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ically to the Sapote and Injerto of Central America, but 
the quality of the fruit Is entirely different. The flesh 
is very rich and mealy, more like a cooked sweet potato 
than like the related fruits. The tree is also of a very 
compact habit with the rather small obovate leaves clus- 
tered closely near the ends of the branches. Another dif- 
ference is that the Lucuma grows and -produces fruit at a 
much higher elevation than the Sapote, attaining about 9,500 
feet at Ollantay tambo . Thus there would seem to be a much 
better chance for the Lucuma in California or Florida than 
with the Sapote." (Cook.) 
Osteomeles sp . (Malaceae.) • 41325. Seeds of Lengli from 
Pinasniocj, Peru. Collected by Mr. 0. F. Cook. "A tree 
growing at high elevations , 10 , 000 to 12,000 feet, found in 
the valleys of two streams tributary to the Urubamba river, 
one the stream that enters at Ollantay tambo , and the other 
the stream that comes down from the Panticalla Pass, a few 
miles below Ollantaytambo . On the other side of the Pass 
in the upper part of the Lucumayo valley the lengli' ap- 
pears to be absent. In unfavorable places where the trees 
remain stuntqd they have an appearance somewhat like our 
Thorn-apple or Hawthorns, but in some of the sheltered 
ravines and reforested terraces where the conditions are 
favorable the lengli trees attain a height of 30-40 feet 
with trunks 1 to 2 feet in diameter, and have a very at- 
tractive appearance. The foliage is very fine, the leaves 
being of a very regular elliptical shape with slightly 
dentate margins. The upper surface is of a fresh deep 
green color with neatly impressed, veins , while the lower 
surface has a warm reddish brown tomentum, affording a 
very pleasing contrast. The fruit clusters give a festive 
appearance like holly, the mature berries being deeply and 
richly colored. They begin by changing from green through 
various shades of pink to scarlet red and then pass on 
through the darker shades of red,, becoming eventually al- 
most black. The berries are distinctly flattened instead 
of round and have the appearance of very small apples. They 
hang on the trees for a long time, probably all through 
the winter, with the effects of the Christmas holly. A 
botanical peculiarity, perhaps of this species, is that 
the lowest branch of the fruit cluster is usually subtend- 
ed by a very much reduced, oval, sharp-pointed leaf, or 
bract, but like the other leaves in color, texture, and 
persistence. The small leaf adds a little touch to the 
appearance of a twig with its cluster of berries. This 
might prove attractive for ornamental planting along the 
California .coast or wherever it will grow. In view of the 
high altitude where the tree is native it may be expected 
to stand cold weather, if not actual frost." (Cook.) 
