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Dimocarpus longan Lour . (Sapindaceae . ) 41053. Seeds re- 

 ceived from Little River, Florida. Presented by Mr. 

 Charles Simpson. "The longan tree is likewise a native of 

 Southern China, where it is cultivated for the sake of its 

 fruit. Its leaves have generally five pairs of leaflets 

 much resembling those of the litchi, but it is readily dis- 

 tinguished by its flowers having a deeply five-parted 

 calyx. The longan is a smaller fruit than the litchi, vary- 

 ing from an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and 

 quite round, with a nearly smooth, brittle skin of a yel- 

 lowish-brown color. It contains a similar semi-trans-par- 

 ent pulp of an agreeable sweet or subacid flavour, and is 

 largely sold in the markets." (Treasury of Botany, vol.2, 

 p. 784.) To be tested as a stock for Litchi chinensis . 



Dolichos laJblab L. (Fabaceae . )40903 . Seeds from Peking, 

 China. "A brown-seeded variety of hyacinth bean, much 

 used by the Chinese as a vegetable, preferably sliced 

 green and only slightly cooked. These hyacinth beans 

 are much grown as a home vegetable along fences of kaoling 

 stems and even in between maize. They are also quite 

 decorative. Chinese name Ching pien doh, meaning 'Green 

 flat bean' ." (Meyer ' s introduction.) 



Entc rolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb. (Mimosaceae . ) 

 40995. Seeds from Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Collected 

 by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of this Bureau. "Oreja de judio. A 

 fine leguminous tree extensively used in this region as a 

 shade tree along avenues and carreteras. Of the four or 

 five different species used on the rock road from Santiago 

 de las Vegas to Habana this is certainly one of the best, 

 growing to a considerable height and branching to form a 

 symmetrical, rounded head of deep green foliage, giving a 

 fairly dense shade and presenting an attractive appear- 

 ance. While it has already been planted in Florida, I 

 know of no avenues of it in that state, and it might ad- 

 vantageously be propagated at Miami, I believe, with the 

 Intention of testing it as an avenue tree ." (Popenoe .) 



Litchi chin en sis Sonnerat. (Sapindaceae. ) 40915. Seeds from 

 Canton, China. Presented by Mr. G. Weidman Groff, Canton 

 Christian College, through Mr. F. E. Shamel. "ffaak-ip lit- 

 chi. The litchi seems to do best in about this latitude. 

 It succeeds somewhat north and south of this but I should 

 say cannot stand much frost. We have a light frost here 

 almost every year but not heavy enough to do much damage. 

 It seems to do best on dykes of low land where its roots 

 can always secure all the water needed and where they .are 



