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44001. CARDIOSPERMUM HIRSUTUM. Presented by Mr. 

 P. D. Barnhart, Los Angeles, Cal. Ornamental sapindaceous Tine, 

 native of Africa. Useful perennial plant with densely hairy stems, 

 deeply toothed leaves (the under side of which is hairy), and nu- 

 merous axillary clusters of small white flowers. In southern Cali- 

 fornia it is said to bloom continuously. 



CARICA CA^DAMARCENSIS. Mountain papaya. Colom- 

 bian tree, smaller than C. papaya: presumably hardier, with much 

 smaller, more angular fruits of a flavor too acid for dessert, though 

 very agreeable when stewed; also used for jams and preserves. Ripe 

 fruit has a pleasant, applelike odor. Introduced for test of papain 

 quality and for hybridization with C. papaya. 



CARICA PAPAYA. Papaya. Rapid-growing fruit tree, reach- 

 ing 25 feet; in 10 months bears numerous melon-shaped fruits on its 

 trunk. Good varieties deliciously sweet, with characteristic riavor; 

 relished as a breakfast fruit. Easily digested, containing powerful 

 papain ferment. For trial as an annual in northern Florida and 

 Texas. Easily grown in hothouse. Both sexes required. 



CARISSA CARANDAS. A small apocynaceous tree or large 

 shrub, with sharp, rigid, forked thorns and oval leaves. The fruit 

 vhen ripe much resembles a damson; is smaller than that of C. 

 grand if or a. In India it is made into a pickle just before it is ripe, 

 and is also used in tarts and puddings. When ripe it makes a very 

 good jelly. Not so attractive a hedge plant as C. grandiflora, but 

 may prove hardier. 



CARISSA GRANDIFLORA. South African amatungnlu. A 



handsome apocynaceous spiny shrub, with glossy green leaves, white 

 fragrant flowers, and ovoid scarlet fruits an inch long. Useful home 

 garden fruit, with a flavor when stewed peculiarly like that of cran- 

 berries. Fruit may be dried like prunes. A most attractive ever- 

 green hedge plant. Stands clipping well, and its spines make it 

 quite impenetrable. 



34153. CARISSA OVATA. From the Botanic Gardens, Bris- 

 bane, Queensland. Native of Queensland and New South Wales. A 

 small bush, producing a white oval-shaped fruit about half an inch 

 long, which has an agreeable flavor. 



40159. CARMICHAELIA FLAGELLIFORMIS. From the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. A peculiar leguminous 

 shrub with erect, flattened, green branchlets which serve as leaves, 

 these being absent or very small. Flowers purplish lilac, pealike, in 

 short, dense clusters. Native of New Zealand. Can be grown out of 

 doors only in the Southern States. 



