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47416 to 47422— Continued. 



47421 and 47422. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabacese. Cowpea. 



" Two varieties of sitao, Vigna ftinensli, a climbing bean with long, 

 slender, flexible pods that may be eaten as string beans and are of good 

 quality when picked youny and tender." 



47421. Tentdog. 47422. Iiiombog. 



47423. Di:mocarpus longan Lour. Sapindaceae. Longan. 



{Nephelium longana Cainbess.) 



From Port Louis, IMauritius. I'resented by I\Ir. G. Regnard. Received 

 April 22, 1919. 



"The fruits of this longan are small but excellent. I'lants of this variety 

 grown from seed bear well and would certainly grow in Flonda." (Regnard.) 



47424 and 47425. 



From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented l)y Dr. Frederic W. Goding, Ameri- 

 can consul general. Received April 21, 1919. Quoted notes by Dr. 

 Goding. 



47424. AcHBADELPHA MAMMOSA (L. ) O. F. Cook. Sapotacejfi. Sapote. 

 (Lucuma mammosa Gaertn. f.) 



"A fruit about the size of a teacup, resembling a potato in general 

 appearance and having a rough, dark greenish brown skin mottled with 

 sordid yellow. The edible portion is red, soft, and sweet, with a peculiar 

 but pleasant flavor; in the center of the edible portion is a .shuttle-shaped 

 seed about 2 inches long, of a cliestnut-brown color, and always split 

 along one side. Within the hard, thin, shining shell is a white kernel.'' 



47425. Mammea Americana L. Clusiacese. Mamey. 

 " From the injured skin of the mamey de Cartagena exudes a resinous, 



gummy juice which is much used for killing chigoes and lice when ap- 

 plied locally. Animals suffering with mange and sheep ticks are cured 

 by washing in a decoction made by boiling the seeds in water ; if, how- 

 ever, ulcers are, present it should not be employed — as a case is kno^^^l 

 of a dog suffering from mange and ulcers, but otherwise healthy, that 

 died in two days after having been bathed twice in the solution. Used 

 in the form of a cerate it kills many varieties of insects. An infusion 

 of the fresh or dry leaves (one handful to a pint of water in cupful 

 doses) given during the intervals of fever, has repeatedly cured inter- 

 mittents and remittents which did not yield to the quinine .'^alts. The 

 treatment should be continued for several days. A yellow and violet- 

 scented liquor is made from the fruit and flowers and is a very delicious' 

 beverage. The fruit eaten green or ripe, or in preserves, possesses bene- 

 ficial stomachic qualities." 



47426 to 47428. Coix lacrtma-.tobi L. Poacese. Job's-tears. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. W. Docters van Leeuwen, 

 director, Botanic Garden. Received April 22, 1919. 



47426. Fruit narrowly ovate, twice as long as broad, pearl gray. 



47427. Fruit nearly spherical; the ordinary variety. 



47428. Fruit narrowly ovate, 2* times as long as broad, grayish brown. 



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