GO SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



41673 to 41678— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. A. C. Hartless.) 



may be seen by the plants in the Kew collection." (W. ./. It<an, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. J/58, under 

 R. gracilis:) 



41677 and 41678. Ruhus spp. Rosacese. Blackberry. 



" Collected at Dehra Dun, which is subtropical. These two species 

 have a very wide range as to altitude and are really the two best species 

 from an edible point of view." 



41677. Rubus nivkus Thunb. 

 (Ruhus lasiocarpus Smith.) 



"In the Western Ghats Ruhus lasiocarpus is well known as the 

 blackberry of India. It is even grown with success at Bangalore." 



41678. Rubus ellipticus Smith. 



41679. Koelretjteria formosana Hayata. Sapindacese. 



From Taihoku, Formosa. Presented by Mr. Genjiro Takata, chief, Bu- 

 reau of Productive Industry. Received December 31, 1915. 

 An indigenous Formosan tree related to K. bipinnata Franch., but differing 

 from that species in having subentire leaflets. A small handsome tree with 

 bipinnate leaves and terminal spreading clusters of yellow flowers. 



41680. Eleocharis tuberosa (Koxb.) Schultes. Cyperaceae. 



Apulid. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, di- 

 rector, Bureau of Agriculture. Bulbs received December 28 and 29, 1915. 



" Small conns of Apulid. Larger forms are great favorites with the Chi- 

 nese." (Edwards.) 



"They are mostly eaten raw, but are also sliced and shredded in soups, and 

 in meat and fish dishes. Foreigners in China grate them and serve them 

 boiled as a winter vegetable, in which state they very much resemble sweet 

 corn in looks and taste. The plants need a hot summer to mature and are grown 

 on a muck or clayey soil with several inches of standing water on top, in very 

 much the same manner as wet-land rice." (Frank X. Meyer.) 



41681. Melastoma molkenboerii Miquel. Melastomacere. 



From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, .Tardin Botanique. 

 Received December 30, 1915. 



A large shrub or small tree, 15 to 20 feet high, with oblong or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, 5-nerved, pubescent leaves and terminal, rose-colored flowers in fascicles 

 of three to five. (Adapted from Reorders and Valeton, Mededeelingen uit 

 8' Lands Plan ten tu in, No. S3, p. J 83, 1900.) 



41682 to 41684. Triticdm aestivum L. Poaceae. Wheat. 



(Triticum vulgare Vill.) 



From Pusa, India. Presented by the Imperial Economic Botanist. Re- 

 ceived December 10, 1915. 



