﻿1910. 
  29 
  

  

  28564 
  to 
  28568— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28568. 
  Rupee. 
  "This 
  is 
  also 
  called 
  'Two-Shilling.' 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  sparse 
  bearer; 
  

   fruit 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  local 
  (Ceylon) 
  varieties, 
  of 
  first 
  quality; 
  skin 
  pale 
  green; 
  

   seed 
  small 
  compared 
  to 
  size 
  of 
  fruit; 
  ripens 
  late 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  good 
  keeper. 
  

   The 
  tree 
  is 
  no 
  c 
  a 
  free 
  grower 
  and 
  is 
  tender. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  scarce 
  and 
  expen- 
  

   sive. 
  Requires 
  very 
  careful 
  ripening." 
  

  

  28569 
  to 
  28582. 
  Musa 
  spp. 
  Banana. 
  

  

  From 
  Paramaribo, 
  Surinam. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Goldsmith 
  H. 
  Williams, 
  manager, 
  

   United 
  Fruit 
  Co. 
  Received 
  July 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

   Suckers 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Williams: 
  

   28569 
  to 
  28580. 
  Musa 
  sp. 
  

  

  28569. 
  "Bas 
  Joe. 
  From 
  southern 
  China. 
  Has 
  seeds 
  in 
  very 
  small 
  

   fruit." 
  

  

  28570. 
  " 
  Cinerea 
  Sahramphur. 
  Short, 
  slim-pointed 
  fruit 
  of 
  good 
  

   flavor." 
  

  

  28571. 
  "Congo." 
  

  

  28572. 
  "Dwarf 
  banana, 
  frequently 
  called 
  Cavendishii." 
  

  

  28573. 
  "Jamaica 
  banana." 
  

  

  28574. 
  "Large 
  Horse 
  banana. 
  Sweeter 
  than 
  the 
  plantain. 
  Very 
  

   good 
  fried 
  or 
  roasted." 
  

  

  28575. 
  "Pisang 
  Ambon. 
  A 
  trifle 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  Horse 
  banana 
  of 
  

   Florida 
  and 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  shape." 
  

  

  28576. 
  "Pisang 
  Celat. 
  Small, 
  sweet 
  fruit 
  with 
  13 
  to 
  16 
  hands 
  on 
  a 
  

   bunch." 
  

  

  28577. 
  "Pisang 
  Kudjo. 
  Red 
  banana." 
  

  

  28578. 
  "Pisang 
  Siam. 
  Much 
  like 
  the 
  Horse 
  banana 
  of 
  Florida." 
  

  

  28579. 
  "Pisang 
  Susa. 
  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  ordinary 
  Apple 
  banana." 
  

  

  28580. 
  "Rubra 
  India 
  Sapientum 
  Dacca. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  silver-skin 
  varie- 
  

   ties. 
  What 
  we 
  term 
  silver 
  skin 
  is 
  a 
  fruit 
  that 
  is 
  like 
  the 
  red 
  banana 
  

   in 
  shape 
  and 
  flavor, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  clear, 
  yellow 
  skin." 
  

  

  28581. 
  Musa 
  rosacea 
  Jacq. 
  

  

  "Variety 
  Chittagong. 
  Very 
  small, 
  with 
  seeds. 
  New 
  York 
  Botanical 
  Gar- 
  

   den 
  No. 
  9636." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  lower 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  Himalayas 
  in 
  Chittagong, 
  

   upper 
  Burma, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Konkan 
  region 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  coast 
  of 
  India; 
  said 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  introduced 
  from 
  Mauritius 
  in 
  1805. 
  

  

  28582. 
  Musa 
  zebrina 
  Van 
  Houtte. 
  

  

  "Reddish 
  leaves. 
  Very 
  small 
  worthless 
  fruit, 
  with 
  seeds. 
  Good 
  as 
  an 
  orna- 
  

   mental 
  plant." 
  

  

  28583. 
  Akracacia 
  xanthorrhiza 
  Bancroft. 
  Arracacha. 
  

  

  From 
  Caracas, 
  Venezuela. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Senor 
  Antonio 
  Valero 
  Lara. 
  Received 
  

   July 
  26, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  3511 
  for 
  description. 
  

   223 
  

  

  