﻿106 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



43959 to 43863— Continued. 



43962. Citrus atjeantium L. Rutaceae. Sour orange. 

 A small tree, native of southeastern Asia, growing 20 to 30 feet high. 



with sweet-scented flowers and orange-colored or reddish fruit with an 

 acid pulp. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review, first 

 quarter, 1915, p. 10.) 



See also S. P. I. No. 41713 for further description. 



43963. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Rutaceae. Sweet orange. 



A medium-sized tree, widely* cultivated in all of the tropical and sub- 

 tropical regions of the world. It has a rounded top and regular branches, 

 rather small white flowers, and oval or nearly globular fruit, with solid 

 pith, sweet pulp, and membranes which are bitter. (Adapted from 

 Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, voL.2, p. 783.) 



13964 and 43965. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by Mr. Adn. Hernandez, 

 Director of Agriculture. Received December 29, 1916. 



43964. Cecropia palmata Willd. Moraceae. 



Yaruma. A West Indian tree, up to 50 feet in height. At the top of 

 the single, long, thin, weak trunk are a few horizontal or deflected 

 awkward branches bearing large palmate leaves divided like thumbs. 

 with white, hairy lower surfaces. The branches and trunk are hollow, 

 with partitions at the nodes, and ants often make their homes in them. 

 The juice is milky, the flowers are very small, and the fruits are small 

 1-seeded nuts. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticul- 

 ture, vol. 2, p. 697.) ■ 



43965. Genipa americana L. Rubiaceae. G-enipap. 



A large stately tree, native of the American Tropics, growing 60 feet 

 in height, with dark-green leaves a foot or more long. The edible fruits 

 are about the size of an orange. (Adapted from the notes of Messrs. 

 Dorsett and Popenoe, Aprril 13, 1914.) 



See also S. P. I. No. 37833 for further description. 



43966 and 43967. Ftjrcraea spp. Amaryllidaceae. 



From Rio Hacha, Colombia. Bulbils presented by Mr. M. T. Dawe, Min- 

 isterio de Agricultura y Comercio, at the request of Mr. L. H. Dewey, 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received December 23, 1916. 

 The species of this genus are succulent desert plants from tropical America. 

 Some of them have spiny leaves like the century plant ; others have leaves 

 with very minute serrations on the margins, while many have entirely smooth 

 margins. The flowers are whitish, and as a rule these plants bear fruit only 

 once, after which they die. However, while flowering they produce an immense 

 number of bulbils, which may be used for propagation. The method of propa- 

 gating is similar to that for century plants, except that Furcraeas requires more 

 heat and water. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. 

 vol. 3, p. 1305.) 



43966. "No. 1." 43967. " No. 2." 



