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Cacara erosa (L.) Kuntze. (Fabaceae.) 42567. Seeds from 

 Shanghang, China. Presented by Mr . F. J. Wiens. "The root 

 is edible and has a sweet delicious taste. The seeds are 

 planted or sown in April or May and the flowers are all cut 

 down except those wanted for seeds. The natives tell me 

 the seeds are very poisonous." (Wiens.) 



Careya australis (Benth.) F. Mueller. (Lecythidaceae . ) 

 42464. Seeds from Brisbane, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. 

 F. Bailey , Director Botanic Gardens . A large myrtaceous tree 

 with alternate' undotted leaves, large red flowers and glo- 

 bular, fleshy, edible fruit with a hard rind. The bark is 

 made into twine and the wood, which is a light grey color, 

 red in the center, close in grain and tough, is easily 

 worked. (Adapted from Bailey, Queensland Flora, p. 667, 

 1900. ) 



Cassia angusti folia Vahl . (Caesalpiniaceae . ) 42429. Seeds 

 from Khartoum, Sudan, India. Presented by Mr. R. Hewison, 

 Assistant Director of Agriculture. A small shrub, native 

 of Arabia and East Africa and largely cultivated in parts 

 of South India. It furnishes Tinnivelly Senna, the best 

 known variety of this medicinal product. (Adapted from H. 

 F. MacMillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, 

 Ed. 2, p. 536, 1914.) 



Chusquea culeou E. Desvaux. (Poaceae.) 42388. Seeds from 

 Bariloche, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Joseph Vereertbrug- 

 ghen. "Canea, the bamboo from this Cordillera. It is dif- 

 ficult to get ripe seed but at last I believe I have the 

 real stuff, full grown, ripe and well dried. According to 

 an agricultural paper of Buenos Aires, they have never 

 tried to get this Bamboo from seed but transplanted the 

 roots." (Vereertbrugghen. ) 



Cicer arietinum L. (Fabaceae.) 42454, 42456-42462. Seeds 

 of chickpeas from Spain, 42454 presented by Mr. Thomas R. 

 Geary, American Vice- Consul at Malaga; 42456-42458, by Mr. 

 Paul H. Foster, American Consul at Jerez de la Frontera; 

 and 42459-42462, by Mr. Robertson Honey, American Consul 

 at Madrid. 



Cicer arietinum L. (Fabaceae.) 42530-42531. Chickpea seed 

 from Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, Di- 

 rector, Horticultural Division, Giza Branch, Ministry of 

 Agriculture. 



Citharexylum barbinerve Cham. (Verbenaceae . ) 42533. Seeds 

 from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Sr. Benito J. 

 Carrasco, Director Botanic Gardens. "Magnificent orna- 

 mental tree, with fragrant flowers, red fruits, flexible 

 vibrant wood, used in the manufacture of guitars, from the 

 cool and subtropical regions of Argentina." (Carrasco.) 



Citrus limonia Osbeck. (Rutaceae.) 42606. Seeds from 





