(i66) 



3669. Inga.— The fruit of a species of Inga. Collected (specimen "1") by Weiss & 

 Schmidt on the Upper Rio Negro, Brazil, 1907-8. 



3670. Inga. — The fruit of a species of Inga from the same place, by the same collec- 



tors (specimen "vii"). 



3671. Guama.— The fruit of Inga coruscana H. B. K. (?). Purchased by H. H. 



Rusby in the market of Bogota, Colombia, August, 1917. 



3672. St. John's bread. Ceratonia. Locust bean. — The dried fruit of Ceratonia 

 siliqua L. Native of Asia and cultivated. The "locust" eaten by St. 

 John and the "husks" eaten by the Prodigal Son. 



3673. Saman. Zamang. Rain-tree fruit.— The fruit of Pithecolobium Saman 



(Jacq.) Benth. Native of northern South America, and a favorite shade- 

 tree. A sweet, edible pulp surrounds the seeds. Obtained in the Philippine 

 Islands by D. Leroy Topping. 



3674. Picture of the preceding tree. 



3675. Mesquit bean. Honey pod. Algarroba.— The fruit of Prosopis juliflora 



(Sw.) DC. Native of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Pur- 

 chased by H. H. Rusby in the market of Mexico City. 



3676. Mesquit flour containing the seeds.— The preceding pods powdered. Ob- 



tained in Torres, Mexico, by D. T. MacDougal. 



3677. The same, with the seeds removed, mixed with water and dried. One of 

 the principal foods of the desert Indians. Same source as preceding. 



3678. Screw bean. Screw mesquit. Tornillo.— The fruit of Prosopis odorata 

 Torr. & Frem. Native of the same region as the last. 



3679. Screw bean meal.— Made from the preceding in the same way as No. 3676. 



3680. Algorobilla pods.— The fruit of Prosopis dulcis Kunth. Native of Argen- 

 tina. Eaten like the preceding. 



THE PEA FAMILY (Fabaceat) 



3681. Habas or havas. French broad bean. Horse bean.— The plant, bearing 



the pods, of F aba vulgaris Moench. Native of Europe and widely cultivated. 

 Grown by H. H. Rusby at Newark, New Jersey, 1919. 



3682. The pods of the preceding, chopped and evaporated. 



Numbers 3683-3701, inclusive, are string beans, the fruit of cultivated varieties of 

 Phaseolus vulgaris L. Native of tropical America and everywhere culti- 

 vated in many varieties. They are eaten in the young state. Grown at 

 Newark, New Jersey, by H. H. Rusby. 



3683. Red Valentine string bean. 



3684. Some of the beans from which the preceding were grown. 



3685. Black Valentine string bean. 



3686. Some of the beans from which the preceding were grown. 



3687. Stringless green pod bean. 



3688. Some of the beans from which the preieding plants were grown. 



3689. Long yellow six weeks string bean. 



3690. Some of the beans from which the preceding plants were grown. 



3691. Refugee string bean. 



3692. Some of the beans from which the preceding plants were grown. 



3693. Wardwell's kidney wax bean. 



3694. Some of the beans from which the preceding plants were grown. 



