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SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



37813 to 37818— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. W. Goding.) 



37813. AcHRADELPHA MAMMOSA (L.) Cook. SapotacesB. Sapote. 



(Lucuma mammosa Gaertn. f.) 

 **Mamey Colorado. A fruit about the size of a teacup, resembling a 

 potato ill general appearance, the skin being rough, dark greenish 

 brown, mottled with sordid yellow. The edible portion is red, soft, 

 sweet, with a peculiar but pleasant flavor, in the center of which is a 

 shuttle-shaped seed about 2 inches long, of a chestnut-brown color and 

 always apparently split along one side; within the hard, thin, shining 

 shell is a white kernel. These fruits are produced by large trees com- 

 mon throughout the warm coastal region of Ecuador, whence they are 

 brought, in quantities, by the natives to the Guayaquil markets. In 

 Mexico are to be found fruits bearing similar names, but widely differing 

 otherwise." 



37814. Mammea Americana L. Clusiacefe. Mammee. 

 "Mamey cartajina, also called mata serrano, in general appearance 



resembles the Colorado. The edible part, however, is rather hard like 

 that of the squash, in which are to be found two large, rough nuts flat- 

 tened on one side, but othei-wise rounded, the flat surfaces lying together, 

 inside being the kernel. The hard exterior of the nut is grated by the 

 natives and used to kill fleas ; when applied to infested dogs the parasites 

 leave the animal at once. This fruit is used locally only for making 

 an excellent jam. These fruits are produced by large trees common 

 throughout the warm coastal region of Ecuador, whence they are 

 brought, in quantities, by the natives to the Guayaquil markets. In 

 Mexico are to be found fruits bearing similar names, but widely differing 

 otherwise." 



37815. (Undetermined.) 



"Zapote. This fruit outwardly resembles a round summer squash, the 

 smooth skin being pale greenish, hard, and thick. The inside is deep 

 orange yellow, stringy, not unlike the interior of a mango in appearance 

 and taste, and incloses four or five long, more or less three-cornered nuts 

 with leathery skin to which the stringy pulp firmly adheres, within 

 being the kernel. These fruits are produced by large trees common 

 throughout the warm coastal region of Ecuador, whence they are brought 

 by the natives, in large quantities, to the Guayaquil markets. In Mexico 

 are to be found fruits bearing similar names, but widely differing 

 otherwise." 



37816. Triphasta trlfolia (Burm. f.) P. Wilson. Rutaceae. 

 {Triphasia aurantiola Lour.) 



"Limoncillo. Grows on a bushy shrub about 6 feet high, with several 

 stems. It is used in making jams and other preserves." 



This is a spiny shrub, having leaves composed of three egg-shaped 

 leaflets, notched at the top ; its flowers are white and sweet scented and 

 usually grow singly in the leaf axils, producing 1 to 3 celled berries, 

 containing a single seed surrouutled with pulp in each cell. They have 

 a trilobed calyx, as many petals, six distinct stamens, and an ovary 

 elevated on a short stalk and ending in a longish thick style which ulti- 

 mately falls away. It is a native of southern China, but it is now 

 naturalized in many parts of the East Indies, and is also cultivated in 

 the West Indies. Its fruits are about as large as hazelnuts and have a 

 red skin. When ripe they have an agreeable sweet taste, but if gathered 



