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ChrysopJiyllurrv sp. ( Sapotaceae . ) 41648. Seeds from 
forests of Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil. Presented by Mr. H. 
M. Curran. "Sapotaceous fruit wild in forest. Trees not 
seen. Has a thin, tough skin and soft light yellow flesh 
with a texture much like that of a ripe persimmon. The 
flavor of the fruit is slightly acid and very agreeable. 
One of the best forest fruits I have ever eaten." (Curran. ) 
Crotalaria cunninghamii R. Brown. (Fabaceae. ) 41571. 
Seeds from Wellington Point, near Brisbane, Queensland, 
Australia. Presented by. Mr. James Pink. "I am of the opin- 
ion that under cultivation it will prove an acquisition for 
ornamental planting and In dry situations it may prove a 
rival to the herbaceous Calceolaria. The plant grows about 
two feet high and will bear topping to any extent, every 
lateral throwing up a spike of flowers of bright orange 
yellow." (Pink.) "Though unattractive as to the colour of 
the flowers, this Is a very curious and striking greenhouse 
plant, the soft velvety pubescence that clothes all the 
surfaces with a uniform glaucous hue at once arresting the 
attention. It Is a native of the dry, almost desert re- 
gions of North-western and Central Australia, growing on 
sandy ridges, from Shark's Bay to the Gulf of Carpentaria, 
and penetrating southwards through Central Australia to- 
wards Spencer's Gulf. A shrub two to three feet high, 
everywhere covered with a soft grey-green tomentum." 
(Curtis 's Botanical Magazine, pi. 5770.) 
Eleocharis twberosa (Roxb. ) Schultes. (?) (Cyperaceae . ) 
41680. Bulbs or corms of apwlid from Manila, Philippine 
Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, Director, Bureau 
of Agriculture,. Of a somewhat similar form or perhaps 
species, Mr. P. N.. Meyer says "They are mostly eaten raw, 
but are also sliced and shredded in soups and in meat and 
fish dishes. Foreigners in China grate them and serve them 
boiled as a winter vegetable, in which state they resemble 
sweet corn very much in looks and taste. The plants need 
a hot summer to mature and are grown on a muck or clayey 
soil with several inches of standing water on top, very 
much in the same manner as wet land rice." 
Garcinia sp. ( Clusiaceae . ) 41622. Seeds from Brazil. 
Presented by Mr. H. M. Curran. "Species cultivated in Rio 
d-e Janeiro Botanical Gardens. Trees 30 to 40 feet high, 
16 to 18 inches in diameter, with heavy crop of large 
fruit, approximately 2 inches in diameter, with yellow acid 
flesh. Probably a common variety from India." (Curran.) 
Koelrewteria formosana Hayata. ( Sapindaceae . ) 41679. 
Seeds from Taihoku, Formosa. Presented by Mr. Genjiro 
Takata, Chief, Bureau of Productive Industry. An indige- 
nous Formosan tree related to K. bipinnata Franch. , but dif- 
