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Bureau in bringing together all the promising rubber-producing 
plants for comparative tests and study. For distribution later. 
CHENOPODIUM SP. ( Chenopodiaceae . ) 33742. Seeds from San 
Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, National 
Museum. "'Apasote.' Used for seasoning like thyme, and espe- 
cially good for shelled beans." (Werckle.) For distribution 
later. 
CHRYSOBALANUS ICACO. (Rosaceae.) 33791. Seeds of the 
icaco from San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos 
Werckle, National Museum, San Jose. "A much improved superior 
variety. Black." (Werckle.) This tree which is a native of 
Tropical America bears small pulpy fruits the size and shape of 
a plum, somewhat sweet, but with a harsh flavor peculiarly 
their own, which are much used for preserves and also as 
dessert fruit. For distribution later. 
CITRUS SP. (Rutaceae.) 33761. Seeds of a lemon from 
Malta. Presented by Mr. James Oliver Laing, American consul. 
Obtained through the kindness of the secretary of the Malta 
Horticultural Society. "This new fruit is the result of ex- 
periments undertaken by the government expert here in the Gar- 
dens of San Antonio and is called the San Antonio lemon. The 
specimen sent and the lemon from which the seeds were taken 
were chosen as exhibition fruit to be shown at the yearly fair 
of the Malta Horticultural Society and are therefore not only a 
new variety but the best specimens of it. The fruit was labeled 
as follows at the fair: 'A seedling from a flat shaped variety 
at San Antonio gardens and exhibited now for the first time.' " 
(Laing.) For distribution later. 
CITRUS SP. (Rutaceae.) 33788. Seeds of an orange from 
the Atlas Mountains, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut , 
Algiers. "A late orange from Atlas Mountains, cultivated in 
the mountain valleys and grown from seed by the natives. Fruit 
excellent." (Trabut.) For distribution later. 
COCOS SP. (Phoenicaceae . ) 33762. Seeds fromHaedo, a 
suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentine. Presented by Mr. C. F. 
Mead. "Found in southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argen- 
tina, but these seeds are from a tree grown by Vicente Peluffo 
& Co., at their proving grounds near Haedo, which speaks well 
for its frost-resisting ualities. This coco grows to a height 
of about 5 meters and is very similar in looks and fruit to the 
date palm. Fruit in looks is similar to a small crab apple ex- 
cept that it lacks lustre; it is comestible and tastes some- 
thing like a green pineapple." (Mead.) For distribution later. 
