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Stryehnos spinosa Lam. (Loganiaceae. ) 42903. Seeds 
from Beira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Pre- 
sented by Mr. E. H. Heron, Director of Agriculture. 
"Vernacular name M'Tamba." (Heron.) A small tree up 
to 10 feet high found throughout Tropical Africa, in 
Madagascar, and the Seychelles. This tree is interest- 
ing because of its cannon-ball-shaped hard-shelled 
fruit, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, with acid pulp which 
is wholesome and agreeable with a clove-like aroma 
very noticeable when ripe. The seeds contain no alka- 
loid. This plant has produced fruit in Florida where 
it seems to do well. 
Theobroma purpure'um Pit tier . (Sterculiaceae . ) 42857. 
Seeds from Bolivar, Colombia. Presented by Mr. H. M. 
Curran. " Caeao del Monte. Wild cacao from Cauca River 
valley. Small tree in dense forest. Said to be edible*" 
(Curran.) 
Ximenia americana L. (Olacaceae.) 42896. Seeds of 
false sandalwood from Donga, Northern Nigeria, West 
Africa. Presented by Rev. C. L. Whitman, Sudan United 
Mission. "Seeds of what might be called an apricbt- 
plum. A fruit the size of a small plum growing on a 
plum-like tree, but having considerable of an apricot 
flavor." (Whitman.) 
Notes on Behavior of Previous Introductions. 
Cieer arietinum. Garbanzo. The Garbanzo is now being 
cultivated rather extensively in some parts of the 
West. Mr. R. L. Beagles, Farm Superintendent in 
charge of the Chlco Plant Introduction Field Station, 
writes that he saw in the neighborhood of Gridley, 
near Sacramento ,. Calif . , a plantation of about fifty 
acres which looked very promising. 
fiiospyros kaki. (S.P.I. 16912, 16921, 26773.) Tamo- 
pan persimmon. This large and delicious variety is 
now on the market in Washington and is seemingly prov- 
ing popular. Fruits are being grown for the market 
by J. C. Breese, Fayetteville , N. C, and H. H. Hume, 
Glen St. Mary, Fla. 
Feijoa sellowiana. This Office has just received a 
consignment of these fruits from Mr. Hertrich, manager 
of the Huntington estate in Pasadena, Calif. It is 
a most promising myrtaceous fruit, and is likely to 
