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COCOS ODGRATA and others. (Phoenicaceae , ) 29419-422. Seeds of 
four palms from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Presented by Mr, 
Antonio August o Pereira da Ponseca. Acanthorhiza warscewiczii, 
Cocos odorata, Jessenia amazonum and Caryota speciosa. All 
suitable probably for cultivation in Southern Plorida and 
California. Por distribution later. 
CUCUMIS MELO. (Cucurbitaceae . ) 29458-459. Seeds of muskmelcn 
from Malta. Presented by Mr. James Oliver Laing, American 
Consul, Malta. No. 29458. "Seeds from one dark green melon 
(winter variety). Grown in the Island of Gozo, one of this 
group. The particular melon is the finest specimen of the 
fruit I have seen here." (Laing.) Ho. 29459. "Seeds from 
several yellow melons (summer variety)." (Laing.) Por dis- 
tribution later. 
CYCLANTHERA PEDATA. (Cucurbitaceae.) 29330. Seeds of the Caigua 
from Mollendo, Peru. Presented by Mr, W. Morrison, Acting 
Consular Agent. "The fruit of the caigua is cooked and eaten 
as a vegetable. The fruit is first cleaned of the seeds and 
the division that separates the rows, then boiled but not too 
tender; a forcemeat of finely chopped meat, raisins, walnuts 
and chopped hard boiled eggs with seasoning fills the interior 
the outside is covered with a mixture of beaten egg and flour, 
and the caiguas are then fried. Or a sauce is made with milk, 
flour, etc., and in this the caigua is stewed. The seeds sent 
were taken from a plant I had in the house in a flower pot of 
fair size. This climate is temperate." (Morrison.) Por dis- 
tribution later. 
DATURA PASTUOSA. (Solanaceae . ) 29454. Seeds from Villarrica, 
Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. Mahaux. "This plant has mauve 
flowers from which the people here make cigarettes. It seems 
that it is a good antiasthmatic." (Mahaux.) Por distribution 
later. 
DIOSPYEOS SP. (Ebenaceae.) 29384. Seeds of a species of ebony 
from Colombo, Ceylon. Presented by Dr. C. Drieberg, Secretary, 
Ceylon Agricultural Society. Introduced for the work of this 
Office in the breeding of persimmons. Por distribution later. 
ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIPOLIA. (Elaeagnaceae . ) 29414-415. Seeds of 
Trebizond date or oleaster from Mamouret-ul-Aziz (Harput), 
Turkey. Presented by Mr, W. W. Masterson, American Consul. 
No. 29414. Small fruited. No. 29415. Large fruited. Por 
distribution later. 
EUGENIA SP. (Myrtaceae.) 29381. Seeds from Chile. Received 
through Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, Chile. "Of West India* 
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