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46502 to 46521— Continued. 



46510. "No. 2. Frijdo mhiiao (salmon bean)." 



46511. "No. 4. Feijdo vinva alegre (merry widow bean)." 



46512. " No. 5. il/«/aHn//o (nnilatto)." 



46513. "No. 7. Feijdo preto (black bean)." 



46514. "No. 8. Feijdo favinha (little bean)." 



46515. "No. 10. Feijdo carraimto (tick bean)." 



46516. "No. 12. Feijdo hraiieo (white bean)." 



46517. "No. 14. Feijdo enxofre (sulphur bean)." 



46518. "No. 15. Feijdo vermelho (red bean)." 



46519. ViGNA CYLiNDRiCA (Stickm.) Skeels. Fabacesn. Catjang. 



"No. 9. Feijdo manteiga (butter bean)." 

 46520 and 46521. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabace*. Cowpea. 



46520. "No. 3. Frade (friar bean)." 



46521. "No. 11. Feijdo loeca preta (black-mouth bean)." 



46522. Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. Bombacacese. KaiDok. 



(Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.) 



From Guadalajara, Mexico. Presented by Mr. John R. Silliman, American 

 consul. Received September 10, 1918. 



" The kapok tree, native in the American Tropics, is widely distributed in the 

 Tropics of both hemispheres. It attains a height of 75 to 100 feet, with wide- 

 spreading horizontal branches, making an attractive ornamental or shade tree. 

 It is often planted along the borders of fields for fence posts. It begins to bear 

 seed pods containing kapok down when about 5 years old, and the yield of 

 pods increases with the- age of the tree. Well-developed trees under favorable 

 conditions yield about 7,000 pounds per acre. Kapok can not be spun, but it is 

 an excellent material for pillows, mattresses, life preservers, etc., and its use 

 is rapidly increasing." (L. H. Deioey.) 



For previous introduction and further description, see S. P. I. No. 45557. 



46523 and 46524. 



From Los Banos, Philippine Islands. Collected by Mr. N. Catalan, College 

 of Agriculture. Received September 11, 1918. 



46523. Erythrina variegata Stickm. Fabacese. 

 {E. indiea Lam.) 



"■ Dapdup. A tree with brilliant red flowers which form a very showy 

 inflorescence. Seeds collected from a tree on the college farm. June 28. 

 1918." 



46524. Ormosia calavensis Azaola. Fabaceae. 



" Bahai. The seed is said to be of medicinal value for certain cases 

 of stomach trouble. The tree grows on lower portions of the forest. 

 Seeds collected from a tree on the college fai-m, July 20, 1918." 



46525 to 46530. 



From Punta Arenas, Chile. Presented by Mr. John R. Bradley, American 

 consul. Received Sei^tember 11. 1918. 



These beans have been introduced for use in a series of experiments in test- 

 ing and breeding varieties of plants bearing beaulike seeds, for the purpose of 



