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Belov, marmelos. (Rutaceae.) 38389. Plants of the bael 
fruit from Manila. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, Direct- 
or of Agriculture, through Mr. Harry H. Boyle, Assistant 
Horticulturist. "Seedlings of a fruit obtained from a tree 
grown on the plaza of the largest pagoda in Slam which is 
situated in the town of Propatone. As this fruit was of a 
different type from the ordinary bael fruit it is thought 
that it might be of some value. The fruit is fully five 
inches in length and two and a half inches in width, more 
melon shape than pyriform." (Boyle.) 
Bombycodendron vidalianum. (Malvaceae.) 38486. Seeds 
of the lanutan from Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. 
Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, Horticulturist in charge, 
Lamao Experiment Station. "Seeds of the lanutan, a tree 
valuable for its wood, and also quite ornamental with large 
white flowers with a red center, shaped like those of the 
tropical Hibiscus rosa- sinensis , and about 7 Inches in diame- 
ter. It is probably too tender for Florida." (Wester.) 
Canarium sp. (Burseraceae . ) 38372. Plants of the pili 
nut from Manila. Presented by Mr. H. T, Edwards, Director 
Of Agriculture, through Mr. Harry H. Boyle, Assistant Hor- 
ticulturist. "Trees of this nut are found growing in the 
various islands of southern Luzon, in the province of Al- 
bay. The leaves are compound, and the fruit is a triangu- 
lar drupe containing one seed. The nuts are eaten quite 
extensively in the Islands and throughout the Far East. 
From them an oil is extracted which is used for the table 
and also for burning in lamps. This nut, to my notion, is 
the best I have ever eaten. During the past two years 
quite a number of shipments of this nut have been made to 
San Francisco and they find a ready market, k gum, that 
resembles in properties the copaiba balsam, is extracted 
from the bark." (Boyle.) 
Cocos rivalis. (Phoenicaceae . ) 38588. Plants of a palm 
from Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. W. E. Hess, 
Agricultural Experiment Station. "The rarest and prettiest 
of Porto Rico palms. This species greatly resembles in 
habit and appearance Geonoma gracilus but has more leaflets. 
At its type location it is growing on the bank of a stream 
with its roots in the water and in another location some 8 
miles distant in an apparently dry limestone ravine. There 
are probably not more than a couple of dozen specimens left 
and among these less than half a dozen fruiting trees; be- 
ing of little value to the natives, when large enough they 
are cut down for fence posts." (Hess.) 
Cocos nucifera. (Pheonicaceae. ) 38428-434. Seeds of 
seven varieties of coconuts from Pago Pago, American Samoa. 
Presented by Commander C. D. Stearns, Governor. Among 
