JAXUAItY 1 TO AlAi'.CIi .•{1, 1917. 23 



44064 and 44065— -Continued. 



sea level, f»ii wiiicli oeeMsioii I iiiii.v say il about saved my life. I had 

 ridden up there al dawn for rlie jiurpose of shootiim Imffalo, wliicli I 

 did, and then lost my jiiiides in ii ureat hanihoo foi-est and wandered 

 about for many hours: I finally came to an open iilace and fonn<l many 

 of these plants .yrowing, and being- very hungry I <levoured many of the 

 fruits. I found them botli meat and driidv."" ( ('(iincroii.) 



44066. Coi.ocAsiA EscTLEXTA (L.) Scliott. Aract^p. Taro. 



From Oilla. Tex. Tubers presented ])y .Mi-. S. Kato. Keceived .Ianuar\ 

 24, 1917. 



" Yatsu-(/usJii)(i-iiiio. \ .lapauese variety of taro of the daslieeu type. It 

 is said to he the best variety grown in .Japan. These siiecimens grown in 

 Texas, thou.i;li very small, Avere mealy and of fine tlavor." [R. A. Younii.) 



44067. \'i('iA FAr..v I.r. Fabaceiv. Broad bean. 



From Amsterdam. Xetlierlauds. l'rocui-ed through Mr. Frank A\'. Maliiji. 

 -Xmei-iean consul. lieceived .Tanuary 2.3. 1917. 

 "Seeds of the broad l>e;Ui. calleil by the I )utch DnirciilxKni." iMaliiii.,) 



44068. Did.spYKo.s K.\ivi L. f. I)i()si)yracea'. Kaki. 



From Hangc-how. Ciiina. Presented by I >r. 1 >. hiniran .Main. .\'timb(M-ed 

 F<'bruary ."i. 1917. 



A variet.x sent in witliont description. 



44069. ZizA.M.v L.\'n FOLIA ((ji-iseb.) Staj^f. Poacese. Wild rice. 



Fi-om China. I'lants collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Ex- 

 ploi-er for tlie I »ei)artmeiit of Agriculture. Keceived January 3, 1917. 



■•(No. 12(n. I'eklng. China. November 20. 1910.) A Chinese wild rice, 

 cultivated In standing water. The young sprouts are eaten in the spring- 

 while later on the sho(>ts. swollen through the a(-t on of a fungus, are eatt^ 

 in much the same way as l)am!ioo. Chine.se name cliiao jiiii." {MciierJ 



For an illustration of the shoots of wild r ce. known as kau ba. used as <■ 

 vegetable, see Plate II. 



44070 and 44071. 



From Wellington Point, near Brisbane. (,)ueensland. Australia. Present,! 

 by Mr. .James Pink. Ileceived .January 22. 1917. 



44070. Caric.v pap.\y.\ L. Paiiayacea\ . Papaya. 



" Seeds of a good variety of papaw, grown from seed of ni.\ own selec-- 

 tion." (Pink.) 



44071. C.vssi.v EREMOi'Hii-.v A. ("unn. < 'a'salpini:ice<e. 



'•A very handsome flowering shrub." (Pink.) 



A woody plant, found in Australia in all the colonies except Tasmania. 

 The leaves are composed of two pairs of very narrow leaflets, and the 

 pods are very smooth. In Australia both the pods and the leaves of this 

 plant are eateu by stock. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Native Plants 

 of Ausfraliu. p. I.i1, and from For/c/, Sifiiopsj.s (Wiicris ('(ixninc. ji. JT, as 

 Cassia nemophila.) 



