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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27567. 
  Anona 
  cherimola 
  Miller. 
  Cherimoya. 
  

  

  From 
  Chile. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hervey 
  Gulick, 
  Gatico, 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  April 
  

   15, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "This 
  seed 
  is 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  pear 
  shaped 
  and 
  the 
  size 
  

   of 
  a 
  large 
  orange, 
  occasionally 
  reaching 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  The 
  flavor 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  

   pitchy 
  or 
  piney, 
  but 
  very 
  good. 
  The 
  tree 
  grows 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  Chile, 
  also 
  in 
  

   Peru, 
  semitropical 
  climates. 
  Central 
  California 
  should 
  be 
  suitable 
  for 
  its 
  growth." 
  

   {Gulick.) 
  

  

  27568 
  to 
  27570. 
  

  

  From 
  Ceylon, 
  India. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Albert 
  J. 
  Perkins. 
  Received 
  April 
  11, 
  

   1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27568. 
  Bombax 
  malabaricum 
  DC. 
  

  

  "A 
  large 
  tree 
  with 
  a 
  buttressed 
  base 
  like 
  southern 
  cypress; 
  large 
  maroon 
  

   flowers, 
  and 
  pods 
  which 
  contain 
  a 
  cotton 
  that 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  making 
  fabrics." 
  

   (Perkins.) 
  

  

  27569. 
  Canavali 
  gladiatum 
  (Jacq.) 
  DC. 
  

   White 
  seeded. 
  

  

  27570. 
  Pongam 
  pinnata 
  (L.) 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tall, 
  erect 
  tree 
  or 
  climber 
  with 
  glabrous 
  branches 
  and 
  

   leaves, 
  found 
  in 
  India 
  from 
  the 
  central 
  Himalayas 
  to 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  Malacca, 
  and 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  Malayan 
  islands 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  Australia. 
  

  

  27571 
  and 
  27572. 
  

  

  From 
  Ancon, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  Panama. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  N. 
  E. 
  Coffey, 
  quartermas- 
  

   ter, 
  Ancon 
  Hospital, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  F. 
  Schultz. 
  Received 
  April 
  18, 
  

   1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27571. 
  Caryophylltjs 
  jambos 
  (L.) 
  Stokes. 
  Rose-apple. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  2941 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Probably 
  native 
  of 
  India; 
  cultivated 
  and 
  naturalized 
  from 
  

   India 
  to 
  Australia. 
  

  

  27572. 
  Chrysophyllum 
  cainito 
  L. 
  Star-apple. 
  

   "One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  fruit 
  trees 
  indigenous 
  to 
  the 
  Canal 
  Zone 
  and 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  native 
  (Panama) 
  and 
  West 
  Indian 
  settlements. 
  The 
  

   trees 
  attain 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  from 
  25 
  to 
  75 
  feet 
  and 
  are 
  characterized 
  by 
  their 
  

   magnificent 
  evergreen 
  foliage, 
  dark 
  green 
  above, 
  and 
  aureate, 
  sometimes 
  glau- 
  

   cous, 
  beneath. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  highly 
  prized 
  by 
  the 
  natives, 
  but, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   milky 
  and 
  gluelike 
  juice 
  it 
  contains, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  as 
  general 
  favor 
  among 
  Ameri- 
  

   cans 
  as 
  its 
  otherwise 
  pleasant 
  taste 
  would 
  indicate. 
  It 
  has 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  apple, 
  globose 
  and 
  regularly 
  6 
  to 
  10 
  celled, 
  so 
  that, 
  when 
  halved, 
  

   the 
  inside 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  presents 
  a 
  star-shaped 
  formation, 
  each 
  segment 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  one 
  seed, 
  rarely, 
  through 
  abortion, 
  none. 
  

  

  "The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  berry 
  is 
  pale 
  green, 
  blue, 
  or 
  purple; 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  this 
  

   introduction 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  purple, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  supposed 
  to 
  come 
  true 
  to 
  form 
  

   through 
  seeds. 
  The 
  pulp 
  has 
  a 
  jelly-like 
  consistency 
  and, 
  when 
  fully 
  ripe, 
  a 
  

   rich 
  yet 
  delicate 
  flavor." 
  (Schultz.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Cultivated 
  and 
  probably 
  native 
  in 
  Panama, 
  Colombia, 
  Peru, 
  

   Guiana, 
  and 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

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