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51098. CoNTOLvuLus MATjRiTAXicus Boiss. Convolvulaceae. 



Morning-glory. 



From Pastidena, Calif. Plants presented by D. W. Coolidge, Coolidge 

 Rare-Plant Gardens. Received Aii;?ust 4, 1920. 

 The blue rock bindweed is one of the most beautiful and graceful of all 

 our hardy bindweeds. It is entirely free from rampant tendencies and is 

 remarkable for its persistent flowering and neat elegant habit. Each plant 

 forms a dense tuft and throws up innumerable long drooping shoots, each 

 terminated by a cluster of clear blue flowers. Easily grown from cuttings. 

 (Adapted from The Garden, vol. 39, p. 52.) 



51099. Passiflora macrocarpa Masters. Passifloraceae. 



From Trujillo, J'eru. Seeds presented by A. Martin Lynch, SayapuUo. 

 Received August 9, 1920. 

 •* The fruit grows to the size of a man's head and is one of the most delicious 

 fruits grown in Peru, where the juice and pulp are made into a most delicious 

 beverage." (Alberto Larco Herrera.) 



51100. Syzygium cmiiNi (L.) Skeels. Myrtacese. Jambolan. 

 (Eugenia jamholana Lam.) 



From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by P. J. 

 Wester, agricultural adviser, Lamao Horticultural Station. Received 

 August 11, 1920. 



" Seeds of the duhat, one of our most popular small fruits." (Wester.) 



A tropical Asiatic tree 8 to 15 meters high, with ovate, coriaceous, shining 

 leaves and numerous yellow flowers crowded in terminal or axillary panicles 

 followed by loose clusters of 2 to 7 dark-purple or black, smooth, shining, 

 ovoid fruits, 25 millimeters long and 20 millimeters across, with rather 

 large clingstone seeds. The thin skin adheres to the sweet, juicy, pleasant, 

 subacid pulp which is white tinged with purple; the texture somewhat 

 resembles that of the cherry. The sugar content is 12.20 per cent, the pro- 

 tein 0.80 per cent, and the acidity (as malic acid) 87 per cent. The fruit 

 may be eaten out of hand with relish, and it makes an excellent jelly. In 

 India it is sometimes made into wine. It is probably of prehistoric introduc- 

 tion into the Philippines and is conuiion throughout the archipelago. (Adapted 

 from The Philippine Agricultural Review, vol. 10, p. 13.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43217. 



51101. CoRDiA sp. Boraginaceae. 



From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Seeds presented by Gonzalo M. Fortun, 

 director. Agricultural Experiment Station. Received August 17, 1920. 

 "A plant generally known in Cuba as vomitel; it is also called gutaperi. The 

 fruits of this plant are edible, and we were told that an excellent preserve is 

 made from them. The tree when loaded with its glorious heads of crimped, 

 salver-shaped orange flowers makes a magnificent appearance." (Fortun.) 



51102. CucuMis MELO L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



From Paris, France. Seeds presented by Prof. S. C. Mason, arboriculturist. 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received August 17, 1920. 

 " Immediately after arriving in Paris I noticed peculiar and very fine canta- 

 loupe niolons displayed in the windows of the groceries, as we would call them. 



