84 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



4 or 5 inches in diameter, and the smooth glossj rind is split off and used for mak- 

 ing baskets and window blinds. The inner portion is used for making shutters, 

 boxes, partitions, and even entire houses. The seed kernels are extremely bard 

 and are said to be suitable for the manufacture of buttons. This palm also grows 

 abundantly in the low marshy lands in the Atlantic coast region of Costa Rica, 

 where it is called Yolillo. In the Amazon region it is .-ailed Jupati. (Adapted 

 from Martins, Histoire Naturelle dea Palmiers vol. 8, p. 217, 1888 1850.) 



40805. Colocasia ESCUUBNTA (L.) Schott. Araceae. 



From Yokohama. Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Company. 

 Received .May 13. 1915. 

 " Yatsu gashira." 



"Said by Hon. T. H. Kuwashima. of Tokyo, to be similar in quality to the 

 Trinidad dasheen." (Fairchild.) 



Received as Colocasia multiflora, which seems to be only a trade name. 



40806. Amygdaltjs persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



(Primus persica Stokes.) 



From Arequipa, Peru. Presented by Mr. Leon Campbell, through Mr. W. F. 



Wight, ol the Bureau of Plant Industry, for breeding work in Texas. 



Received May 24. 1915. 



"Peaches grown from seed and brought into the market by the Indians. 



Many of them are of excellent quality, and some may prove well adapted to 



regions susceptible to drought periods and also to regions of extreme heat." 



{Wight.) 



40807. Amygdaltjs persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 

 [Prnnus persica Stokes.) 



From Concepcion, Chile. Presented by Mr. <i. F. Arms, through Mr. AY. F. 

 Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, for breeding work in Texas. 

 Received May 24. 1915. 

 "Three varieties which were mixed by a servanl while drying them."' 

 (Arms. I 



"Peaches in Chile are grown very largely from seed and are of high quality. 

 This lot was obtained in the market of Concepcion and had been grown with- 

 out irrigation. Will probably prove of value in dry regions." | Wight.) 



40808. Cornus macrophylla Wallich. Cornaceae. 



From Yokohama. Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Company. 



Received .May 22. 1915. 



"A deciduous tree. 30 to 50 feet high; young shoots smooth or nearly so. 



Leaves opposite, ovate to roundish or oblong, the base rounded or tapering, the 



apex with a slender, often taillike point : 1 to 7 inches long. 2 to 31 inches wide : 



bright green, and soon becoming smooth above; glaucous beneath, and at ; 



clothed with pale, flattened, minute hairs attached at their middle; veins in 



six to eight pairs; stalks one half to i| inches long. Flowers yellowish white, 

 numerous, produced in terminal, somewhat rounded cymes 4 to 6 inches acre—: 

 each flower one-half inch diameter; petals oblong; calyx minutely toothed, 

 grey with minute down. Fruit globose, one-fourth inch diameter, blue when 

 ripe. Blossoms during July and August. Native of tin- Himalayas, whence 

 it was introduced in TS27, China, and Japan. It is a handsome and striking 



