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grown. It has been this way as long as I can remember — at least for 25 

 years. There might occasionally be a year with a few good fruits; but, as 

 a rule, there are none. However, there is one man about here who has been 

 cultivating these fairly extensively and keeping his trees thoroughly sprayed, 

 and I am getting the seed from him. There is just a possibility of these being 

 crossed with Primus americana, as he has a few trees of the latter in his 

 orchard." ( Macoun. ) 



45230. Brunsfelsia hopeana (Hook.) Bentham. Solanacese. 



From Para, Brazil. Seeds presented by Senhor J. Simao da Costa. Re- 

 ceived October 1, 1917. 

 " A slender twiggy free-branching shrub ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, thin in 

 texture, rich dark green, paler beneath. Flowers small but freely produced, 

 solitary or in pairs all along the leafy growths; limb light violet-blue on first 

 opening, fading to almost pure white with age ; tube very slender, curved 

 upwards, nearly white, 1 inch long ; calyx three-fourths of an inch long, teeth 

 obtuse." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 582.) 



45231. Annona marcgravii Mart. Annonacese. 



From Caracas, Venezuela. Seeds presented by Mr. Henri Pittier, director, 

 Estaci6n Experimental y Catastro de Baldios. Received October 4, 

 1917. 

 A tree with the trunk, form of the branches, and color of the bark resem- 

 bling those of the orange, but with different leaves, flowers, and fruit. Its 

 leaves are about half a foot long, deep green and glossy above, pale green be- 

 neath, and tongue shaped. The yellow flower is large and conspicuous, and 

 has a sickening sweet odor. It is followed by the fruit, which ripens in 

 December and January. This fruit, which is conoid in shape and about 5 

 inches in greatest diameter, is green and white mixed or pale green on the 

 outside, and the surface is areoled, with a brown tubercle in each areole. Not 

 until the fruit falls of its own accord is it eaten, and then it is so soft that 

 it can be peeled with the fingers. The yellowish pulp has an odor like ferment- 

 ing bread dough to which honey has been added, with a sweetish subacid and 

 somewhat bitter taste. The seeds are oval, golden yellow and glossy, smooth, 

 and hard. This tree is a native of Brazil and Venezuela. (Adapted from 

 S afford, Contributions from the National Herbarium, vol. 18, pt. 1, p. 25.) 



45232. Lycopersicon esculenttjm Mill. Solanacese. Tomato. 



From the Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. O. D. Conger, U. S. N., 

 Washington, D. C. Received October 5, 1917. 



" From the Province of Cavite, near the municipality of Alfonso. Seeds 

 of a tomato growing wild in the Philippines. The vine should spread out 

 in every direction and climb up on any near-by house or tree. I found these 

 vines growing in the jungles usually in places where there had been habita- 

 tions in former times. The fruit grows to the size of a large cherry." 

 ( Conger. ) 



45233 and 45234. Triticum aestivum L. Poacese. Wheat. 



(T. vulgar e Vill.) 

 From Tokyo, Japan. Presented by Mr. Teizo Ito, chief, Plant Industry 

 Division, Imperial Department of Agriculture and Commerce. Received 

 October 12, 1917. 



45233. Iga-chikugo. 45234. Aka-komugi. 



