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21257. Anon a sp. (?). 



From Tula, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Edward Everest, 

 through Mr. O. W. Barrett. Received August 7, 1907. 

 "Agnatoso, a fruit which resembles the cherimoyer in appearance." (Everest.) 



21258 to -21260. Phoenix dactylifera. Date. 



From Bagdad, Arabia. Received through Mr. William C. Magelssen, Amer- 

 ican consul, August 9, 1907. 



21258. Ascherasi. 21260. MaJctum. 



21259. Zelwdi. 



Date seeds from which to propagate seedling date orchards. 



21261. Xanthorrhoea tateana. Australian grass-tree. 



From Melbourne, Australia. Presented by Mr. W. R. Guilfoyle, director, 

 Botanic Gardens, through Mr. David Fairchild. Received August 6, 1907. 



21262. Lagenaria vulgaris. G-ourd. 



From Columbia, Isle of Pines. Presented by Dr. F. R. Ramsdell. Received 

 August 12, 1907. 

 "Upo. Grown from seeds procured from Mr. W. S. Lyon, Manila Bureau of 

 Agriculture, who says fruits are to be eaten green, like summer squash. The 

 one from which this seed was procured was 2 feet long, of a beautiful white 

 color, smooth, and was tender until full grown. Instead of drying up like a 

 gourd the meat, 2 inches thick, retained its consistency and was cooked and 

 eaten weeks after it was ripe. It was not very good ripe, being very like 

 watermelon rind, but when preserved was found to be very nice. It should be 

 eaten when nearly grown but still tender." (Ramsdell.) 



21263 to 21266. Colocasia antiquorum. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. M. Treub, director of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. Received August 13, 1907. 



A collection of four varieties, marked, respectively, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 : 1 and 

 2, Tales ketan; 3 and 4, Tales helang. 



21267 to 21268. 



From Poole, Trinidad. Received through Mr. O. W. Barrett, Port of Spain, 

 Trinidad, August 15, 1907. 



21267. Dioscorea sp. Yam. 

 "A cultivated variety apparently distinct from any now in the collec- 

 tion of the Department and said to be of excellent quality." (Barrett.) 



21268. Brownea coccinea (?). 



"A tree of the virgin forest; flowers large, red." (Barrett.) 



21276. Garclnia mangostana. Mango steen. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Received from Mr. H. F. MacMillan, Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, August 22, 1907. 



" Seed of the well-known delicious fruit tree of the eastern Tropics." (Fair- 

 child.) 



21277. Gymnocladus chinensis. 



From Ning-po, China. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural 

 explorer, August 24, 1907. 



"(No. 738a, July 5, 1907.) One of the soap trees of which the pods are used 

 as a substitute for soap with which to wash ladies' hair in China. Seeds for- 

 merly sent under Nos. 202a and 203a (S. P. I. Nos. 18432 and 18433) ." (Meyer.) 

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