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long time away from ports, bean sprouts from adsuki, 

 mung, and small soybeans, together with seedlings of cress, 

 mustard, and amaranth are about the only fresh vegetables 

 that can be raised. A dark, moist and warm place, 

 like the inside of a clipboard, box, large jar, tin, 

 etc., kept near a source of continuous gentle heat is 

 necessary." (Meyer.) 



Pisum sativum (Fabaceae), 45303. Pea. From China. 

 Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer for this Department. "(No. 2436a. Ichang, 

 Hupeh, China, March 24, 1917.) A medium-sized, pale 

 yellow variety of pea, grown as a winter crop through- 

 out the Yangtze Valley on rice lands which have been 

 drained for the winter months. Sown in October and 

 harvested in April. The peas are eaten either boiled 

 with the pods when very tender, or shelled when old. 

 When dry they are consumed in stews and soups, and 

 baked into cakes. In the winter they are also eaten 

 sprouted, after having been scalded. A fresh gelatine 

 is also made from them, much eaten during the hot 

 summer months, with sauce and pickles, as a 'pick me 

 up 1 between meals. Chinese name Wan tou (Wan doh) . To 

 be tested as a winter crop in the southern sections 

 of the Gulf States and in California." (Meyer.) 



Pittosporum hosmeri longi/olium (Pittosporaceae), 45244. 

 From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Joseph F. 

 Rock, Botanist, College of Hawaii. The variety dif- 

 fers from the species in that the leaves are very 

 much longer, and the capsules are smaller. The tree 

 is quite common at Kapua, South Kona , Hawaii, on the 

 lava flows, and occurs also at Kilauea, and Hualalai, 

 but does not reach such a height and size as at Puu- 

 waawaa. The trees of the latter locality are loaded 

 with fruit during June and July, while those of Kapua 

 bear mature fruit during the month of February. How- 

 ever, the fruiting season of these, like nearly all 

 the other Hawaiian trees, can not be relied upon. The 

 fruits of P. hosmeri and variety are a source of food 

 for the native crow which pecks open the large woody 

 capsules and feeds on the oily seeds within. (Adapted 

 from Rock, Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands, 

 p. 161.) 



Rubus bogotensis (Rosaceae), 45365. Blackberry. From 

 Manizales, Colombia. Presented by Mr. M. T. Dawe . 

 "El Moral de Castillo,. This berry, which appears to grow 



