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Canarium indicum Sticktnan. (Balsameaceae . ) 43375. 

 Seeds from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. J. C. 

 Koningsberger, Director, Botanic Gardens. "A large 

 handsome Malayan tree, characterised by a remarkable 

 buttressed trunk and laterally compressed aerial basal 

 roots; the latter develop enormous erect flanges of 

 uniform thickness, so that solid circular pieces may 

 occasionally be cut out from them to form ready-made 

 cart wheels. The tree is much cultivated for shade 

 or ornament in Java. It bears in great abundance 

 large pendant clusters of dark-purple fruits, which 

 are of the size of small plums; these are produced 

 all the year around, but chiefly in June. The kernel 

 of the fruit is edible, being similar in flavor to 

 sweet almonds; it yields by expression an oil used 

 for burning in lamps and for cooking purposes. A de- 

 sirable tree for planting in avenues, etc. It thrives 

 in hot and moist districts up to about 1500 feet ele- 

 vation, and prefers deep, well-drained soil. Prop- 

 agated by seed, which may be sown in nursery beds and 

 kept moist and shaded until germinated." (H. F. Mac- 

 Millan, Handbook of Tropical Gradening and Planting 

 p. 146.) 



Canavali gladiatum (Jacq.) DC. (Fabaceae.) 43380. 

 Seed from Dindigul, South India. Presented by Rev. 

 Willis P. Elwood, American Madura Mission. "The beans 

 are a very good variety and are perennial. A kind of 

 trellis or arbor should be provided for the beans to 

 run on as they are rampant growers. The pods, when 

 young and tender are cooked and no Golden wax bean can 

 surpass them in quality. Of course, they are a purely 

 tropical plant, but they would probably grow in the 

 most southern parts of the country." (Elwood.) 



Capparis mieracantha DeCandolle. (Capparidaceae . ) 

 43243. Seeds from Manila, P. I. Presented by Mr. Adn. 

 Hernandez, Director of Agriculture, Bureau of Agri- 

 culture. "Seeds of a native fruit known locally as 

 Cambagat. This fruit is about the size of a plum, 

 bright red in color and has an exceedingly fine flavor, 

 somewhat similar to a guava." (Hernandez.) 



Cicer arietinum L. (Fabaceae.) 43273-43280. Seeds 

 from Seville, Spain. Presented by Mr. Wilbur T. 

 Gracey, American Consul, who secured them from Mr. 

 Juan Matea Gimenez, Seville. "Chickpeas, or as they are 

 called in Spain, garbanzos, are one of the principal 



