1312 
Explorer for this Department. "(No. 1299. Tsung chia 
tsui, Hupeh, China. Altitude 3,000 feet. December 14, 
1917.) An evergreen vine found trailing over rocks 
and boulders in a semi shady places The foliage is 
medium small and leathery, like that of a daphne. 
Apparently quite rare. To be tested under protection 
from extremes of sun and frost." (Meyer.) 
Solanum murieatum ( Solanaceae) , 45812 to 45814. 
Pepino. Prom Equador. Presented by Mr. Frederic W. 
Goding, American Consul General, Guayaquil. "During 
a recent trip to the interior I saw thousands of the 
plants growing near Huigra, on a farm owned by Mr. 
Edward Morley. There are three varieties of the 
fruits; the green, the green striped with purple and 
the dark purple. This fruit forms a part of the diet 
of the people of the Interior, being eaten raw or 
cooked in various ways; but foreigners prefer them in 
a salad as the common cucumber is prepared. Served in 
this way they are delicious." (Goding.) The pepino or 
'melon pear' is an erect, spineless, bushy shrub or 
subshrub two or three feet high, the branches often 
with rough warty excrescences. The leaves are usually 
entire or with slightly undulate margins. The rather 
small flowers are borne in a long-stalked cluster. 
The corolla is bright blue and deeply five lobed. The 
ovoid fruit, four to six inches long is long-stalked 
and drooping. The color is yellow overlaid with 
splashes of violet purple. The yellow flesh is aro- 
matic, tender, juicy, and in taste suggests an acid 
egg plant. In cultivated varieties the seeds are sel- 
dom present. This plant is said to be a native of 
Peru. In the north the season is too short for the 
fruit to develop, but the plant will set fruit freely 
in a cool greenhouse. Readily propagated by cut'tings 
of the growing shoots. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard 
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, p. 3182.) 
Ulmus sp. (Ulmaceae), 45943. Elm. Prom China. Col- 
lected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer 
for this Department. "(No. 1300. To tze wan, Hupeh, 
China. December 12, 1919.) An uncommon elm growing 
to a large size and found in mountain districts at 
low elevations. Young branches often corky, bark of 
old trunks grayish brown and fissured. Possibly a 
desirable shade and avenue tree for mild-wintered re- 
gions . n (Meyer. ) 
