3590. 
3951. 
3952. 
3953- 
3954- 
3955. 
3956. 
3957- 
3958. 
3959- 
( 180 ) 
Another specimen of the same. Acquired by H. H. Rusby in the Trinidad 
Botanic Garden, May, 1896. 
Sapote de Ave. Bird sapota.—The fruit of Sideroxylon mexicanum Hemsl. 
(?) Native of Mexico. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Limon, Guerrero, 
Mexico, July, 1910. 
Mamey.—The fruit of Lucuma serpentaria H. B. K. Native of Cuba and 
cultivated. Collected by Britton & Wilson at Cienfuegos Bay, Cuba, 
March, 1910. 
Sapote boracho. Sapote amarillo. Yellow sapota.—The fruit of Lucuma 
salicifolia H. B. K. Native of Mexico and cultivated. Acquired by H. H. 
Rusby in the market of Mexico City. 
White sapote. Marmalade fruit. Bully-tree—The fruit of Lucuma 
mammosa (L.) Juss. Native of the West Indies and cultivated. Same 
source as last. 
A large-fruited cultivated form of the same. Same source. 
A sapote of unknown botanical origin. 
An undetermined sapotaceous fruit from the Trinidad Botanic Garden 
Kaffir orange.—The fruit of Strychnos spinosa Lam. (Loganiaceae—Nux- 
vomica Family). Native of South Africa. Acquired by J. K. Small from 
cultivated trees at Miami, Florida. Presented by Edward Simmonds. 
THE PERSIMMON FAMILY (£benaceae) 
Persimmon. Date plum. Winter plum.—The fruit of Diospyros virginiana 
L. Native of the eastern United States. Collected at Metuchin, New 
Jersey, by L. M. Underwood, October, 1got. 
3959.1. Mosier’s persimmon.—The fruit of Diospyros Mosteri Small. Native 
3960. 
3961. 
3962. 
3963. 
3964. 
3965. 
3966. 
of southern Florida. Presented by C. A. Mosier. 
Sapote negra. Sapote prieta. Black sapota—The fruit of Drospyros 
Ebenaster Retz. Native of the East Indies and cultivated. Purchased by 
H. H. Rusby in the market of Mexico City. 
Another sample of the same. 
Japanese persimmon.—The fruit of Diospyros Kaki L.f. Native of Japan 
and cultivated. Acquired by J. C. Greene at Miami, Florida, January, 
1904. 
Another specimen of the same. From the New York market. 
Tsuro-no-ko. Stork’s-egg.—A _ small-fruited variety of the preceding. 
From the P. J. Berkman’s Company, Augusta, Georgia. 
Philippine persimmon.—The fruit of Diospyros discolor Willd. Native of the 
Philippine Islands. Acquired by H. H. Rusby in the Trinidad Botanic 
Garden, May, 1896. 
THE OLIVE FAMILY (Oleaceae) 
Mayepia fruit—The fruit of Mayepia macrocarpa Rusby. Native of 
southwestern Mexico. Discovered and collected by H. H. Rusby on Limon 
Mountain, Guerrero, Mexico, July, 1910. 
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