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3351- New Zealand spinach. — The herbage of Tetragonia expansa Murray. {Aizo- 

 aceae — Carpet-weed Family). Native of Polynesia and cultivated. Grown 

 at the New York Botanical Garden. 



3352. Purslane. Pusley. — The herbage of Portulaca oleracea L. {Portulacaceae — 



Portulaca Family). Native of tropical America and widely introduced as a 

 weed. Used as a pot-herb and a salad. Acquired by H. H. Rusby in 

 the market of Queretaro, Mexico, in August, 1910. 



3353. Another sample of the same. 



THE MUSTARD FAMILY (Cruciferae) 



3354. Winter cress. Bitter or rocket cress. Yellow rocket. — The herbage of 



Barbarea Barbarea (L.) MacMillan. Native of Europe and Asia and a 

 cosmopolitan weed. Collected at Nutley, New Jersey, August 14, 1899, 

 by H. H. Rusby. 



3355. White kohl-rabi. — The thickened base of the stem and leaves of a cultivated 



variety of Brassica oleracea L. Native of Europe and cultivated in all cool 

 regions. Presented by Dean Fenniss, of Peekskill, New York, June, 1899. 



3356. Another sample of the same. From the New York market. Presented by 



H. H. Rusby. 



3357. Early Wakefield cabbage. — The terminal bud or head of a cultivated form 



of the same plant. From the New York market. Same donor. 



3358. Flat Dutch cabbage. — Another variety of the same. Same source. 



3359. Savoy cabbage. — Another variety of the same. Grown at Newark, New 



Jersey, by H. H. Rusby. 



3360. Red, or purple, cabbage. — Another variety, containing much red coloring 



matter. From the New York market. Same donor. 

 3360.1. Cabbage leaves in rolls, with salt as a preservative. From the Philippine 

 Islands. 



3361. Brussels sprouts. — The lateral buds of the stem of the same plant. Grown 



by Martin Ball, at Sparkhill, New York, October, 1906. 



3362. Kale. — The herbage of B. oleracea acephala of the same species, developed 



under cultivation. From the New York market. Presented by H. H. 

 Rusby. 



3363. Georgia collards. — Another cultivated variety of the same plant, the leaves 



used as a pot-herb. Grown by H. H. Rusby at Newark, New Jersey. 



3364. Cauliflower. — The inflorescence of the same plant, distorted by cultivation. 



Presented by James Green, May, 1904. 



3365. The same, pickled. Presented by F. H. Leggett & Company, of New York. 



3366. Chinese cabbage. — The young herbage of Brassica chinensis L. Native of 



China and cultivated. Grown by H. H. Rusby at Newark, New Jersey. 



3367. The same, after developing a terminal bud or head. From the same source. 



3368. The inflorescence of the same species. Same source. 



3369. Young cactus stems. Nopal stems. — The young joints of the stem of Nopalea 



cockenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck. {Cactaceae — Cactus Family). Native cf 

 tropical America. Cooked and eaten in Mexico, like egg-plant. Ac- 

 quired in the market of Queretaro, Mexico, by H. H. Rusby. 



3370. Melococha. Candied cactus stem. — The pulp of the stem of a cactus, 



probably Opuntia Ficus-Indica Miller, boiled in syrup and dried. (Same 



