﻿OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1918. 15 



46635 to 46642. 



From the Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, agricultural 

 adviser, Zamboanga. Received October 7, 1918. Quoted notes by Mr. 

 Wester except as otherwise indicated. 



46635. Artocarptts odoeatissima Blanco. Moracese. Marang. 

 14 I might mention that after four years I have renewed my acquain- 

 tance with the marang, and I want to reiterate that it is the best fruit 

 of the genus that I have eaten. Iced, it is a very delicious fruit indeed." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 36256. 



46636. Carissa carandas L. Apocynacese. Natal plum. 

 "A thorny shrub from India, with plumlike black fruits having semi- 

 transparent subacid flesh of very good flavor. A very good fruit eaten 

 out of hand, and it would probably make a good preserve. One of the 

 best small fruits introduced into the Philippine Islands within recent 

 years." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41506. 



46637. Citrus sp. Rutacese. 

 " Bankit, from Jolo, Sulu." 



46638. Erythrina sp. Fabaceae. 



"A giant tree from Lamao, Mindanao, attaining a height of 50 feet 

 and a trunk diameter of 5 to 6 feet. Sometimes planted as shade for 

 coffee." 



46639. Ficus sp. Moracese. "Fig. 

 11 Very ornamental, with drooping willowlike branches." 



46640. Heterospathe elata Scheff. Phoenicacese. Palm. 

 "A tall, unarmed palm, with a slender, straight stem and long pinnate 



leaves, growing in protected situations and where the rainfall is evenly 

 distributed. It is one of the most attractive and graceful palms that I 

 have seen, and from my experience with it at Lamao it will make a good 

 plant for the conservatory, and possibly a good house palm." 



46641. Colubrina ASiATicA (L.) Brongn. Rhamnacese. 



"A glabrous shrub with alternate leaves and axillary clusters of small 

 greenish flowers having a fleshy disk in the calyx tube, suggesting the 

 genus Euonymus or Ceanothus. 



" This plant is widely spread in Polynesia and is found in India, 

 Ceylon, Java, Borneo, New Guinea, Australia, and southwestern Africa. 

 In Samoa and in Fiji the leaves are used for washing. They form a 

 lather in water like soap. The vernacular name in Fiji signifies ' much 

 lather ' or ' big foam.' The special use to which it is devoted in Samoa 

 is the cleansing and bleaching of the white shaggy mats which the natives 

 make of the fiber of an urticaceous plant, Cypholophus macrocephalus." 

 (Safford, Useful Plants of Guam, p. 246.) 



46642. Trichosanthes quinquangulata A. Gray. Cucurbitacese. 



"A climbing annual vine with globose, carmine-colored fruits some- 

 what larger than an apple. The fruits keep indefinitely and retain their 

 color for many weeks." 



