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41508. MUSA sp. Banana. From Alfred Bircher, Matania el 

 Saff, Egypt. Plants grown from seeds. Said to have been produced 

 by the Orinoco banana, which is ordinarily seedless in America. 

 Possibly cross-pollinated. Of unusual interest to breeders interested 

 in the banana. 



MYRCIARIA CAULIFLORA. Jaboticaba. From Rio de 

 Janeiro, Brazil. Collected by Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe. 

 Remarkable fruit tree, 40 feet high. Popular among Brazilians. 

 Maroon-purple, thick-skinned fruits resembling grapes with delicious 

 vinous white pulp, borne on trunk, branches, and twigs in such num- 

 bers as at times almost to conceal them. May stand light frosts. 



41057. MYRCIARIA FLORIBUNDA. Guava berry tree 

 From Longfield Smith, St. Croix, Danish West Indies. Myrtaceous 

 tree, 30 to 40 feet in height, with papery leaves; small, white flowers; 

 and small, edible, black, reddish, or yellow fruits, which have a 

 pleasantly acid, aromatic flesh. They are said to make a delicious 

 preserve. Native of the West Indies, Guiana, and Brazil. 



41256. MYRICA RUBRA. Yang mae. From F. N. Meyer, 

 Hangchow, Chekiang, China. Seedlings of a rare and interesting 

 evergreen Chinese fruit tree, of which many inarched varieties are 

 grown in Chekiang. Fruits of grafted varieties are very showy, the 

 size of small crab apples, dark purplish in color, and have a pleasant, 

 vinous flavor of their own. Trees difficult to transplant. 



NEPHELIUM LAPPACEUM. Rambutan. A spreading tree. 

 One of the most attractive and delicious fruits of Malaysia. Related 

 to the litchi, but having a more highly perfumed flavor. The thick- 

 skinned fruits, about the size of a small hen's egg, are a beautiful 

 wine-red color and are covered with slender, soft spines. The white 

 pulp surrounding the large seed is juicy and delicately perfumed. 



12569. OLEA EUROPEA. Barouni olive. From Susa, Tunis, 

 Africa, through T. H. Kearney. The largest fruited olive of the 

 Tunisian region. Culture confined exclusively to Sahel and Kalaa 

 Srira. One of the best of the green table olives. (PI. XII.) 



12684. OLEA EUROPEA. Bidh el Hamman olive. From 

 T. H. Kearney, Zaouia du Mornag, near Tunis, North Africa. Second 

 largest olive of the Tunisian region and said to be one of the best 

 of the table olives. 



12685. OLEA EUROPEA. Saiali Magloub olive. From 

 T. H. Kearney, Zaouia du Mornag, Tunis, North Africa. Tree with 

 very abundant foliage. Fruit medium sized but of excellent quality 

 as a table olive. 



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