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red ovate fruits, V2 inch long, are in numerous clusters from the axils of 

 the leaves near the end of the branch. 



137994. Sterculia sp. Sterculiaceae. 



No. 62. Plants collected at the Cadwallader Gibson Concession, Tandoc, 

 Carmarines Sur, Luzon, Philippine Islands, November 12, 1939. A small 

 tree, with handsome fruits resembling scarlet velvet when ripe, bright yel- 

 low when immature. 



137995. Tabernaemontana sp. Apocynaceae. 



No. 3417. From Paloe, Celebes, March 23, 1940. A bushy shrub up to 10 

 feet high, with opposite, light-green, glabrous leaves, prominently veined 

 beneath, 4 inches long, l 1 /^ inches broad. The flowers are white, five-petaled, 

 with a trumpet-shaped tube about 1 inch long and 1 inch across, and occur 

 in dense clusters. The orange-colored fruits, borne in pairs, resemble a pair 

 of horns somewhat flattened at base, 2 inches long and % inch wide, and 

 when open expose the seeds covered by an orange pulp. 



137996 Tabernaemontana sp. 



No. 3450. From Pina-dopa, Posso, Celebes, March 15, 1940. A small, 

 spreading tree up to 35 feet high, with oblong acuminated, thick leaves V2 

 by SV2 inches, with milky juice in the veins; the large, white-petaled flowers 

 are trumpet-shaped. The large orange fruits are irregularly ovate, with 

 four or five prominent veins running parallel to the axis of fruit. The dried 

 latex from the stem or fruit is of the consistency of chewing gum and 

 can be chewed. 



137997. Tephrosia sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 3455. From Sindjar, Malino Road, Celebes, April 13, 1940. A small 

 shrub, with compound leaves up to 10 inches long, and leaflets up to 3^ 

 inches long and W2 inches wide; the white, fragrant flowers are IY2 inches 

 long. 



137998. Trichosanthes sp. Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 263. From Kabata, eastern Java, March 18, 1940. A rampant vine, 

 with palmately lobed rough leaves, 6 inches across, and brilliant dark 

 lacquer-red, ovoid fruits 6 inches long, thick-walled with yellow flesh and a 

 rather small cavity that is filled with a slimy, deep dark-green mass of 

 pulp enclosing numerous seeds % inch long that look like brown melon seeds. 



137999. Trichosanthes sp. 



No. 270. From Banghi, Bali, March 23, 1940. A showy vine resembling 

 No. 137998, except that the leaves are thinner and the fruit about one-half 

 as large, perhaps a shade darker, and has more of a point. The pulp is 

 intensely bitter. 



138000. Trichosanthes sp. 



No. 3453. From Tana, Mea, Donggala Road, Celebes, April 6, 1940. 

 A strong-growing vine, with dark-green leaves up to 9 inches long and 7 

 inches broad, with one tendril at each leaf axis. The round brilliant-red 

 fruits, up to 4 inches in diameter, are woody, gourdlike, and enclose a 

 brownish black pulp in which are embedded numerous oblong, flattened 

 brownish-black seeds V2 inch long. 



138001. Bryonopsis laciniosa (L.) Naud. Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 3465. From Makele, Celebes, April 19, 1940. A slender, cucurbita- 

 ceous vine, with attractive leaves. The yellow fruits are the size and 

 shape of pecans. 



For previous introduction see 31577. 



