38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



52530 and 52531— Continued. 



and fruit. Tlie fruits are pleasantly acid and do not seem to have quite 

 so strong an odor as that of the sweet one. Both the sweet and sour 

 varieties nre made into a preserve. The fruits are packed in jars with 

 a layer of sugar, then a layer of fruit, etc.. afterwards some aguardiente 

 (an inferior brandy) is added. This recipe has ceased to be of interest 

 in the north. However. I can assure you it is good." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43429. 

 52531. Crotaxaeia striata Schrank. Fabacese. 



" Locally called chipilin. It is nn ornamental perennial species reach- 

 ing about 6 feet in height and spread. The spikes of pea-shaped yellow 

 flowers and the young leaves are boiled with rice or meat and are very 

 good. The plant is also good for forage." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 50751. 



52532. Xanthosoma sp. Aracese. Yautia. 



From Guatemala. Presented by Harry Johnson. Received March 17, 1921. 



" Corms of the malanga Colorado. The leafstalks are slightly reddish along 

 the groove. It is a good variety around Jocolo." (Johnsan.) 



"This yautia is pink skinned and pink and white fleshed. It is mealy 

 when cooked and of good flavor. The leaf stems are plain green, with slightly 

 reddish or purplish shading near the margin of the sinus wings. The blade 

 forms about a 95° angle with the petiole." {R. A. Young.) 



52533. Castanopsis argentea (Blume) A. DC. Fagaceae. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by the director of the Botanic 

 Garden. Received February 16, 1921. 



An evergreen tree 50 to 60 feet high, with thinly coriaceous, lanceolate 



leaves, shining above and sometimes quite silvery beneath. Native to Tenas- 



serim and Martaban. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British Inclia, vol. 5, 

 p. 621.) 



52534. Tamarix aphylla (L.^ Karst. TamaricaceaB. Athel. 

 (T. articulata Vahl.) 



From Indio, Calif. Cuttings presented by Bruce Drummond, Government 

 Date Gardens. Received February 15, 1921. 



A bush or often a small tree 10 to 50 feet high, native to India, with pink 

 flowers one-eighth of an inch in diameter, in slender spikes more or less 

 Interrupted. The branches are fastigiate. elongated, and slender, and the 

 leaves are reduced to a very .short sheath, with a minute tooth. (Adapted 

 from Nicholson, Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, vol. 4, p. 7, J' 885.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 45952. 



52535 to 52545. Saccharum officinarum L. Poacese. 



Sugar cane. 



From Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Seed presented by Robert M. Grey. 

 Received February 4, 1921. Quoted notes by Mr. Grey. 



" H refers to Harvard seedlings." 



52535. " H Jil24. Resistant against mosaic ; 90 per cent of the progeny 

 are exempt. The seed held vitality from January to July." 



52536. " H 6241. Harvard seedling ; parent immune from mosaic." 



