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50466 to 50517— Continued. 



50488. T.rcuMA Hn'icoA Gaertn. f. Sapotacea\ 



" Seod of an edible fruit very much in use here. Known as cutifinh&:'^ 

 A small handsome tree with bright -trreen leaves, indigenous to tropical 

 America. The fruit is very variable, from small and carissalike to the size and 

 shape of a large hen's egg, mth yellow, sweet, rich, rather dry pulp inclosing 

 one or two large seeds. The mealy pulp tastes somewhat like an inspiced 

 pumpkin custard flavored with nanca. It is eaten out of liand. (Adapted 

 from The Philippine Former, vol. 5. p. 2d, and The Philippine Agi-iciilfnrnl 

 Review, vol. 9. p. 249.) 



50489. Mammea Americana L. Clusiaceae. Mamey. 

 "'Seed of the ahrico." 



A tree native to tropical America, cultivated in Jamaica up to 3,000 feet. 

 The large fmit is edible. (Adapted from Mueller, Select Extra- Tropical Plants, 

 p. 296.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47425. 



50490. Maximiliana sp. Phoenicacese. Palm. 

 ■'Seed." 



50491. Okyza latifolia Desv. Poaceae. Wild rice. 

 "A kind of native rice giwnng on not-inundated soil in ^larajo. It is an 



interesting kind lor several reasons. In the first place, it is the tallest I ever 

 heard of, growing sometimes to a height of 8 feet. In the second place, it is 

 a perennial kind, growing in large isolated bunches for several years, flower- 

 ing and bearing seeds the whole year round. Its leaves ai-e very broad. The 

 kernels may not have any industrial or culinary value, but as a cattle feed the 

 green plant might be useful. Besides this I consider this kind interesting 

 from a ph\i^ogeographical standpoint, demonstrating that real native kinds of 

 rice are to be found in the Amazonian region." (Goeldi.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47029. 



50492. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice. 

 "Plants of No. 262." 



50493. Oryza sp. Poacese. Wild rice. 

 ■'Wild water rice plants." 



50494. Oryza sp. Poacese. Wild rice. 

 "(No. 296.) Wild rice plants from Belem." 



50495. Oryza sp. Poacese. Wild rice. 

 "(No. 290.) Wild rice plants from Soure." 



50496. Physalis angulata L. Solanacese. 

 "Seed of camapu.'' 



A much-branched herb with very small flowers and a fruiting calyx which 

 is conical-ovoid with a sunken base, 10-angled loosely inflated, at length well 

 filled by the greenish yellow berry. Found in open rich gi'ound from Penn- 

 sylvania to Minnesota and southward. (Adapted from Grai/^s Neiu Manual of 

 Botany, seventh edition, p. 715.) 



50497. RoLLiNiA MUCOSA (Jacq.) Baill. Annonacese. 

 "Plants of Cachiman morveux.^' 



The flowers of this species have oblong corolla lobes spreading outward in 

 such a Tray as not inaptly to represent' a tricom hat. The areoles of the fruit 



