JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. 15 



43050 to 43060— Continued. 



43056. Attalea spectabilis Mnrt. Phcenicacere. Palm. 

 Ornamental Brazilian palm, stemless or with a very short caudex. The 



erect oi- spreading leaves are IS to 21 feet long; the lower segments are 

 3 to 4 feet and the upper 12 to 16 inches long. The fruit is about as large 

 as a hen's egg. A native of the banks of the Amazon. (Adapted from 

 BaUcji, Statulard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. Jf28.) 



43057. Bulnesia arborea (Jacq.) Engl. Zygophyllacese. 



" Gvai/acan. One of the principal trees of this region ; wood hard, dur- 

 able ; GO to 70 feet high, 24 inches in diameter. Flowers yellow. Timber 

 weathers, being used for railroad ties, which are not expensive. Magda- 

 lena River above Calamar, March 25, 1916." 



43058. AsTROCARYUM sp. Phcenicacese. Mat palm. 

 " Palma estera. Common palm of the forest, Tierras de Loba, Bolivar, 



Colombia. Seeds with an edible coating and will probably yield a commer- 

 cial oil. Plants with huge ornamental fronds, 20 feet or more in length, 

 glossy green above, glossy or silvery white beneath. Entire plant covered 

 with sharp black spines. This palm has practically no stem. Suitable 

 only for planting in moist localities or greenhouses." 



43059. Canavali ensiforme (L.) DC. Fabace^e. Jack bean. 



" From Tierras de Loba, Bolivar." 



" In Porto Rico the jack bean has been found very useful as a green- 

 manure and cover crop in citrus groves. Its bushy habit makes it 

 especially desirable, as it does not interfere by climbing the trees, while 

 its dense, vigorous growth shades the ground during the heat of summer 

 and provides abundant vegetable matter to add to the soil. Its success- 

 ful utilization as green feed in Hawaii encourages the belief that it 

 may be found equally valuable in this country, especially in Texas and 

 Oklahoma, where its great drought resistance gives it particular 

 promise." (C Y. Piper, in Bureau of PlaJit Industry Circular 110, p. 33.) 



43060. GossYPiuM sp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 

 •'Barranqiiilla cotton. Common cotton from a small plantation on the 



banks of the Magdalena River in the vicinity of Mompos. This seed 

 was probably distributed by the Department of Agriculture of Colombia. 

 Plants 4 to 6 feet in height and full of fruits and flowers at the time 

 of collection, June, 1916." 



43061 to 43069.^ Raphanus sativus L. Brassicacese. Radish. 



Fi'om Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co. 

 Numbered August 4, 1916. 



43061. Thirty Days. 43065. Bottle. 



43062. Miyashige. 43066. Sakurajima Mammoth. 



43063. All Seasons. 43067. Shogoin. 



43064. Ninengo. 43068 Nerima. 



43069. " Long String. This is a sort of Japanese radish, and the pecul- 

 iarity of this variety is that it grows over 3 feet long with a circum- 

 ference of 2 to 3 inches. A most suitable variety for pickling pur- 

 poses." (Yokohama Nursery Co., Catalogue, 1916, p. 77.) 



* See footnote, p. 9. 



