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SEEDS Am) PLANTS IMPORTED. 



38372 to 38398— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. H. Boyle.) 



38372. Canabium ovatum Engler. Balsameaceae. Pili nut. 

 " Trees are found growing In the various islands of southern Luzon, in 



the Province of Albay. The leaves are compound; the fruit Is a tri- 

 angular drupe, containing one seed. The nuts are eaten quite extensively 

 in the islands and throughout the eastern part of the world. From them 

 an oil is extracted, which is used for the table and also for burning in 

 lamps. This nut is the best I have ever eaten. During the past two 

 years quite a number of shipments of this nut have been made to San 

 Francisco and find a ready market. A gum, that resembles in properties 

 the copaiba balsam, is extracted from the bark." 



38373. Passifloba laukifolia L. Passifloraceae. Passion fruit. 

 "An edible variety obtained from Mr. P. Morange, director of the 



Botanic Gardens, Saigon, Cochin China. The fruit is of a bright yellow 

 color, pear shaped, about the size of the ordinary pear tomato, and very 

 similar to it in appearance. A bitter substance, which is being employed 

 to counteract intermittent fever, is extracted from the leaves." 



38374. Euphoria cinerea Radlk. Sapindaceae. 



" Undoubtedly a new species, closely allied to the longan, found in 

 the mountains of Cavite Province near the town of Silang, Philippine 

 Islands. The trees are li feet in caliper, and from 50 to 60 feet in 

 height The fruit has a remarkably sweet flavor ; the pulp is semitrans- 

 parent, and is greatly prized by all who eat it." 



38375. Eugenia curranh C. B. Robinson. Myrtaceas. 



" Native of the island of Catanduanes, Philippine Islands. Fruits the 

 size of a large cherry, glossy, purplish black in color, borne on the stem 

 near the axil of the leaf in very large clusters. As many as a gallon of 

 fruits have been noted attached to a branch 1^ feet in length. Native 

 name Egot, Igot, or Igut." 



38376. Cabissa ovata R. Brown. Apocynaceae. 



"A species introduced from the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia. 

 Spines and foliage much reduced in comparison with the species arduina. 

 This variety has not yet fruited or flowered in the Philippines. Greatly 

 valued in Australia for its fruit, as well as its medicinal properties." 



38377. Abtocabpus odobatissima Blanco. Moraceae. Marang. 

 See S. P. I. No. 36256 for previous introduction and description. 



S8378. Stadmannia opposititolia Lam. Sapindaceae. 

 « No. 4255." 



38379 to 38381. Mangifeba indica L. Anacardiaceae. Mango. 



" Three of the best fruiting varieties grown in the Buitenzorg Botanic 

 Gardens, Java. These were received at the Bureau of Agriculture, Phil- 

 ippine Islands, without varietal names." 



38379. P. L No. 3651. 38381. P. 1. No. 3649. 



38380. P. I. No. 3650. 



38382. Mangifeba sp. AnacardiaceaB. Mango. 



"(No. 3123.) Obtained from the northern part of the island of Pala- 

 wan by Mr. E. D. Merrill, botanist. Bureau of Science, Philippine Islands. 

 Remarkable for its small seeds and the small amount of fiber. Tree of 

 very large size." 



