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Cariea candamarcensis (Papayaceae ), 46782. From Mexico. 
Seeds collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe and presented 
through Dr. H. J. Webber, Director, Citrus Experiment 
Station, University of California. "Collected at La 
Zacualpa, Chiapas, October 10, 1918. A wild carica 
common in this region. It is very similar to the papaya. 
The plants grow to a height of about 10 feet, and re- 
semble those of the papaya except in the distinctly 
darker color of the foliage and the less deeply lobed 
leaves. Stamlnate and pistillate flowers seem always 
to be produced on separate plants. The fruits are 
borne singly, not in clusters as is often the case in 
the wild papayas of Florida. They are obovoid-elliptic 
In shape, 2 to 4 inches in length, orange-yellow in 
color when ripe, with a more pronounced aroma than in 
the papaya. The natives call them melocotones, or 'peaches' . 
The flesh is about half an inch thick; each of the 
numerous seeds which fill the large cavity is enclosed 
in a translucent, whitish aril which is the part eaten. 
The seeds do not adhere to the wall of the seed cavity 
as in the papaya but, together with the arils surrounding 
them, entirely fill the cavity. The flavor of the arils 
is sweet and aromatic, very pleasant, and quite distinct 
from that of the flesh of the papaya." (Popenoe.) 
Chamaedorea sp. (Phoenicaceae ) , 46783. Palm. From 
Mexico. Seeds collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe and pre- 
sented by Dr. H. J. Webber, Director, Citrus Experiment 
Station, Universi ty of Calif ornia. "From Pochutla, Oaxaca, 
August 18, 1918. This closely resembles the dwarf palm 
which I sent in from Guatemala last year under the name 
pacayito. It is abundant on cool, shady mountain sides in 
the coffee district above Pochutla, at altitudes of about 
3,000 feet. When mature, the plant has a slender trunk, 
perhaps half an inch thick and 2 feet high. The leaves 
are from a foot to 18 inches in length, rather finely 
pinnate, deep green, graceful , with the rachis stiff but 
arching slightly. As a house plant for the northern 
states, and for use in fern dishes, it seems to me 
that this plant possesses unusual possibilities, and 
I strongly recommend it for trial." (Popenoe.) 
Colocasia esculenta (Aracaceae), 46788. Dasheen. From 
Port-of -Spain, Trinidad. Presented by Mr. Eugene Andre. 
"Tubers of what is being grown here as Chinese eddoes. This 
arold gives better results in poor, dry soil than the 
dasheen, the latter requiring well-watered, low-lying 
land for remunerative crops." (Andre.) 
"This variety, known in Trinidad as Chinese eddo is 
