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CRYPTOSTEGIA GRANDIFLORA. Rubber-producing vine, 

 native of Madagascar, but already naturalized on the Everglades 

 and Keys of Florida. The vine is too rank to be especially beautiful. 

 Flowers large and attractive. If method of extracting rubber were 

 devised, might have commercial importance, as the rubber is of 

 good quality. Fibers attached to seeds have been utilized for filling 

 life preservers. 



CUCUMIS MELO. Muskmelon or Cantaloupe. Varieties of 

 muskmelon more or less accurately described have been received 

 from many countries, and selections of these will be sent for trial to 

 applicants having facilities for experimenting with them. 



40203. CUCUMIS SATIVUS. Cucumber. A variety furnished 

 by A. C. Hartless of Seharunpur, India, to the Philippine Bureau of 

 Agriculture. From trials conducted by Wester at Lamao it appears 

 to be very resistant to various tropical cucumber diseases. The good 

 size of its fruit and their fair quality have led the Pliilippine authori- 

 ties to grow seed for general distribution throughout the islands. 

 Has been named the India. 



CUCURBITA PEPO. Japanese squash. Known as Cherimen. 

 Nearly round, somewhat flattened, orange-red, deeply scaUoped; 

 weight about 5 to 8 pounds. Flesh bright yellow, of excellent quality, 

 and said to have better flavor than the Hubbard. Keeps well. Re- 

 quires culture similar to that given ordinary varieties. 



40618. CUDRANIA JAVANENSIS. Evergreen, spiny shrub 

 with edible fruits. Presented by the Bureau of Productive Industry, 

 Taihoku, Formosa. Of somewhat vinelike or trailing habit, with 

 reddish brown drooping branchlets, small leaves, and rather incon- 

 spicuous flowers. Male and female flowers on different plants. 

 Fruits 2 to 3 inches in diameter, green to reddish yellow, sweet. 

 Eaten fresh or preserved in sugar. Tender. 



34493. CUDRANIA TRICUSPIDATA. Che or Tcho Sang. 

 From central China, collected by E. H. Wilson. Close relative of 

 Osage orange, with which a very vigorous hybrid has been made in 

 France. Leaves considered superior to mulberry for silkworms, 

 making finer silk. Fruits pink, size of large plums; edible, sweet, 

 but without much character. Has fruited in Georgia. 



41690. CUPRESSUS GLABRA. Smooth cypress. From J. 

 F. Derrick, Sedona, Ariz. Tree 25 to 30 feet high, with thin, smooth, 

 dark purple-red bark; bright blue-green, glaucous foliage; and small 

 spherical cones. Resembles C. arizonica Greene, but is more compact. 



