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the rose-colored flowers are in numerous short-stalked 

 racemes, and the thin, flat pods are up to 2| inches 

 long. (Adapted from J. D. Hooker, Flora of British 

 India, vol. 2, p. 241, under Derris dalbergioides.) 



Garcinia dioica Blume. (Clusiaceae . ) 44085. Seeds 

 from Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman. "The 

 fruit of this tree is eaten." (Buysman.) A Javanese 

 tree up to 60 feet high, with membranous, lance-shaped 

 leaves up to 5 inches long, pink flowers in few-flow- 

 ered axillary or terminal clusters, and nearly glob- 

 ular fruits up to one and three fifths inches in 

 greatest diameter. The natives of Java call this tree 

 Tjeuri and Kerned j ing. The wood is of little use, but in 

 some portions the fruits are sought for the sake of 

 the taste of the seed-coats. (Adapted fromS. H. Koor- 

 ders and Th. Valeton, Boomsoorten op Java, Bijdrage 

 No. 9, pp. 369-372.) 



Genipa amerieana L. (Rubiaceae.) 44090. Seeds of 

 Genipap from Lamao , Bataan, P. I. Presented by Mr . P. 

 J. Wester, Lamao Experimental Station through Mr. Adn. 

 Hernandez, Director, Manila Bureau of Agriculture. A 

 large stately tree, native of the American tropics, 

 growing 60 feet in height, with dark green leaves a 

 foot or more long. The edible fruits are about the 

 size of an orange. (Adapted from the note of Dorsett 

 and Popenoe . ) 



Poa flabellata (Lam.) Hook. f. (Poaceae.) 44000. 

 Seeds of Tussock grass from Stanley, Falkland Islands. 

 Procured from Mr. W. A. Harding, Manager, Falkland 

 Islands Company, through Mr. David J. D. Myers, Amer- 

 ican Consul, Punta Arenas, Chili. A coarse grass, 

 native of the Falkland Islands, growing on peat soils 

 near the sea. The plant forms dense masses of stems, 

 which frequently rise to a height of from 4 to 6 feet, 

 and the long, tapering leaves hang gracefully over in 

 curves, from 5 to 8 feet long and an inch wide at the 

 base. The plant is much relished by cattle, being 

 very nutritious and containing saccharin. The inner 

 portion of the stem, a little way above the root, is 

 soft and crisp, and flavored like a hazel nut; the 

 inhabitants of the Falkland Islands are very fond of 

 it. They also boil the young shoots and eat them like 

 asparagus. (Adapted from Hogg, Vegetable Kingdom, pp. 

 823-824.) 



