102 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



38184 to 38187— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.) 



38187. Zizipiius jujuba Miller. Rhainnaceae. Jujube. 



(Ziziphtis sativa Gaertn.) 

 "(No. 1188. Near Kuyehsien, Shantung, China. March 14, 1914.) A 

 large-fruited variety of jujube of oblong shape and reddish brown color. 

 Good for drying. Local name Ta tsao, meaning ' large jujube.' " 



38188. Castilla nicoyensis O. F. Cook. Moraceae. 



Central American rubber. 



From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Received May 14, 1914. 

 See S. P. I. Nos. 33784 and 35892 for previous introductions and description. 



38189 and 38190. Trifolium pratense L. Fabaceae. Bed clover. 



From Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada. Presented by Mr. Seager 



Wheeler, through the Office of Forage-Crop Investigations. Received 



May 11, 1914. 



" Seed of red clover grown at Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was 



grown under very severe winter conditions and is expected to prove extremely 



hardy." («/. H. Westgate.) 



38189. From seed of S. P. I. No. 31205. 



38190. From seed of S. P. I. No. 31232. 



38191. Bertholletia nobilis Miers. Lecythidaceae. Brazil nut. 



From Para, Brazil. Presented by the American consul. Received May 13, 

 1914. 



38192 and 38193. Diospyros spp. Diospyraceae. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Botanic Gardens. 

 Received May 15, 1914. 



38192. Diospyros discolob "Willd. Mabola. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 19216, 26112, and 3051S for previous introductions 

 and description. 



"A tree of moderate size, 40 feet or more high ; the trunk furnishes a 

 hard, compact ebony of an exceedingly black color. Fruit thick, fleshy, 

 globose or subglobose, densely hairy, reddish, like a quince, 4 to 6 

 seeded, with flesh rose colored. 3 to 4 inches in diameter; pulp white, 

 hairs ferruginous; albumen cartilaginous, not ruminated; fruiting calyx 

 flatfish, appressed, rather more than 1 inch in diameter. The wood is 

 very hard, of a dark flesh color, which in time becomes Mack like ebony. 

 The fruit has an agreeable smell like a quince (but sometimes not so), 

 and is edible after removing the hairs and skim" (Hiern, Myograph 

 of the Ebenacea, p. 251, 1878.) 



88193. Diospyros subtbuncata Hochreutiner. Persimmon. 



Distribution. — -A persimmon found in Sumatra, closely related to 1). 

 bomeensis Hiern, from which it differs in having the calyx truncate, 

 the corolla tomentose outside, and a slightly larger fruit. 



