Inventory 64, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



PLATE VI. 



The Aguacate de Anis, or Wild Avocado, of Costa Rica. (Persea sp., 

 Probably P. Americana Mill., S. P. I. No. 51031.) 



In general character the wild avocado of Costa Rica closely resembles some of the cultivated sorts 

 of the Guatemalan race. It has a thick, woody, coarsely granular sheU, dark green on the surface. 

 The flesh is yellow and unlike that of cultivated avocados in that it is strongly anise flavored and 

 contains small gritty bodies hke the stone cells in some of the Chinese pears. The seed is large 

 and tight in the ca\-itv. The average weight of specimens collected in Costa Rica was about 

 6 ounces. (Photographed by Wilson Popenoe, San Jose, Costa Rica, May 31, 1920; P1784-5FS.) 



