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40978 to 40983— Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. Wilson Popenoe.) 



little fiber for a seedling type. The flavor is sweet even when the fruit is 

 still quite hard, and when fully ripe it is very pleasant. The seed is 

 reniform in outline, with long fiber on the ventral edge and short stiff 

 fibers elsewhere, the embryos being one to five in number. Most of the 

 specimens examined were polyembryoaic. Seems worthy of trial in 

 southern Florida." 



40984 to 40986. 



From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, director, Horti- 

 cultural Division, Gizeh Branch, Ministry of Agriculture. Cuttings 

 received July 29, 1915. 



40984 and 40985. Ficus sycomorus L. Moracese. Pharaoh's fig. 



40984. " Baladi." 40985. " Kelabi." 



See S. P. I. No. 39858 for previous introduction. 



40986. Tamarix aphylla (L.) Karsten. Tamaricacese. Tamarisk. 

 (Tamarix articulata Vahl.) 



See S. P. I. No. 39856 for previous introduction and description. 



40987 and 40988. 



From Trinidad, Cuba. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received July 21, 1915. 



40987. Anacardium excelsum (Bert, and Balb.) Skeels. Anacardiaceae. 

 (Anacardium rhinocarpus DC.) Nariz. 



"(Trinidad, Santa Clara Province, Cuba, July 17, 1915.) Nariz. A 

 magnificent tree, native of South America. It is very rare here in Cuba, 

 but there are four or five fine old specimens beside the cart road from 

 Casilda to Trinidad, and it is from these specimens (which have been 

 noted by Roig and de la Maza, Flora de Cuba, p. 131) that this specimen 

 of seed was obtained. The nariz attains 60 or 65 feet in height, forming 

 an erect but rather broad, compact head of dark-green foliage. As a 

 shade and ornamental tree it should have considerable value. The leaves 

 are entire, or nearly so, upon stout petioles one-half to 1 inch long, the 

 blades obovate, oblanceolate, or spatulate, 6 to 18 inches long, 2£ to 6 inches 

 broad, the apex obtuse to subacute, the base cuneate-attenuate, the sur- 

 face smoot- and deep green above, somewhat paler beneath, the venation 

 raised below. The fruits ripen principally in August ; they are da^k 

 brown, about an inch long, reniform and flattened, shaped somewhat like 

 a nose, whence the name nariz. Unlike the cashew, the fruit stalk is not 

 large and swollen, but is inconspicuous. The seeds are not considered 

 edible. While this tree appears to have no particular economic value, it 

 is worthy of trial as an ornamental, and it would also be of interest to 

 test it as a stock for its relative, the mango." (Popenoe.) 



For an illustration of the nariz tree, see Plate II. 



40988. Cordia alba (Jacq.) Roem. and Schult. Boraginacese. 

 "(Trinidad, Santa Clara Province, Cuba, July 17, 1915.) Ateje. A 



large shrub, 15 to 18 feet high, common along the ^astern edge of the 

 Valley of San Luis. It is bushy, branching close to the ground and send- 

 ing up long, stiff shoots well furnished with dark-green foliage. The 

 leaves are alternate, obovate to ovate-elliptical, 3 to 4 inches long, with 

 entire margin and the surface covered with short, bristly hairs ; petioles 

 about an inch long, teret~ The floweis, which are pale yellow and about 



