﻿22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



rounded apex and broadly rounded. base, and the upper surface is glabrescent 

 while the lower is usually, pale and more or less pubescent. The solitary 

 flowers are borne on spreading or decurved peduncles, one-third of an inch 

 to 1£ inches long. The edible fruit is erect or pendent, yellow or orange 

 when ripe, and 1$ inches or more in diameter. This plant has been found in 

 Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea, north-central Bornu, Nile Land, and Mozam- 

 bique District. (Adapted from Oliver, Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. 1, p. 16.) 



45799. Jttglans regia L. Juglandacese. Walnut. 



From India. Nuts presented by Mr. C. C. Calder, Curator of the Herba- 

 rium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sibpur, near Calcutta, who obtained them 

 from Mr. Green, Cinchona Plantation, Munsong. Received January 26, 

 1918. 

 "No. 2. The large-leaved, large-seeded walnut. The trees of this kind 

 are more spreading than and not so lofty as those of the common kind. It 

 attains a very large size." (Green.) 



45800 and 45801. Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Malvaceae. Roselle. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by the Bureau of Agricul- 

 ture. Received January 30, 1918. 



45800. Archer. " Plant robust, frequently exceeding 1.60 meters in 

 height, branching freely, all parts of the plant being greenish or 

 whitish; stems nearly smooth; leaf lobes rather narrow; flowers 

 smaller than those of the red types ; eye yellowish ; pollen pale yellow ; 

 stigma green; full-grown calyx greenish white, sparsely covered with 

 short stiff bristles ; average length of calyx 45 mm., width 26 mm., 

 including epicalyx 32 mm. 



" The Archer is very prolific, the fruit is somewhat less acid than 

 that of the red types, and the products made from it are whitish 

 or amber colored. In the West Indies a wine is made from this 

 variety which is said to resemble champagne in taste and appearance. 



" Seed of the above-described variety was received from Mr. A. S. 

 Archer, Antigua, British West Indies, by the writer early in 1913, 

 and it was tested at the Lamao Experiment Station the same year. It 

 has been named in honor of Mr. Archer." (Wester, Philippine Agricul- 

 tural Review, June, 191^.) 



45801. Rico. " The young plants of the Rico retain their unifoliate leaf 

 characters longer than the Victor, and the leaves later are mostly 

 tripartite instead of five parted. The stems and calyces are dark 

 red and the leaves dark green with reddish veins. The pollen is 

 golden yellow. The calyx is of about the same length as that of the 

 Victor [45 to 50 mm.], but of greater equatorial diameter [28 mm.] ; 

 the fleshy spines subtending the calyx lobes are stout and stand at 

 nearly a straight angle from the axis of the fruit; the apex of the 

 calyx lobes is frequently incurved. 



" The Rico has been named and described from plants grown from 

 seed obtained by the writer in 1911 from Mr. J. B. Higgins, horticul- 

 turist of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, and has prob- 

 ably descended from a variety grown in 1902 in the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Mayaguez, Porto Rico, by Mr. O. W. Barrett, 

 now chief of the division of 'experiment stations of this Bureau." 

 (Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review, March, 1912.) 



