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  APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  21 
  

  

  27574. 
  Datura 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Monterey, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  A. 
  Greene, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Peter 
  Bisset. 
  

   Received 
  April 
  26, 
  1910. 
  

   A 
  supposedly 
  red-flowered 
  variety. 
  

  

  27575. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaya. 
  

  

  From 
  Dongola, 
  111. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Rose 
  Valley 
  Nurseries, 
  Martin 
  Lewis 
  

  

  Benson, 
  proprietor. 
  Received 
  April 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "The 
  female 
  plants 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  bear 
  a 
  fruit 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  muskmelon 
  and 
  

  

  are 
  as 
  easily 
  fruited 
  under 
  glass 
  as 
  the 
  tomato. 
  The 
  male 
  plants 
  produce 
  in 
  long 
  

  

  racemes 
  and 
  in 
  large 
  clusters 
  enormous 
  quantities 
  of 
  beautiful, 
  waxlike, 
  star-shaped 
  

  

  flowers." 
  (Rose 
  Valley 
  Nurseries.) 
  (Seed.) 
  

  

  27576 
  to 
  27579. 
  

  

  From 
  Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Fischer, 
  acting 
  director, 
  Campo 
  de 
  

   Cultura 
  Experimental 
  Paraense. 
  Received 
  April 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27576. 
  Paspalum 
  maritimum 
  Trin. 
  

  

  "This 
  grass 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  take 
  possession 
  of 
  clearings, 
  and 
  is 
  much 
  relished 
  by 
  

   cattle, 
  and 
  consequently 
  highly 
  valued 
  by 
  the 
  natives. 
  It 
  grows 
  with 
  astonish- 
  

   ing 
  rapidity, 
  throwing 
  out 
  runners 
  20 
  to 
  30 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  time. 
  

   Its 
  height 
  when 
  in 
  flower 
  is 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  feet. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  rather 
  thick 
  rhizome, 
  which 
  

   does 
  not 
  dry 
  out 
  easily, 
  and 
  consequently 
  makes 
  the 
  grass 
  very 
  hard 
  to 
  extermi- 
  

   nate 
  when 
  once 
  established. 
  For 
  Florida 
  it 
  would 
  probably 
  make 
  an 
  excellent 
  

   sand 
  binder 
  and 
  pasture. 
  This 
  grass, 
  according 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Huber, 
  here, 
  has 
  never 
  

   been 
  named, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  whether 
  it 
  is 
  indigenous 
  or 
  introduced. 
  From 
  

   its 
  behavior 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  introduced." 
  (Fischer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Bahia 
  and 
  Para, 
  in 
  Brazil, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   Guianas. 
  

  

  27577. 
  Ambelania 
  tenuiplora 
  Muell. 
  Arg. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  called 
  here 
  Pepino 
  do 
  mato, 
  i. 
  e., 
  cucumber 
  of 
  the 
  woods, 
  or 
  wood 
  

   cucumber. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  yellow 
  fruit 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  cacao 
  fruit. 
  

   It 
  contains 
  two 
  seed 
  cavities 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  white 
  flesh 
  of 
  rather 
  firm 
  consis- 
  

   tency 
  containing 
  an 
  abundant 
  supply 
  of 
  latex. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  fruit 
  that 
  I 
  could 
  

   recommend 
  very 
  highly. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  eat 
  it, 
  although 
  it 
  is 
  eaten 
  by 
  

   the 
  natives." 
  (Fischer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  primeval 
  woods 
  along 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Amazon 
  in 
  the 
  

   Province 
  of 
  Para, 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  27578. 
  Rheedia 
  macrophylla 
  (Mart.) 
  Planch. 
  & 
  Triana. 
  

  

  "Bacury 
  pary 
  (pronounced 
  Bah-coo-ree 
  pah-rei). 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  yellow 
  or 
  orange- 
  

   yellow 
  fruit 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  an 
  egg, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  pronounced 
  beak 
  at 
  the 
  calyx 
  end 
  

   and 
  filled 
  with 
  four 
  seeds, 
  each 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  agreeable- 
  

   tasting 
  and 
  refreshing 
  acidulous 
  pulp. 
  This 
  tree 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  quite 
  common 
  

   about 
  Para, 
  but 
  as 
  yet 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  one, 
  having 
  purchased 
  the 
  fruits 
  on 
  the 
  

   market. 
  The 
  basketful 
  as 
  I 
  purchased 
  it 
  smelled 
  exactly 
  like 
  a 
  basketful 
  of 
  

   gooseberries." 
  (Fischer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  French 
  and 
  Dutch 
  Guiana 
  and 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Amazon 
  in 
  the 
  

   Province 
  of 
  Para, 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  27579. 
  Rollinia 
  orthopetala 
  A. 
  DC. 
  

  

  "This 
  is, 
  as 
  Prof. 
  Baker 
  wrote, 
  the 
  finest 
  anonaceous 
  fruit 
  in 
  tropical 
  Amer- 
  

   ica. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  tasted 
  that 
  I 
  liked, 
  and 
  on 
  first 
  trial 
  

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