492 
Crowley, Louisiana. Seeds of several species used as fruits 
in Brazil, some yellow, some purple, and both large and small 
forms. Introduced for work in breeding with the native 
American maypop in the hope of producing a valuable fruit. 
For distribution later. 
PASSlPLORA INCARNATA. (Passif loraceae . ) 32137-138. 
Plants and seeds of the maypop of the southeastern United 
States, purchased from Mr. Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass., 
for breeding purposes. Obtained for the collection being made 
by this Office of all the species of this genus having 
edible fruits for use in hybridization work. Per distribution 
later . 
PELARGONIUM SPP. ( Geraniaceae . ) 31957-975. Cuttings 
from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. . Presented by 
Dr. David Prain, Director. Nineteen South African species 
and hybrids of this genus obtained for the work of a corre- 
spondent in breeding new forms for commercial use. For 
distribution later. 
PHASEOLUS SP. (Fabaceae.) 32035. Seeds of a bean from 
the South Sea Islands. Presented by the Rev. Father C. N. 
Field, Boston, Mass. "I never tasted a variety as delicious 
as this one. They were given to me by a man who had traveled 
around the world. They thrived much better than ordinary 
scarlet runner beans, on very poor soil near Boston, grew ten 
feet high and were remarkably productive. They are eaten 
baked after removing the pods and are especially sweet." 
(Field.) For distribution later. 
UNDETERMINED. 32063. Seeds from Brazil. Presented by 
Mr. Fred. Birch, Theophilo Ottoni, Minas Geraes, Brazil. 
"Seeds of a forest shrub which I have myself discovered here. 
It is a rare pleasure to find a new fruit thus! It is a 
shrub about four feet high of very compact growth, stem and 
branches tough and elastic, leaves dark green, glossy, and 
fairly tough, about one and one half to two inches long by 
one inch wide, built like so many of the leaves here for 
living through a long dry season. I have not yet seen the 
flower. The fruit is a sort of elongated cherry, about seven 
eighths of an inch long by three eighths to seven sixteenths 
of an inch thick in the middle , black or purple black and 
with a bright, glossy skin. They usually occur singly, strung 
along the branches, but sometimes there are two together. 
From one small shrub we have eaten, I think, about three 
hundred fruits. The flesh is about one eighth of an inch 
thick over the seed and it is soft and juicy and tastes more 
