
          37900. CELTIS SP. A tree about
30 feet high and sometimes spreading
in habit, related to our native hackberry, 
found growing on the river
banks in Pirapora, Minas, Brazil. The
small, orange-colored fruits, about one-fourth 
inch in diameter, are edible and
eagerly sought after by the boys.

38601. CEREUS TRIANGULARIS. 
Pitaya. From Guatemala
City, Guatemala, through O. F. Cook.
A climbing cactus with triangular
stem; cultivated in tropical America
for its refreshing fruit which is egg
shaped and filled with sweet, deep
crimson pulp of the consistency of
watermelon and containing many
small black seeds. Adapted to the
South or southern California.

37217. CEROPEGIA THORNCROFTII. 
From Barberton, Transvaal, 
through George Thorncroft. A
climbing, ornamental, asclepiadaceous
vine with many-flowered cymes of
white flowers with purple blotches.
Has fleshy roots and fleshy leaves.
Occurs on the dry veldt growing on
the acacia trees. Should be tried by
amateurs in the southwest and
Florida.
        