12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



41705 to 41707. 



From Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus. 

 Received January 5, 1916. Notes from Dr. Purpus. 



41705. Chamaedorea tepejelote Liebm. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 

 " The undeveloped flower makes an excellent vegetable and is eaten 



everywhere in the State of Vera Cruz. Besides, it is a fine little palm- 

 Grows in shady places." 



41706. Psidium guajava L. Myrtaceae. Guava. 

 " Wild guava ; in dry and sunny places." 



41707. Vitis tiliaefolia Humb. and Bonpl. Yitaeese. Grape. 

 (Vitis caribaea DC.) 



" This Vitis has a very sour fruit, but it makes a most excellent jelly, 

 like currant jelly, and is adapted to a tropical country ; grows in sunny 

 places in brush woods. Vitis vinifera can not be raised here at all." 



41708 to 41710. 



From Taochow (Old City), Kansu, China. Presented by Rev. C. F. Snyder, 

 at the request of Mr. Frank N. Meyer, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received January 3, 1916. 



41708 and 41709. Amygdalus tangutica (Batal.) Korsh. Amygdalaeea. 

 (Prunus tangutica Koehne. ) Tangutian almond. 



''Amygdalus tangutica is a variable species of bush almond, and though 

 its kernels are bitter and it throws up a lot of stems and is spiny, still I 

 believe it has a decided value as a factor in breeding experiments, for it 

 seems to be very hardy and drought resistant. One finds it mainly on 

 sheltered rocky and loess slopes at elevations from 4,000 feet above the 

 sea up to about 10,000 feet. In these higher regions, however, it does 

 not get as cold as one would surmise, for the mountains all around keep 

 off the intense cold. As a stock for almonds and for other stone fruits I 

 scarcely would recommend this Tangutian almond, since it suckers badly 

 and these suckers are very hard to remove." (Meyer.) 



41708. " Rough shelled." 41709. " Smooth shelled." 



41710. Paeonia suffrtjticosa Andrews. Ranunculacese. Tree peony. 

 (Paeonia moutan Sims.) 



" Seeds of the real wild mountain peony, which occurs in very inacces- 

 sible mountain valleys in Tibet proper, where white men are not allowed 

 to go under ordinary circumstances. Ripens its seeds in the Chinese 

 eighth moon (about September 15 to October 20)." (Meyer.) 



41711. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Rutacese. Pummelo. 



From Amoy, China. Presented by Miss K. M. Talmage, at the request of 

 Mrs. L. W. Kip. Received January 8, 1916. 

 "I got this back from the Haicheng." (Talmage.) 



41712 to 41717. 



From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by the Lamao Ex- 

 periment Station. Received January 10, 1916. 



41712. Cacara erosa (L.) Kunt/.e. Fabacese. Yam bean. 



(Pachyrhizus angulatus Rich.) 

 " Sinca mas (wild)." 



" The plant, which in both Guam and the Philippines bears its Mexican 

 name, was probably brought [to Guam] from Mexico. The young root 



