BULLETIN OP FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTIONS. 
No. 10. Jan. 14 to 29, 1909. 
NEW PLANT IMMIGRANTS. 
BLIGHIA SAPIDA. 24592. Seeds presented by Mr. H. P. 
Schultz, Ancon, Cana] Zone, Jan. 18. "The 'Akee,' a 
"beautiful African tree introduced into the West In- 
dies. Valued in Jamaica as a richly flavored and whole- 
some food. The "bright yellow, fleshy arillus is the 
part eaten. (Cook & Collins: Economic Plants of Porto 
Rico. ) 
CAJANUS. 24604.' Prom Little River, Plorida. Presented 
"by Mr. E. J. Andrews thru Mr. P. J. Wester, Jan. 22. 
"This plant is similar in ha"bit and appearance to the 
ordinary pigeon pea, except that the standard of the 
corolla is streaked with deep orange red while the or- 
dinary species in cultivation here is pale lemon yel- 
low; it differs also in that the plant "blooms early in 
the fall and the seed ripens a month at least earlier 
than the ordinary variety. It would "be useful to the 
people in Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Canal Zone." 
(Wester. ) 
COCCOTHRINAX GERBERI. 24594. Prom Mr. P. J. Wester, Mi- 
ami, Pla. , Jan. 16. "This is a dwarf palm with rather 
slender stem; leaves yellowish green, lustrous above, 
silvery beneath; the berries are deep purple; worthy' 
of introduction into Southern California and Hawaii." 
(Wester. ) 
CYTISSUS PROLIPER. 24590. Prom Teneriffe, Canary Islands, 
thru Mr. J. B. Blandy, Punchal, Madeira, Jan. 16. 
"The variety Palmensis is a fodder shrub for light, 
dry soil, 20 feet high, deep rooted, rather intolerant 
to frost and drought. (Dyer.) Mr. Hardy of Adelaide 
recommends it as a quick-growing windbreak. Very valuable 
also for apiarists as it flowers for several months. In 
some places it was found that horses and cattle dis- 
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