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37566. Solanum quitoense Lam. 



From Guayaquil. Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Frederic W. Goding, Ameri- 

 can consul general. Received March 23, 1914. 

 " Naranjilla. A native fruit of Ecuador. Seeds obtained from a small fruit 

 resembling an orange, with a diameter of a trifle more than an inch, very sour, 

 but used locally for salads and refreshing drinks. Also delicious ices are pre- 

 pared with its juice. The tree grows to a height of 4 or 5 feet in a moderately 

 warm climate, a few hundred feet above the sea level." (Goding.) 



37567. Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trinius. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Dr. E. V. Wilcox, Hawaii Agricul- 

 tural Experiment .Station. Received March 12. 1914. 



Native Pilipiliula. 



" This grass is almost exclusively used for lawns at Hongkong, where it is 

 known as lovilovi grass. Although rather coarse, it is the most satisfactory 

 grass yet found on the thin soil at Hongkong. When the grass is ready to go 

 to seed, however, it is very objectionable on account of the sharp-pointed fruits, 

 which stick to the clothing wherever they touch it. The grass is also abundant 

 in the Philippines and in India. It makes excellent pasturage, but the objec- 

 tionable features are such that it is doubtful whether it should be introduced in 

 this country. The present supply of seed has been secured for the purpose of 

 testing in Florida under conditions which will not permit of its spreading until 

 opportunity has been given to determine whether its good qualities will out- 

 weigh its bad." (C. V Piper.) 



Distribution. — Generally distributed throughout tropical Asia, the Polynesian 

 islands, and in Australia. 



37568 and 37569. Secale cereale L. Rye. 



From Chita, Transbaikal. Siberia. Presented by Mr. A. Savary, director, 

 Central Experiment Station, Transbaikal. Received March 14, 1914. 

 " Spring rye from the neighborhood of the county seat, Verkhne Udinsk, har- 

 vested in the year 1913." (Savary.) 



37570 to 37576. 



From Vladivostok, Siberia. Presented by Mr. John F. Jewell, American 

 consul. Received March 16, 1914. 



Seeds grown in the Ussuri district along the Ussuri Railroad; quoted notes 

 by Mr. Jewell. 



37570 to 37574. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soybean. 



(Glycine hispida Maxim.) 



37570. " No. 1. Chinese bean, grown in the village of Chernigovka 

 by P. J. Monostirniy." 



37571. " No. 2. Chinese bean, grown in the village of Petrovka." 



37572. " No. 3. Chinese bean, grown by St. Troitzky monastery at 

 Shmakovka." 



37573. " No. 4. Yellow bean. Ko-yi." 



37574. " No. 5. Khei." 



