﻿Inventory 44, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate III. 



The Longan, Dimocarpus longan Lour. (Nephelium longana Cambess.), 

 in Fruit in Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 41053.) 



This highly prized southern Chinese fruit tree bears abundantly in Florida, but the fruits appear to 

 have little value, perhaps because selection has not been carried on to any extent. The profuse 

 fruiting habit, the flourishing condition of this tree in Reasoner Brothers' tropical fruit shed, and 

 the value placed on the fruit by the Chinese indicate that a thorough study of the various strains 

 of this tree should be made. (Photographed by Wilson Popenoe, Oneco, Pla., August 19, 1914; 

 P16166FS.) 



