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these varieties are some especially good for copra, others 

 suitable for confectionery, and another usually picked 

 green as the husk is considered of more value for manu- 

 facturing twine than is the fruit for copra making. 



Coix lacryma-jobi . (Poaceae.) 38473-476. Seed of four 

 varieties of Job's-tears from the Northern Shan States, 

 Burma. Presented by Mr. H. G. Carter, Economic Botanist 

 to the Botanical Survey of India, Indian Museum, Calcutta. 

 This species is extensively cultivated by the native 

 tribes of eastern India, Burma, Assam, southern China, and 

 Malaya, and supplies a food product much appreciated es- 

 pecially in famine years, being parched, boiled or ground 

 into flour. The seeds are used as beads in the industries 

 of the natives but the hardness and high polish of shell 

 are lost in cultivation so that only wild forms may be 

 used. 



Dillenia spp . (Dilleniaceae . ) 38383-384. Plants from 

 Manila. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, Director of Agri- 

 culture, through Mr. Harry H. Boyle, Assistant Horti- 

 culturist. Two species of ornamental shade trees, the 

 fruits of which are eaten with fish by the natives. 



Dimocarpus sp . (Sapindaceae . ) 38374. Plants from 

 Manila. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, Director of Agri- 

 culture, through Mr. Harry H. Boyle, Assistant Horti- 

 culturist. "Undoubtedly a new species, closely allied to 

 the longan, found in the mountains of Cavite province near 

 the town of Silang, P. I. The trees are one and one-half 

 feet in diameter, and from 50 to 60 feet in height. The 

 fruit has a remarkably sweet flavor, and the pulp is semi- 

 transparent. It is greatly prized by all who eat it." 

 (Boyle. ) 



Diospyros IcaM. (Ebenaceae.) 38482. Cuttings of a per- 

 simmon from Sunnylands, Bermuda. Presented by Mr. Theo- 

 dore Outerbridge, through Mr. Peter Bisset of this Office. 

 "A variety bearing annually about 50 staminate flowers to 

 one pistillate. It should therefore prove a valuable 

 pollinator for planting in orchards of kaki persimmons, if 

 the plants maintain this feature, as up to the present a 

 great loss of fruit is sustained yearly in these orchards 

 from lack of pollination. The fruit borne by the parent 

 tree is said to be of good size and quality." (Bisset.) 



Eriobotnja japonica. (Malaceae.) 38496-497. Seeds of 

 loquats from Naples and Boscotrecase , Italy, and from 

 Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, and Dr. 

 L. Trabut , respectively. The three varieties are de- 

 scribed: "38496. Seeds of a large plum-shaped loquat from 

 Nanles. Verv early, ripe April 1. Extraordinarily sweet; 



