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54521 to 54523— Continued. 



54523. Meucocca bijuga L. Sapindaces. 



Mamoncillo. 



*-No. 2. Seeds collected September 22. 1921. A tall frait tree, very 

 popular among the better classes of Panamans. These fruits came from 

 the market of Panama and are not as fine as those from Samuel Lewis's 

 large tree." 



For previons introduction, see S. P. I. No, 54521. 

 54524. Aesctxus turbes-ata Blume. JEsculacese. 



From Rochester, N. Y. Seeds presented by John Dunbar, Assistant Super- 

 intendent of Parks, Rochester, N. Y. Received October 10, 1921. 



" This is a rare tree in this country and in Europe." {Dunhar.) 



A Japanese horse-chestnut up to 100 feet high with bright deep-green leaves 

 sometimes 27 inches long, which turn clear golden yellow in the autumn. The 

 erect, slender pyramidal panicles, nearly a foot long, are composed of creamy 

 white flowers with petals center blotched with yellow turning pink with age. 

 The tree is distinguished from the familiar Euroi)ean Aescidus hippocastanum 

 by the smaller, warty, not spiny capsules 2 inches in length and width and by 

 the finely and more evenly toothed edges of the leaflets. (Adapted from 

 Curtis's Botanical Magazine, ph S713.) 



54525. Datura LEiCHHARDni F. Muell. Solanaceae. 



From Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Seeds presented by C. T. White. 

 Government botanist. Received October 7, 1921. 



A tall coarse annual, 1 to 3 feet high, with ovate leaves 3 to 4 inches long 

 and pale yellowish white flowers 2 inches long. The reflexed, globular cap- 

 sule, an inch in diameter, is very prickly. Native to North Australia and 

 Queensland. (Adapted from Bentham, Flora Australiensis, vol. 4, P- ^68.) 



54526. ^Iaxgifera ixdica L. Anacardiacese. Mango. 



From Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies. Plants presented by 

 R. O. Williams, ctirator, St Clair Experiment Station. Received Oc- 

 tober 10, 1921. 



Pere Louis is a dwarf-growing variety, fruiting early. The plant from 

 which the budwood was taken is a round-headed dwarf tree, furnished with 

 branches to the ground. I remember receiving the Pere Louis in Demerari, 

 from St Lucia, and this had much the same habit. I think that the dwarf, 

 early-fruiting habit is inherent I do not think that the stocks used have 

 anything to do with it, because they are taken indiscriminately and when 

 sufficiently large are grafted ui)on." (J. F. Waby, acting curator.) 



" The Louis bears very young, has no fiber nor any sourness at the core, 

 and the flavor is nearly as good as that of the Julie, which is the best for 

 flavor I have ever eaten. (0. W. Barrett.) 



From Panama. Seeds collected by Dr. David Fairchild, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer in Charge of the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, 

 Rec-eived October 4, 1921. Quoted notes by Doctor Fairchild. 



" Seeds procured September 17, 1921. from an unusually large, pre- 

 suipably fine-flavored fruit of the guanabana, Annona muricata. I am 

 not sufficiently familiar with the varieties of this fruit to say whether 

 this was really superior to others which may have been already in- 

 troduced. The fruit was at least 15 inches long and about 8 inches in 

 diameter, and the flavor could not be very well estimated, because the 

 fruit was picked while green, but Samuel Lewis, who gave me the 

 fruit, assured me it was one of the best varieties he had seen." 



Japanese horse-chestnut. 



54527 and 54528. 



54527. AiriTOXA mteicata L. Annonaceae. 



Soursop. 



