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town and I strolled through it. I found a few specimens of a 

 fruit called Sann pee-pah or wild loquat. It was the size of 

 an -annulled walnut and looked like a yellow apple, save that 

 it was spherical and marked into seven segments. It 

 peeled like an apple. The flesh was about as thick as the 

 hull of a walnut and very sour, but enclosed a core of seven 

 lobes, each, save one, containing a seed. Each seed was 

 :-losed in a sweet pulp very pleasant to the taste and 

 suggesting the ujangosteen to me." (Campbell.) For distribu- 

 tion later. 



I POLJOEA BATATAS. (Convolvulaceae . ) 32084-086. Seeds 

 of sweet potatoes from Port Moresby, Papua. Presented by 

 Mr. A. C. English, Barodobo Plantation, Eapa Kapa, Port 

 Moresby. "Seeds of three varieties that we have here in this 

 locality,- which are great tuber producers. One is a white 

 skin and white flesh, one a white skin and deep yellow flesh, 

 and one a pink skin and white flesh. Seeds from sweet pota- 

 toes are rarely known here, even amongst the natives who 

 plant them extensively." (English.) May be valuable in crea- 

 tion of new strains of sweet potato. For distribution later. 



MEDICAGO FALCATA. (Fabaceae.) 32078. Seed of alfalfa 

 from Tomsk, Siberia. "A tall, semi-erect form of 'Sholteek 1 

 growing four to five feet in height, having much foliage and 

 bearing large pods containing heavy seeds. Apparently very 

 little shattering. Collected in the Botanical Garden of the 

 Iversity of Tomsk. To be tested for forage purposes and 

 for hybridization exclusively." (Meyer's introduction.) For 

 distribution later. 



MICHELIA CHAMPACA. (Magnoliaceae . ) 32043. Seeds from 



Brazil. Presented by Mr. Welman Bradford, Crowley, Louisiana. 



olia having yellow blooms. Not as sweet as our variety. 



.vs thirty feet high. It is being planted in Sao Paulo as 



an ornamental street tree." (Bradford.) For distribution 



later. 



ORYZA SATIVA. (Poaceae.) 32040. Seeds of rice from 

 Aksu, Chinese Turkestan. A local variety of wetland rice, 

 3 throughout Turkestan, which produces very large grains 

 of a snow-white color, which swell tremendously in cooking 

 and always remain separate. Will probably stand a consifter- 

 le amount of alkali. (Meyer's introduction.) For distribu- 

 tion later. 



PASSIFLORA SPP. (Passif loraceae . ) 32047-050. Seeds of 

 "Maracujas" from Brazil. Presented by Mr. Welman Bradford, 



