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Coix lacryma-jobi ma-yuen (Rom.) Stapf. (Poaceae.) 

 44843. Job's tears. From Chosen, Korea. Presented by Miss 

 Katherine Wambold, Yun Mot Kol, Keijo, through Mrs. 

 M. W. Spaulding, Washington, D. C. "Yule moo. Grows in 

 ordinary fields. Made into meal by mixing with water, 

 then draining, drying, and pounding. When mixed with 

 water and salt it is made into a kind of bread." 

 (Wambold.) This variety might be called the cultiva- 

 ted edible Job's tears and includes many forms, all 

 of which are characterized by having a thin, loose, 

 easily broken shell. They are often longitudinally 

 striated and in many examples are constricted at the 

 base into what has been called an annulus . Among the 

 aboriginal tribes in the central provinces of India 

 this grain forms an important article of food. In Ja- 

 pan, where the plant has been introduced, the seeds 

 are pounded in a mortar and eaten as meal. (Adapted 

 from the Agricultural Ledger, No. 13, p. 217-225, 

 1904. ) 



Cynometra cauliflora L . (Caesalpiniaceae .) 44895 . Nam- 

 nam. From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. J. C. 

 Koningsberger , Director, Botanic Garden. A medium- 

 sized tree, with a very Irregular, knotty trunk, 

 covered with thick, brown bark marked with numerous 

 grayish and whitish spots. The alternate, compound 

 leaves are smooth and light green when mature, but 

 when young are red or pink, or, in some varieties, 

 yellow. From the trunk and branches appear the corymbs 

 of small, pink or white flowers. The flattened, round- 

 ish, light brown pods have a fleshy portion which is 

 very palatable when stewed. The tree is a native of 

 Java. (Adapted from Van Nooten, Fleurs & Fruits de 

 Java, part 6, 1863. ) 



Dahlia imperialis Roezl. (Asteraceae . ) 44819. Tree dah- 

 lia. From Guatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, 

 of this Bureau. "(No. 105. From Purula, Department of 

 Baja Verapaz.) A double variety of the common tree 

 dahlia. It is pale lilac, the same color as the typi- 

 cal form; but unlike the latter, which has large 

 single flowers, this variety has double flowers re- 

 sembling in form some of the common garden dahlias of 

 the North. The plant grows to a height of 15 feet or 

 even more, and blooms during a long period. It is 

 cultivated in the gardens of the Indians, but is not 

 common. In the Pokom dialect it is called shikhor, in 

 Quekchi tzoloh." (Popenoe.) 



