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Citrus limetta aromatiea Wester. (Rutaceae.) 44136. 
Seeds of dalayap from the Philippine Islands. Presented 
by Mr. P. J. Wester, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila. 
A spiny Philippine shrub collected at Palawan, with 
slender, willowy branches; dull green, ovate or el- 
liptic, serrate leaves to 10 cm. (4 inches) long; 
.purplish white flowers borne singly or in terminal or 
axillary cymes. The roundish, smooth, lemon yellow 
fruits are 5 cm. (2 inches) long, with thin skin; pale 
green, juicy, sharply acid pulp; and very numerous, 
small seeds. (Adapted from P. J. Wester, Philippine 
Agricultural Review, First Quarter, 1915, p. 25.) 
Citrus mediea nana Wester. (Rutaceae.) 44137. Seeds 
of dwarf citron from the Philippine Islands. Presented 
by Mr. P. J. Wester, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila. 
A small thorny shrub, collected at Cebu; rather common 
In the Philippines. It bears loose cymes of purplish 
white flowers, and roundish, egg-shaped, smooth, yel- 
low fruits, 2| inches or more long. (Adapted from 
P. J. Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review, First 
Quarter, 1915, p. 23.) 
Davidia involucrata vilmoriniana (Dode) Hemsley, (Cor- 
naceae.) 44127. Seeds from Paris, France. Presented 
by Vllmorin-Andrieux Co. A tree, 40 to 50 feet high, 
from western China; with alternate, bright green, 
ovate, coarsely serrate leaves, 2 to 4$ inches long; 
inconspicuous flowers in terminal, globular heads, 
about an inch in diameter; enormous white bracts sur- 
rounding the flowers; and ovoid, greenish yellow fruits 
with brown dots, about If Inches long. In the British 
Isles this tree is quite hardy, and though it can be 
propagated by cuttings, the plants raised from seeds 
show the greatest vigor. (Adapted from Curtis 's Bo- 
tanical Magazine, vol. 138, plate 8432.) 
Dmpyros ebenaster Retzius. (Dlospyraceae . ) 44130. 
Seeds of black sapote from Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented 
by Mr. Oerrit P. Wilder. An ornamental Mexican tree 
with oblong-oval glossy leaves, about 4 Inches long; 
and light green oblate fruits, up to 4 inches in di- 
ameter, with very dark brown sweetish pulp. (Adapted 
from note of Wilson Popenoe.) 
Diospyros kaki L.f. (Dlospyraceae.) 44108. Cuttings 
of persimmon from Kioshan, Honan, China. Presented by 
Dr. Nathannel Fedde, American Luthern Mission. "The 
