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Nanchi amarilla. Yellow nanchi—The fruit of Byrsonima Karwinskiana 
Juss. Same family. Native of Mexico. Collected by H. H. Rusby near 
Limon, Guerrero, Mexico, July 3, 1910. 
Another sample of the same. Purchased in the market of Cordova, Mexico, 
by H. H. Rusby. 
West Indian gooseberry. Otahita gooseberry.—The fruit of Cicca disticha 
L. (Euphorbiaceae—Spurge Family). Native of the East Indies and cul- 
tivated. Acquired in Porto Rico, January 3, 1899, by A. A. Heller. 
Another specimen of the preceding. Grown at Miami, Florida, by E. E. 
Bessey. 
Another specimen of the same. 
Crowberry. Black-berried Heath.—The fruit of Empetrum nigrum L. (Em- 
petraceae—Crow-berry family). Native of the north temperate zone. 
Collected by N. McCook at Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, 1920. 
THE SUMAC FAMILY (Anacardiaceae) 
Cashew. Caju. Acajou. The fleshy-thickened edible stems of the pod of 
Anacardium occidentale L. (See No. 2713). Presented by the New York 
College of Pharmacy. 
Another specimen of the same. Acquired by G. V. Nash, in Haiti, in 1903. 
Another sample acquired by H. H. Rusby at the Trinidad Botanic Garden 
in 1896. 
Preserved cashews. 
Pale-greén mangoes.—The fruits of a cultivated variety of Mangifera indica 
L. Native of the East Indies and cultivated in all tropical regions. Ac- 
quired in Trinidad, West Indies, by H. H. Rusby, in 1896. 
Indian mangoes.—The same, obtained in Singapore by Percy Wilson, in 
1902. 
Large yellow and red mangoes. Collected at Sacupana, Venezuela, by 
H. H. Rusby, in 1896. 
Jules mangoes. Grown in the Trinidad Botanic Garden and presented 
by Miss Hart, in 1912. 
No. 11 Mango. Presented by Mrs. Brockman-Jacosch, July, 1913. 
Spanish plum. Ciruela. Hog plum.—The fruit of Spondias purpurea 
L. Native of tropical America and cultivated. Acquired on the Upper 
Rio Negro, Brazil, by Weiss & Schmidt, 1907-8. 
Another sample of the same. Acquired at Sagua, Cuba, by N. L. Britton, 
September 5, 1904. 
Another sample, from Mexico. Acquired in the market of Mexico City by 
H. H. Rusby, in 1896. 
Red hog plum. Another variety of the same. Acquired in the market of 
Queretaro, Mexico, by H. H. Rusby, in 1910. 
Akee. Akebia.—The fruit of Blighia sapida Koenig. (Sapindaceae—Soap- 
berry family). Native of tropical Africa and cultivated in tropical regions. 
The pulp is delicious but the seeds are poisonous. Obtained in Nassau, 
Bahamas, by N. L. Britton, August, 1904. 
