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



and terminal, and are followed by small, yellow, rather acid 

 fruits which are appreciated by the natives. The bark is said 

 to be astringent and aromatic. For trial in southern Florida 

 and southern California," 



37831. Eugenia myboianthes Niedenzu. 

 {Eugenia edulis Benth. and Hook, not Veil.) ' 



Cere j a do Rio Grande. 

 " The cereja do Rio Grande, a small tree native of Brazil, with 

 small, oblong, acute, dark-green leaves, producing in June ob- 

 long, purplish red fruits about the size of an olive, with greenish 

 flesh. It is said to bear prodigiously. The fruits are rather 

 hard when ripe, and for this reason are usually mashed into a 

 paste before being eaten. For trial in southern Florida and 

 south^n California." 



37832. Eugenia speciosa Cambess. 



"A Brazilian myrtaceous fruit listed by Eickhoff, Carneiro 

 Leao & Co. under this name. It is said to be of value for its 

 fruit. For trial in southern Florida and southern California." 



"A large much-branched tree, indigenous to the State of Sao 

 Paulo, in Brazil. The leaves are petiolate, elliptic or obovate 

 elliptic, obtuse, pubescent when young, but at length glabrate. 

 The flowers are borne upon solitary peduncles in the axils of 

 the leaves; petals obovate, concave, pellucid punctate, ciliolate. 

 The fruit of this species is edible but is little known, and a 

 good description is lacking." {Cambessedes. In St. Hilaire, 

 Flora Brasiliae Mcridionalis, vol. 2, p. J35t, 1829.) 

 37833. Genipa Americana L. Rubiaceie. Genipap. 



"A large tree, native of the American Tropics. In the British 

 West Indies it is called genipap; in Brazil, genipapo. At Bahia it 

 is very common, and during the season the markets are full of the 

 - fruit. Some of the finest specimen trees we saw were fully 60 feet 

 in height, symmetrical and stately in appearance, but devoid of 

 foliage for a part of the year, as the species is deciduous in this 

 climate. The leaves are a foot or more in length, oblong obovate, 

 sometimes entire, sometimes more or less dentate, dark green in 

 color. The flowers, which are produced in November, are small and 

 light yellow in color. The fruits are the size of an orange, broadly 

 oval to nearly spherical in form, russet brown in color. After being 

 picked they are not ready to be eaten until they have softened and 

 are bordering on decay, A thin layer of granular flesh lies imme- 

 diately under the tender membranous skin, and inclosed by this is 

 a mass of soft, brownish pulp in which the numerous small, com- 

 pressed seeds are embedded. It is difficult to eat the pulp without 

 swallowing the seeds. The flavor is characteristic and quite pro- 

 nounced; it may be likened, perhaps, to that of dried apples, but it 

 is somewhat stronger and the aroma is considerably more pene- 

 trating. 



" Besides being eaten in the fresh state, the fruit is put to 

 numerous other uses, one of the most important of which is the 

 manufacture of a distilled liquor known as Ucor de genipapo. This 

 article retains the peculiar and distinctive flavor of the ripe fruit 



