16 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 149 



142560. Flacourtia ixermis Roxb. Flacourtiaceae. 



No. 1001. From Summit, Canal Zone, June 29, 1941. The Lovi-lovi of Ceylon. 

 The brilliant red fruits, the size of cherries, are produced in immense quantities. 

 The\- are very sour and are said to make excellent jelly and preserves. 



For previous introduction see 104225. 



142561. Ixga sp. Mimosaceae. 



No. 1012. From market, Barranquilla, Colombia, June 27, 1941. Guama. A 

 handsome tree with large pods 2 feet long. 



142562. Jessexia polycarpa Karst. Phoenicaceae. 



No. 1056. From Villavicencio, Colombia, August 2, 1941. 



142563. Mavritia mixor Burret. Phoenicaceae. 



No. 1052. From Los Cerritos, Llanos Orientales, Colombia, July 22, 1941. A 

 handsome fan-leaved palm 40 to 50 feet tall, with rather short leaves and dull-red 

 fruits 2 inches long, in large clusters. 



142564. Mimusops sp. Sapotaceae. 



Xo. 1008. From Summit, Canal Zone, June 30, 1941. An attractive tree, with 

 thick gray-green leaves and numerous round, yellowish-green edible fruits. 



142565. Oexocarpus sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Xo. 1057. From near Villavicencio, Colombia, August 2, 1941. Pusuy. A 

 shade-loving palm, with dark-green pinnatisect leaves, 8 to 10 feet long, and round 

 black fruits 1 inch in diameter, in clusters 2]/ 2 feet long. 



142566. Passiflora ligularis Juss. Passifloraceae. Sweet granadilla. 



Xo. 1088. From market, Villavicencio, Colombia, September, 1941. Granadilla. 

 The reddish-brown fruits, 2 inches in diameter, are of excellent flavor; the smooth 

 shell does not shrivel when fruit ripens. 



For previous introduction see 132615. 



142567. Pelliciera rhizophorae PI. and Triana. Theaceae. 

 Xo. 1018. From near Paitilla Point, Panama, July 5, 1941. 



142568. Ravexala guyaxexsis Steud. Musaceae. 



Xo. 1059. From Villavicencio, Colombia, August 2, 1941. There are only two 

 species of this genus, one in Madagascar and the other in tropical South America. 

 This species is not so large as the Madagascar one, but it rises to a height of 25 feet, 

 making a fanlike head. Its enormous flower spike is 9 feet long and as much as a 

 man can carry. Unlike the Madagascar species, the seeds of which have a deep- 

 blue aril, the seeds of this have an orange aril. 



For previous introduction see 101083. 



142569. Rexealmia sp. Zingiberaceae. 



Xo. 1046. From Villavicencio, Colombia, July 24, 1941. A species with spiny 

 leaves 2 feet long. The flower stalk has 18 to 20 stiff horizontal branches and several 

 deep dull-red bracts 2 inches long. 



142570. Serjaxia sp. Sapindaceae. 



Xo. 1090. From Villavicencio, Colombia, August 22, 1941. A shrubby vine 

 with attractive pink fruits. 



142571. Swixglea glutixosa (Blanco) Merrill. Rutaceae. 



Xo. 1005. From Summit, Canal Zone, June 1941. A small spiny tree, native to 

 the Philippine Islands, with trifoliolate leaves, small clusters of rather large white 

 flowers, and oblong, hard-shelled fruits. It is used as a stock for commercial citrus 

 varieties. 



For previous introduction see 131248. 



