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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



37822 to 37869— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.) 



37825. "(No. 67. Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia. February 23, 1914.) 

 Collected on the side of the hill of solid rock which lies at the 

 edge of town." 



37826. "(No. 68. Joazeiro, Bahia. February 23, 1914.) From the 

 Ilha do Fogo in the Rio Sao Francisco, Called palma by the 

 natives." 



37827. "(No. 70. Joazeiro, Bahia. February 24, 1914.) Two pads 

 of nearly spineless Opuntia growing along the fence of the Horto 

 Florestal." 



37828. "(No. 71. Bom Fim. March 27, 1914.) Pads of a quite 

 common spiny variety, secured a mile or two out of town on the 

 hillside in the campo." 



37829 to 37850. 



From Rio de Janeiro. Plants purchased of Eickhoff, Carneiro LeSo 

 & Co. 



37829. Mykciaria edulis (Veil.) Skeels. Myrtacese. Cambuc4. 



{Eugenia edulis Veil.) 

 "The camhiicd, a native of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 

 and commonly cultivated in gardens for its highly appreciated fruit. 

 In growth the tree is very similar to the jaboticaba, the leaves being 

 considerably larger, however, and the bark a darker shade of brown. 

 A row of fine specimens in the Jardim Botanico bears the garden 

 number 58. The fruits are produced both on the small limbs and on 

 the trunk, though the specimens we have seen do not fruit clear down 

 to the ground, as the jaboticaba frequently does. The season is from 

 February to May in this region. 



" In form the fruit is oblate, 1^ inches in length, and 2 inches in 

 breadth; stem, practically none, the fruits being sessile, or nearly 

 so; base flattened, cavity none; apex flattened, calyx persistent, a 

 very small, brown disk not over one-eighth of an inch in diameter, 

 level with the surface of the fruit; skins smooth, or?nge yellow in 

 color, thin, tenacious, fairly tough; flesh divided into two portions, 

 the firm outer flesh one-fourth of an inch thick, leathery, very acid 

 in taste, light orange in color, the inner flesh, constituting the edible 

 portion of the fruit, being soft, jellylike in consistency, translucent, 

 light orange in color, subacid in flavor, greatly resembling some of 

 the passifloras, quite pleasant, and evidently highly esteemed by the 

 Brazilians ; seed oval or nearly so, compressed, about seven-eighths 

 of an inch in length, three-fourths of an inch in breadth, and seven 

 eighths of an inch in thickness, the cotyledons light purple in color; 

 seed coat deep brown, reticulated, not adhering very closely to the 

 flesh. For trial in Florida and southern California." 

 37830 to 37832. Eugenia spp. Myrtacese. 



37830. Eugenia campesteis Velloso. Cambuhy da India. 

 (Eugenia arraUdae Berg.) 

 "A small, highly ornamental tree, native of Brazil. It is com- 

 monly known as Cambuhy da India or Uvaia do campo. The 

 leaves are small, linear lanceolate, opposite, deep green in color. 

 The flowers, which are produced in September, are axillary 



