 "No. 1. A variety of Afghan melon which matures very 

 late in the fall. It is very superior to the common 

 run of melons." (Jewett.) 



