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37933. ANNONA SALZMANNI. Araticum.  From Bahia,
Brazil, through Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.  Handsome, medium-
sized tree resembling the custard-apple, but differing in having thick,
leathery leaves with impressed nerves.  Its vigorous, robust habit
suggests its use as a stock for cherimoya and for breeding purposes.

37911. ANNONA SPINESCENS. Araticum.  From Urubu,
Bahia, Brazil, through Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.  Wild, bushy
shrub 15 feet high, common on low river banks.  Its compact growth
and stout spines make it a possible hedge plant.  Fruit orange-red,
3 inches long, somewhat resembling cherimoya; edible, but of little
value except possibly for hog feed.   A possible stock for cherimoya.

ANNONA SQUAMOSA. Sugar-apple. Indigenous to the Malay 
Islands, but now cultivated throughout the Tropics and sub-
tropics.  Superior varieties are readily propagated by budding on
seedlings of the same species or on A. glabra.  The roundish fruits,
about 4 inches in diameter, contain a soft granular pulp of pleasant,
sweet flavor, inclosing numerous seeds.

41384. ANNONA sp. From W. S. Curley, Cajabon, Guatemala.
A smll-fruited anona probably llied to A. sericea.  Fruits yellow,
corrugated, of excellent flavor, but containing many seeds. Called
tzumuy pac in the Indian language of Guatemala. Probably tender.

ARALIA CORDATA. Udo.  A Japanese vegetable suitable for
wide cultivation for its blanched, edible shoots.  Plant 3 to 4 feet
apart.  Plants grow bushy and yield edible shoots for nine years.
To blanch shoots, mound with earth or cover with closed draintile in
early spring.  Peel, slice into ice water, and serve with French dress-
ing, or stew and serve like asparagus.

40971. ARDISIA CAPOLLINA.  Handsome ornamental shrub
from Dr. C. A. Purpus, Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico.  Related to
A. crenulata, a popular red-berried Christmas plant, from which it is
distinguished by the smooth, entire, lanceolate leaves and clusters of
wine-colored drupes. The rose-colored flowers are arranged in
terminal panicles or clusters.

41644. ARISTOLOCHIA sp. Ornamental climbing vine from
H. M. Curran, Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil.  A rapid-growing vine,
with velvety, heart-shaped leaves, and very interesting, odd, but not
showy flowers.  Of possible value as a porch or pergola vine in the
Southern States.
        