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CRYPTOSTEGIA GRANDIFLORA.  Rubber-producing vine,
native of Madagascar, but abeady naturalized on the Everglades
and Keys of Florida.  The vine is too rank to be especially beautiful.
Flowers large and attractive.  If method of extracting rubber were
devised, might have commercial importance, as the rubber is of
good quality.  Fibers attached to seeds have been utilized for filling
life preservers.

CUCUMIS MELO. Muskmelon or Cantaloupe.  Varieties of
muskmelon more or less accurately described have been received
from many countries, and selections of these will be sent for trial to
applicants having facilities for experimenting with them.

40203 . CUCUMIS SATIVUS. Cucumber.  A variety furnished
by A. C. Hartless of Seharunpur, India, to the Philippine Bureau of
Agriculture.  From trials conducted by Wester at Lamao it appears
to be very resistant to various tropical cucumber diseases.  The good
size of its fruit and their fair quality have led the Philippine authorities 
to grow seed for general distribution throughout the islands.
Has been named the India.

CUCURBITA PEPO. Japanese squash.  Known as Cherimen.
Nearly round, somewhat flattened, orange-red, deeply scalloped;
weight about 5 to 8 pounds.  Flesh bright yellow, of excellent quality,
and said to have better flavor than the Hubbard.  Keeps well.  
Requires culture similar to that given ordinary varieties.

40618. CUDRANIA JAVANENSIS.  Evergreen, spiny shrub
with edible fruits.  Presented by the Bureau of Productive Industry,
Taihoku, Formosa.  Of somewhat vinelike or trailing habit, with
reddish brown drooping branchlets, small leaves, and rather 
inconspicuous flowers.  Male and female flowers on different plants.
Fruits 2 to 3 inches in diameter, green to reddish yellow, sweet.
Eaten fresh or preserved in sugar.  Tender.

34493. CUDRANIA TRICUSPIDATA. Che or Tcho Sang.
From central China, collected by E. H. Wilson.  Close relative of
Osage orange, with which a very vigorous hybrid has been made in
France.  Leaves considered superior to mulberry for silkworms,
making finer silk.  Fruits pink, size of large plums; edible, sweet,
but without much character.  Has fruited in Georgia.

41690. CUPRESSUS GLABRA. Smooth cypress.  From J.
F. Derrick, Sedona, Ariz.  Tree 25 to 30 feet high, with thin, smooth,
dark purple-red bark; bright blue-green, glaucous foliage; and small
spherical cones.  Resembles C. arizonica Greene, but is more compact.
        