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4292. Mongo. Batung. — Another sample of the preceding species. From Hima- 



lajan, Negros, Philippine Islands. Presented by E. B. Southwick. 



4293. Another sample, from Jaro, Panay, Philippine Islands. Same donor. 



4294. Another Philippine sample. 



4295. Another sample from the same source. 



4296. Another sample from Nagpontian, Ilicos Norte, Philippine Islands. Same 



donor. 



4297. Another sample from Misamis, Mindanao, Philippine Islands. Same donor. 



4298. Another sample from Paria, Iloilo, Philippine Islands. Same donor. 



4299. Patani. — The seeds of Phaseolus inamoemus L. Native of the East Indies, 



and widely cultivated. From Bonam, Ilicos Norte, Philippine Islands. 

 Same donor. 



4300. Another sample from the same source. 



4301. Another sample from Isabella de Luzon, Philippine Islands. Same donor. 



4302. Philippine rice beans. — The seeds of Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb. Largely 

 grown as food in the Philippine Islands. Same donor. 



4303. Black Philippine rice beans. — A black-seeded variety of the same. Same 

 source and donor. 



Numbers 4304-4321, inclusive, represent the peanut, the 

 fruit of Arachis hypogaea L. Native of tropical 

 America and everywhere cultivated. Its food value 

 is very similar to that of the bean and pea. About 

 one half of its weight is fat, one fourth is albuminoid, 

 and one eighth starch. In roasting, a part of the 

 starch is changed to sugar and it becomes sweet, 

 and other changes occur which tend to make it less 

 digestible. It is more wholesome when boiled, or 

 even eaten raw. The peanut is a very important 

 food in many warm countries, being cooked in a great 

 variety of ways, alone, in soups, and with meats. 

 Much of the vegetable butter, or "nut butter," now 

 sold is the fat of the peanut. Enormous amounts 

 of the poorer grades of this fat are used for soap- 

 making. The flower of the peanut is produced above 

 ground, after which the young pods burrow into the 

 soil to grow and ripen. Numbers 4306-4324 were 

 presented by James Chieves, of New York City, unless 

 otherwise stated. 



4304. Virginia peanuts. Presented by A. N. Hawkes, of New York. 



4305. Fruiting plants of the preceding variety. Presented by T. H. Birdsong, of 

 Suffolk, Virginia. 



