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small white flowers which give the bush when in flower a snowlike 

 appearance. It stands clipping well and should make a good dwarf 

 border hedge." 

 47193. Templetonia sp. Fabacese. 



"A shrub which produces large pinkish flowers in winter; from 

 Oottesloe Beach, Western Australia. It grows well in sand." 



47194 to 47197. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Botanic Garden. Re- 

 ceived March 7, 1919. Quoted notes by Wilson Popenoe. 

 47194 and 47195. Lansium domesticum Jack. Meliacese. Lang-sat. 



47194. " This, like the mangosteen, is a delicious oriental fruit not 

 yet well established in America. While it is not so famous as the 

 mangosteen, it is highly esteemed throughout the Malayan region 

 and is praised by many travelers. Judging from our limited 

 experience with it, the langsat is slightly hardier than the mango- 

 steen, and there seems to be no reason why it should not succeed 

 with us. A few plants have been grown in the West Indies and 

 other parts of the American Tropics, but I have yet to hear of its 

 fruiting outside the Orient. The langsat has two allies in America ; 

 one is the well-known umbrella tree (Melia azedarach) naturalized 

 in the Southern States ; the other is the tropical mahogany 

 (Siuietenia mahagoni) . The genus Lansium, to which the langsat 

 belongs, is a small one ; and this species is the only one culti- 

 vated for its fruit. 



" The tree is rather slender in habit, with a straight trunk and 

 compound leaves composed of three, or more pairs of elliptic to 

 obovate leaflets 3 or 4 inches in length. The fruits, which ripen in 

 the Straits Settlements from July to September, are produced in 

 small clusters ; in general appearance they suggest large loquats, 

 the surface being straw colored and slightly downy. The. skin is 

 thick and leathery and does not adhere to the white, translucent 

 flesh, which separates into five segments. The flavor is highly 

 aromatic, at times slightly pungent. Each segment of the flesh 

 normally contains an oval seed, but some of the segments in each 

 fruit are usually seedless. The fruit is commonly eaten while 

 fresh, but it is said also to be utilized in various other ways. 



" The name lanzon is applied to this fruit in the Philippine 

 Islands, but langsat, or lanseh, is the form used in the Malay 

 Peninsula." 

 47195. " Duku, or dockoe. The duku, a fruit closely resembling the 

 langsat, is commonly considered a botanical variety of Lansium 

 domesticum." 

 47196 and 47197. Nephelium lappaceum L. Sapindaceae. Rambutan. 

 " The rambutan is one of the commonest and at the same time most 

 palatable fruits of the Malay Peninsula. Trees are to be seen in almost 

 every garden in Singapore and Penang, and in its season the fruit is 

 hawked everywhere in the streets. 



" The tree grows to a height of about 40 feet and when in fruit is a 

 handsome sight, the terminal clusters of bright crimson fruits being pro- 



