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36897 to 36899— Continued. 



relatively few flowered, racemose, and 8 to 12 cm. long. The fruit is markedly- 

 distinct, being egg shaped, 5 to 6 cm. long, 4 to 4.5 cm. wide, pointed at the sum- 

 mit and flattened at the base, with three longitudinal and many traverse, 

 much-raised ridges; the interior part of the fruit (mesocarp) is thick and woody 

 and incloses (usually) three compressed, broadly obovoid seeds, each about 

 3 cm. long by 2.5 cm. broad, and warty on the outside. When ripe, the fruit 

 opens from the base upwards into three parts and the seeds can then be readily 

 extracted. Since the fruit is comparatively thick and quite woody, it is not 

 easily rotted by fermentation, as is the case in that of the Tung-yu tree. 



"As will be shown later, the exports of oil from this tree are small, and it ia 

 quite impossible to cite chemical analyses that apply solely to the mu-yu, 

 the product of A. montana. In all probability Mu-yu has been investigated 

 by chemists, but, owing to the botanical confusion that has existed down to 

 the present, it has not been clearly distinguished from Tung-yu or from the 

 Japanese wood-oil. It is therefore very desirable that both the kernels which 

 yield this Mu-yu and the commercial product itself be examined by chemists, 

 and its constants, etc., definitely established. In order to avoid any possi- 

 ble eiTor, a sample of the fruit should be obtained and the seeds extracted in 

 the laboratory." (E. H. Wilson, in the Bulletin of the Imperial Institute, vol. 

 11, no. 3, July to September, 1913.) 



For an illustration of the seed and fruit of the Mu-yu wood-oil tree, see 

 Plate VI. 



36898. Garcinia oblongifolia Champion. 



"A native of Hongkong. This is a strong-growing creeper, which produces 

 an edible fruit of a very pleasant, slightly acid taste." (Tutcher.) 



36899. Poupartia axillaris (Roxb.) King and Prain. 

 (Poupartia fordii Hemsl.) 



"A tree about 30 feet high in its native habitat in Hongkong. It has fruit of 

 an acid taste, rather bigger than a damson." ( Tutcher.) 



36900. Panax quinquefolium L. Ginseng. 



(Aralia quinquefolia Decne. and Planch.) 

 From Songdo, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. Alfred Welhaven, Unsan, 

 Chosen. Received December 26, 1913. 



"This seed was secured at Songdo, Chosen, the home of ginseng cultivation, and I 

 hope the seed will prove all that is claimed for it. The ginseng from Songdo is the best 

 in the world, according to the prices paid for it by the Chinese, who are the chief 

 consumers of ginseng. I have secured this seed from a Korean gentleman living in 

 Songdo, and he says the seed is first class and will surely give results if properly taken 

 care of. His instructions are to keep the seed in damp sand." (Welhaven.) 



36901 to 36905. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soy bean. 



(Glycine hispida Maxim.) 



From Peking, China. Presented by Mr. John McGregor Gibb, Peking Univer- 

 sity. Received December 26, 1913. 



