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Annona cherimola Miller. (Annonaceae . ) 45077. Cheri- 
moya. From Jujuy, Argentina. Presented by Mr. S. W. 
Damon, Oran. Reported to be frost-resistant, having 
withstood 9 or 10° C. (16 or 18° F. ) of frost. Said 
to be a fine anona, weighing up to two kilos (4 2/5 
lbs.). 
Berberis trifoliolata Morlcand. (Berberidaceae. ) 45096. 
Barberry plants grown at the Chico Field Station from 
seeds originally received from Dr. David Griffiths, 
collected in Texas. Evergreen shrub, 2 to 5 feet in 
height, often forming large thickets. The compound 
leaves have 3 leaflets, each 3 to 5-lobed, with spiny 
margins. The red, aromatic berries, about as large as 
peas, are very acid and are much used for tarts, jel- 
lies, etc. (Adapted from Small, Flora of the Southern 
United States. ) 
Coeos erio8patha Mart ius . (Phoenicaceae . ) 45045. Palm 
fruits from Gotha, Florida. Presented by Mr. H. Nehr- 
ling. "A most beautiful, glaucous, pinnate-leaved palm 
with slightly violet-colored leaf stems. The seeds 
were received under the name of Coeos blumenavia from 
Blumenau, in Brazil, in 1892. This palm bore its 
first bunches of fruit four years ago. The large, 
cream-colored flower cluster is enclosed in a spathe 
densely covered with a felty, brown, soft wool. The 
fruits have no odor. They are the size of a very large 
cherry or small plum, are yellow, and are covered 
with deep brown spots. The fruit is the most delici- 
ous of all the hardy Coeos, and reminds one of the fla- 
vor of a very good sweet plum. The palm grows on 
high dry pine-land and is hardier than the orange." 
(Nehrling. ) 
Dovyalis tristis (Sond.) Warburg. (Flacourtlaceae . ) 
45048. Seeds from Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. 
Presented by Mr. I. B. Pole Evans, Chief, Division of 
Botany, Department of Agriculture, Union of South 
Africa. "A tree which occurs on the kopjes (low 
• hills) around Pretoria and which bears an abundance 
of small fruits. These fruits make a delicious jelly." 
(Evans.) Usually an armed shrub or small tree 10 to 
15 feet high, with leathery, obovate, glabrous leaves, 
shiny above. The Inconspicuous flowers appear in No- 
vember, followed in January by the roundish, yellow, 
pulpy fruits which are about f inch long. The fruits 
are highly flavored, and are eaten raw or made into 
