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CITRUS SFP. (Rutaceae.j 31556-358. Cuttings of three 

 species of citrus from Taihoku, Formosa. Presented "by Mr. G. 

 Takata, chief of the Bureau of Industry, Formosan Government. 

 The three species are called respectively, "Ponkan* , 

 "Sekkan", and "Tankan", and are reported to be of the 

 finest Formosan varieties. For distribution later. 



COLOCASIA SPP. (Araceae.) 31318-320. Tubers of da- 

 sheens from Tientai, China. Pre ented by ILrs . A. 0. Loosley, 

 China Inland Mission. 31318. "The tubers of this variety, 

 when cooked, are dry and mealy, and are rather whiter than 

 the Yii-na variety. The leafstalk is referred to by the 

 Chinese as 'white 1 . (Loosley.) "The tubers are nonacrid 

 when raw. The flesh and sprouts are white. When cooked, 

 the flesh is of fair flavor'." (R. A. Young.) 31319. "The 

 tubers of this variety, when cocked, are white at the heart 

 and a purplish color outside. They are sticky and moist. The 

 leafstalk i? called Yii-na(black) . This variety must be grown 

 in soil(no~ r K sn( i ^he earth should be kept banked 

 In dry weather they should be watered." (Loosley.) "The 

 tubers are nonacrid when raw. The flesh and sprouts are 

 white. When cooked, the tubers are lacking in flavor." 

 fR. A. Young.) 31320. "Tuber pink sprouted." (R. A. Young.) 

 All for distribution later. 



COTONEASTER SPP. (Pomaceae.) 31285-28S. Seeds from the 

 valleys of the Tekes and the Chong Djighilan, Thian Shan 



tins, Chinese Turkestan, altitudes 3700-4000 feet, 

 numbers of blackish-red berries, persisting 



until March. Of possible value as park or garden shrubs. 

 (Meyer's introductions.) For distribution later. 



CUCUUIS MELO. (Cucurbitaceae. ) 31298-302. Seeds of 

 th'-e- winter melons and two summer melons from Maral-Bashi 

 anr> -, Chinese Turkestan. "To be tested in sections of 

 the Tlniten States where the summer s are hot and long, the air 

 dry, and where the soil is of a friable, slightly sandy 

 natur , I contains a fair percentage of alkali." (Meyer's 

 introductions.) For distribution later. 



DYERA COSTULATA. (Apocynaceae . ) 31362. Seeds from 

 ang, Java. Presented by Mr. H. Buysman, Botanic Garden, 

 Lavrar^'. "A Sumatra tree, which produces a surrogate for 

 caoutchouc. A company for the manufacture of articles of 

 this gum is to be formed at Sourabaia with a capital of 

 several millions of florins." (Buysman.) For distribution 

 later. 



ELEPHANTOREHIZA ELEPHANTINA. (Mimosaceae . ) 31309. Seeds 

 from Springbok Plats, Wat.erberg District, South Africa. 



