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  29328. 
  Podophyllum 
  emodi 
  Wall. 
  

  

  From 
  Sibpur, 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  January 
  3, 
  1911. 
  

   "Fruit 
  edible 
  as 
  in 
  American 
  species 
  {Podophyllum 
  peltatum). 
  Probably 
  like 
  this 
  

   can 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  purgative 
  and 
  hepatic 
  stimulant." 
  ( 
  Von 
  Mueller.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  22552 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  ranges 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  6,000 
  

   to 
  14,000 
  feet, 
  between 
  Hazara 
  and 
  Sikkim, 
  northern 
  India. 
  

  

  29329. 
  Diospyros 
  sp. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Waldo, 
  Fla. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  K. 
  Godbey. 
  Received 
  January 
  4, 
  1911. 
  

   Godbey's 
  Seedless. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  luscious 
  persimmon 
  that 
  is 
  absolutely 
  puckerless. 
  

  

  29330. 
  Cyclanthera 
  pedata 
  (L.) 
  Schrad. 
  Caigua. 
  

   From 
  Mollendo, 
  Peru. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Morrison, 
  American 
  consular 
  

  

  agent. 
  Received 
  January 
  4, 
  1911. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  caigua 
  is 
  eaten 
  as 
  a 
  vegetable. 
  My 
  cook 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  fruit 
  

   is 
  first 
  cleaned 
  of 
  the 
  seeds 
  and 
  the 
  division 
  that 
  separates 
  the 
  rows, 
  then 
  boiled, 
  but 
  

   not 
  too 
  tender; 
  a 
  forcemeat 
  composed 
  of 
  finely 
  chopped 
  meat, 
  raisins, 
  walnuts, 
  and 
  

   chopped 
  hard-boiled 
  eggs, 
  with 
  seasoning, 
  fills 
  the 
  interior; 
  the 
  outside 
  is 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  beaten 
  egg 
  and 
  flour, 
  and 
  the 
  caiguas 
  are 
  then 
  fried; 
  or 
  a 
  sauce 
  is 
  

   made 
  with 
  milk, 
  flour, 
  etc., 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  the 
  caigua 
  is 
  stewed." 
  (Morrison.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  3096 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  Orizaba 
  in 
  southern 
  Mexico 
  southward 
  through 
  

   Guatemala 
  and 
  Colombia 
  to 
  Peru. 
  

  

  29331 
  and 
  29332. 
  

  

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

   Cultura 
  Experimental 
  Paraense, 
  Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Received 
  January 
  5, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fischer: 
  

  

  29331. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaya. 
  

   " 
  Seeds 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  probably 
  our 
  best 
  variety 
  of 
  mamao. 
  The 
  specimen 
  I 
  had 
  

  

  must 
  have 
  been 
  17 
  or 
  18 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  weighed 
  9 
  pounds. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  

   slightly 
  larger 
  ones 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  plant. 
  The 
  fruit 
  was 
  of 
  excellent 
  flavor 
  and 
  

   contained 
  but 
  few 
  seeds. 
  In 
  a 
  year 
  or 
  even 
  10 
  months 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  obtain 
  

   ripe 
  fruits 
  from 
  the 
  papaya 
  in 
  this 
  climate. 
  Here 
  in 
  Belem 
  a 
  papaya 
  like 
  the 
  

   one 
  described 
  sells 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  dollar." 
  

  

  29332. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   "Seeds 
  of 
  a 
  muskmelon, 
  the 
  only 
  kind 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  markets 
  of 
  Belem, 
  but 
  

  

  even 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  grown 
  near 
  here, 
  but 
  in 
  Santarem, 
  about 
  500 
  miles 
  up 
  the 
  river. 
  

   The 
  fruit 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  is 
  long, 
  smooth, 
  and 
  distinctly 
  ribbed; 
  the 
  flesh 
  is 
  

   orange 
  colored 
  and 
  of 
  very 
  good 
  flavor. 
  This 
  particular 
  specimen 
  weighed 
  

   14 
  pounds, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  average 
  weight. 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  needless 
  to 
  advise 
  

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