﻿Inventory 43, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate I. 



The Orange Jessamine (Chalcas exotica (L.) Millspaugh) in Southern Florida 



(S. P.I. No. 40392). 



A small tree or bushy shrub with fragrant white flowers and pointed red fruit a half inch 

 in length. It is one of the most beautiful of all tropical shrubs for formal plantings, 

 as attractive as box, but with the added beauty of exquisitely fragrant flowers and 

 showy red fruit. It is a relative of Citrus, and lemons have been successfully budded 

 on it as a stock. Its very vigorous root system makes it promising for stock purposes 

 in certain regions. (Photographed at the Miami, Fla., Field Station, August 6, 1915 ; 

 P34FS-m.) 



