Inventory 38, Seeds and Plants Innported. 



Plate VIII. 



Rheedia edulis a Wild Relative of the Mangosteen, S. P. I. No. 37384. 



This small, very handsome tree is known in the region aroimd Lavras, Brazil, as the Limao do 

 matto, or wild lemon, because of the appearance and acid taste of its bright-yellow juicy fruits, 

 which are eaten out of hand and also preserved. It may prove a stock for the mangosteen. 

 (Photographed (P14643FS) by Dorsett and Popenoe, Lavras, Brazil, January 12, 1914.) 



