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with scattered short ferruginous hairs outside, shortly 4- 

 lobed. Corolla- with few scattered short hairs outside, 

 deeply (two-thirds) lobed, slender; lobes reflexed at 

 apex. Stamens 32 in one case, very unequal, many minute, 

 glabrous. Fruit glabrous, ovoid or globose, pointed at 

 apex, about two-thirds inch long, 4-celled, 4-seeded, 

 solitary. Fruiting calyx 4-partite, with scattered fer- 

 ruginous hairs outside, nearly glabrous inside; with oval, 

 flat, spreading or reflexed lobes, one-third inch long. 

 Seeds oblong, two-fifths inch long; albumen not ruminated, 

 embryo nearly as long as the albumen. Fruiting peduncles 

 shortly hispid, one-fifth inch long, patent, unilateral, 

 bearing 2 small bracts. From Khasia, East Bengal, and 

 Silhet." (Hiern, Monograph of the Ebenaceae.) For breeding 

 experiments and to test as a possible stock for the per- 

 simmon. 



Dolichos hosei Craib. (Fabaceae.) 39335. Seeds of the 

 Sarawak bean from Kuala Lumpur, Malay States. Presented 

 by the Director, Department of Agriculture. "I have found 

 a small creeping bean of the Vigna family which is indige- 

 nous to Sarawak, but as yet I have been unable to as- 

 certain its name, and I think it is just possible that it 

 has never been reported from Sarawak. This bean appears 

 to fulfil all that is required (low-growing leguminous 

 plant which can be dug into the soil and reproduce itself 

 in time to check the growth of weeds) and grows readily 

 from cuttings, but seeds are very difficult to procure. 

 The flower is yellow and the leaf a rich light green; the 

 roots do not penetrate the ground more than one inch; the 

 plant forms a thick level mass about six inches thick on 

 the ground, and it will grow on almost any soil, but for 

 preference a light soil, and in six months after planting 

 should prevent all washing if planted three feet apart. I 

 have been planting this bean with rubber for three years 

 and have now 200 acres planted with it, and it has proved 

 itself in every way a success." (Hose, in Agricultural 

 Bulletin of the Federated Malay States.) 



Gliricidia septum (Jacq. ) Kunth. (Fabaceae.) 39331. Seeds 

 of the "Madre de cacao" from Manila. Presented by Mr. D. 

 LeRoy Topping, Bureau of the Treasury. "I used it for a 

 house decoration and had stalks of it fully ten feet long 

 that were a mass of bloom, and everybody exclaimed 'quite 

 like a bit of Japan. ' The plant is inclined to sprawl and 

 if wanted purely for ornamental purposes it v/ould be well 

 to prune it." (Topping.) 



Kokia drynarioides (Seem.) Lewton. (Malvaceae.) 39354. 

 Seeds from Mahana, Molokai, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. 

 Joseph F. Rock, Botanist, College of Hawaii. This very 



