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Kennedya comptoniana (Pabaceae), 47191. Prom 
Blackwood, South Australia. Seeds presented by 
Mr. Edwin Ashby, "Wlttunga." "This is a fine climber. 
The sprays of deep violet flowers are very long, and 
the leaves are more deeply cut than in the variety 
around Perth, W. Australia. " (Ashby . ) 
Mimusops caffra ( Sapotaceae ) , 47099. From Africa. 
Presented by Mr. J. Burtt-Davy, Johannesburg. A somewhat 
hoary or glaucous evergreen tree or shrub forming a large 
proportion of the sea-dune vegetation, but also extending 
inland on sandy soils. On the dunes it grows down to 
the watermark, fully exposed to sea. winds and, where 
these winds- prevail, is consequently usually dwarfed 
and heavily branched from the base. In shelter it 
gets up to about 10 meters (33 ft.) in height and 30 
to 45 centimeters (llf to 17f in.) In diameter, but 
even there it Is heavily branched and very gnarled and 
crooked, and consequently yields first-rate knees, etc. , 
for boat-building. The leaves are firmly coriaceous, 
and widely obovate. The flowers are usually In clus- 
ters of 2 to 4 in the axils along the branch. The 
fruit is 2 centimeters (| in.) long, tapering to the 
point , red , and ljs relished by children. Abundant along 
the coast and through M'Cho'pes; as also in Cape Colony 
and Natal. (Adapted from Sim, Forest Flora Portuguese 
East Africa, p. 80. ) 
Nephelium lappaeeum (Sapindaceae) , 47196 & 47197. 
Rambutan. From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by the 
Direotor, Botanic Garden. "While perhaps not equaling 
its near relative , thelitchl, the rambutan is one of the 
best fruits of the Malayan region. The late Dr. Treub 
of Java preferred it to the mangosteen, although it is 
not so esteemed by the majority of Europeans. It is 
a handsome frui t , and one which can bear a considerable 
amount of handling; hence it should be possible to 
market it advantageously, once it is produced in tropi- 
cal America. Like the mangosteen, the durian, and the 
litchi, its introduction into the American tropics has 
not been given sufficient attention. There seems to 
be no reason why all of these fruits and numerous others 
from the Malayan region . should not succeed In parts 
of Porto Rico, Cuba, and tropical America in general . 
The mangosteen, invariably considered one of the most 
delicate and exacting of Malayan fruit trees, has 
fruited successfully both in Jamaica and Dominica. 
The rambutan is seen in almost every garden about Singapore 
