JUNE 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1920. 



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50998 and 50999. 



From Kulare, via Cairns, northern Queensland, Australia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by J. A. Hamilton. Received July 20, 1920. Quoted notes by 

 Mr. Hamilton. 



50998. Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. Poaceoe. Kagi millet. 

 "A very productive cereal from India. Grows well where wheat is 



not a success." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 46295. 



50999. Phaseolus lunatt's L. Fabaceffi. Lima bean. 

 " Improved Dwarf Lima. A new variety of Lima bean, my Improved 



Dwarf being: a natural cross between Burpee's Bush Lima and the 

 Dwarf Lima. In this climate the heavy pods of Burpee's Bush Lima 

 beans have the tendency to lie on the ground and so rot in our wet 

 spells, but my Improved Dwarf holds its stems upright and so keeps 

 sound ; it is also very prolific." 



51000 to 51002. 



From Nice, France. Seeds presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky, 

 .Tardin d'Acdimatation. Received July 20. 1920. Quoted notes by 

 Dr. Proschowsky. 



51000. xVlectryon suBciNEKEU]\r (A. Gray) Radlk. Sapindacea^. 

 (Nephelium leiocarpum F. Muell.) 



"A small tree with beautiful evergreen foliage ; it is very hardy here, 

 so that it might eventually serve as stock on which to graft fruit trees 

 like Xephelium Jongannm, N. mutahile, and especially Litchi chinensis." 



51001. Fuchsia speciosa Hort. Onagraceae. Fuchsia. 

 "A few ripe fruits (edible, as are those of several species of Fuchsia) 



of Fuchsia speoiosa. Still it is not as a fruit plant that I recommend 

 it, but mainly as a strikingly beautiful flowering evergreen bush, with 

 its gracefully drooping branchlets covered with hundreds of red flowers. 

 It is quite hardy here." 



51002. Passiflora sp. Passifloracefe. 



"A very beautiful evergreen climber, with rose-colored flowers and 

 edible fruit.s. It is quite hardy here." 



Received as Tacsonia jawesoni, which does not seem to have been 

 transferred to pjissiflorn. 



51003 and 51004. 



From Guayaquil. p:cuador. Seeds presentetl by James Birch Rorer, Aso- 

 ciacion de xVgricultores del Ecuador. Received July 20, 1920. Quoted 

 notes by Mr. Rorer. 



51003. Annona CHEKi^roLA Mill. Annonacese. Cherimoya. 

 "<No. 44.) Seeds of a cherimoya; a large fruit containing only a 



small number of very large seeds." 



51004. Cyclanthera pedata (L.) Schrad. Cucurbitaceie. 



"(No. 43.) A cucurbitnceous vegetable grown here, commonly called 

 achoccha or achogcha." 



An annual climber, native to western South America and Central 

 America, where it is often cultivated for its edible fruits and shoots. 



