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A prickly palm, about 20 feet high, with a brown wool- 
ly trunk up to If feet thick, and terminal leaves 
from 6 to 8 feet in length. The sheathing bases of 
the leaves are armed with long, black spines, and the 
spathe is very spiny. The yellow flowers are very 
odorous, and the round fruits are about an inch in 
diameter. This palm is found in the cooler regions 
of Mexico up to 3000 feet above the sea, and is said 
to be hardy at Santa Barbara, California. (Adapted 
from Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 19, 
from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, p. 
211, and from Martius, Historia Naturalis Palmarum, 
pp. 285, 286 and plate 138.) 
Alibertia edulis A. Richard. (Rubiaceae.) 43413. 
Seeds from Tierras de Loba, Bolivar, Colombia. Col- 
lected by Mr. H. M. Curran. A tropical and extra- 
tropical shrub found in Central and northern South 
America, with white flowers and yellow fruit, which 
is about the size of a small lemon, and is called 
Marmeladinha. The entire plant is called Puruhy, both of 
these being Brazilian names. The fruit is edible and 
very agreeable in taste. (Adapted from von Mueller, 
Selected Extra-Tropical Plants, from Pittier, Plantas 
Usuales de Costa Rica, p. 110, and from Correa, Flora 
do Brazil, p. 112. ) 
Amom purpurea Moc. & Sesse. (Annonaceae . ) 43426. 
Fruit of Soncoya from Escuintla, Guatemala. Seed col- 
lected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer. 
"The suneuya or soneuya, sometimes called chineuya, a re- 
markable species of Annona which appears to be fairly 
common in the foothills of the western slopes of 
Guatemala. Fruits and trees were seen from Escuintla 
to Ayutla, on the Mexican frontier, the elevation 
varying from 200 to 1200 feet. The soneuya is an im- 
mense fruit, often larger than a child's head, and 
covered with short conical protuberances. It is al- 
most perfectly spherical in form, measures about six 
inches in length, and weighs three pounds or more. In 
color it is a light russet brown, sometimes greenish, 
and the protuberances are about ^ inch long, sharply 
pointed, and corky in character. The rind also is 
corky, about £ inch thick, rather pliable, granular 
and easily broken. The flesh within is pale orange, 
cottony in texture, rather juicy and with an aroma 
and flavor almost identical . with that of the North 
American pawpaw (Asimina < triloba) . The seeds are very 
