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44135 to 44142— Continued. 



purplish white flowers borne singly or in terminal or axillary cymes, 

 and roundish, smooth, lemon-yellow fruits 5 cm. long with thin skin, 

 pale-green, juicy, sharply acid pulp, and very numerous small seeds. 

 (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1915 y 

 p. 25.) 

 44137 and 44138. Citrus medica nana Wester. Rutacese. 



Dwarf citron. 



A small thorny shrub, collected at Cebu, rather common in the 



Philippines, with loose cymes of purplish white flowers and roundish 



egg-shaped, smooth, yellow fruits 2\ inches or more long. (Adapted 



from the Philippine Agricultural Revieiv, first quarter, 1915, p. 23.) 



44137. " No. 27. Grown in Luzon Province." 



44138. " No. 2384. Grown in Luzon Province." 



44139. Citrus medica odorata Wester. Rutacese. 

 Tihi-tihi. " Grown in Luzon Province." 



See also S. P. I. Nos. 41717 and 44089 for further description. 



44140. Citrus mitis Blanco. Rutacese. Calamondin. 

 " No. 2534. Grown in Luzon Province." 



A small, somewhat spiny Philppine tree, 4 to 6 meters high, with 

 oblong elliptic leaves up to 9 cm. long, axillary, usually solitary, white 

 fragrant flowers 21 mm. wide, and globular, orange-yellow, smooth, thin- 

 skinned fruits 2 to 4 cm. long, with orange-colored, acid, juicy pulp con- 

 taining large, smooth seeds. The calamondin, both wild and cultivated, 

 is widely distributed in the Philippines, and the trees are nearly always 

 very prolific. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review, first 

 quarter, 1915, pp. 12-18.) 



" This is now widely distributed in Florida, under the incorrect name 

 of Panama orange, from early distributions of S. P. I. No. 2886, which 

 came from Panama." (Fairchild.) 



44141. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link. Poaceae. Grass. 

 (P. cenchroides Rich.) 



A low, spreading, perennial grass with short spikes. 



44142. Carica papaya L. Papayacese. Papaya. 

 " Grown in Cavite Province." 



44143. Aeschynomene sp. Fabaceae. 



From El Coyolar, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklg. Received 

 February 14, 1917. 

 " Yellow sensitiva. Best soil improver; not troublesome. Hand-picked seed; 

 free from weeds." CWerckU.) 



See also S. P. I. Nos. 44040 and 44113 for previous introductions and descrip- 

 tion. 



44144. Stizolobium niveum (Koxb.) Kuntze. Fabaceae. 



Velvet bean. 



From Mowbray, Cape Province, South Africa. Purchased from Messrs. C. 

 Starke & Co. Received February 14, 1917. 

 Kudu-Laing bean, said to be a hybrid velvet bean. 



