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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago, and first described from Mindoro. The fruit 

 is large, 16 centimeters long and 13 centimeters in equatorial diameter, roundish oblong, 

 regular, tliickly studded with soft, greenish yellow spines about 7 millimeters long on 

 the outside; rind thick and fleshy; flesh white, sweet, rich, juicy, aromatic, and of 

 good flavor, separated into segments of about the size of a grape clinging to the core, 

 each segment containing a seed; seeds many, whitish. 8 by 15 millimeters, smooth, 

 separating readily from the flesh. T\Tien the fruit is ripe, by passing a knife around 

 and through the rind with a httle care, the two halves separate from the flesh, leaving 

 this like a bunch of grapes. Ripe fruits were obtained in August. The marang is 

 far superior to ita relatives, the jak and the ordinary breadfruit found in the PMlip- 

 pines, and already in its present form is a remarkably good and attractive fruit. The 

 tree was noted by the writer in Zamboanga and Davao." {Wester, The Philippine 

 Agricultural Review, November, 1912.) 



36257. Dahlia sp. Mexican wild dahlia. 



From Contreras, Federal District of Mexico, Mexico. Presented by Mr. William 

 Brockway, superintendent, Hotel Imperial Gardens. Received September 22, 

 1913. 



"From information given me by Prof. Pringle, who collected extensively for many 

 years in Mexico, I am led to believe that the wild dahlia growing on both sides of 

 Ajusco Mountain along the line of the Cuernavaca Division of the Mexican National 

 Railway is the variety from which the cultivated dahlia originated. On the east side 

 of the mountain they are found at Kilos 37, 38, and 39, and on the west side, both 

 above and below the station of El Parque, between Kilos 87 and 97. Elevation about 

 6,000 feet. During the diy season these plants die down, and they commence their 

 growth again about June 1, flowering about the month of September, although I have 

 several specimens growing in my garden that are now beginning to flower (July), hav- 

 ing been irrigated a little. All the varieties I have noted here are single flowered 

 and none inclined to the cactus tj-pe. I have found at least 20 different colors and 

 note some tending to the collarette tj'pe; they are mostly self colors ranging from 

 various shades of red to orange, lemon, violet, and white. Some varieties are of very 

 robust growth, mostly growing to a straight single stalk, branching out on all sides 

 exactly like a young specimen fruit tree. They are very floriferous, and I have often 

 dug clumps of a mass of tubers that would weigh up to 10 pounds. Several of 

 these varieties would prove of value on account of the size, strength, and beauty of 

 the full-grown plant. " {Brockway.) 



36258. Nymphaea stuhlmannii (Engl.) Schwfth. and Gilg. 



Water lily. 



From German East Africa. Presented by the Usumbwa Company, Nyombe- 

 Bulungwa, Port Tabora. Received September 24, 1913. 

 "Sepals yellowish green, petals bright sulphur yellow, stamens orange yellow, with 

 sulphur-yellow anther. Stigma orange. Receptacle brown. Flowers 10 to 15 centi- 

 meters across, sweet scented (• duftet sehr aromatisch '). Sepals four, obovate, broadly 

 rounded above, with numerous longitudinal veins, 8.3 centimeters long by 2.5 centi- 

 meters wide. Petals about 22, broadly obovate, with one to several longitudinal 

 veins. Stamens about 125, stout and thick, all appendaged, the innermost very 

 shortly so. Carpels about 23, stigma shallow, flat. Leaf orbicular ovate, entire, 21 

 centimeters wide by 25.5 centimeters long; sinus margins nearly straight, lobes diverg- 

 ing, obtuse; green on both sides; veins prominent; primary veins seven; principal 

 area 7 centimeters long. Collected by Stuhlmann, No. 410, July 16, 1890, at 'Uniam- 

 weni, Gunda mkali, bei Bibisande,' Africa, altitude 1,200 meters in hb. Berlin." 

 {Henry S. Canard, A Monograph of the Genus Nymphaea.) 



