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northern city markets. (The meaning of yang tao is 

 'male peach' , which name is as inappropriate as is our 

 name 'pineapple' for the Ananas.)" (Meyer.) 



Amaranthus paniculatus (Amaranthaceae) , 45811. Guate. 

 From Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Procured by Mr. W. E. 

 Chapman, American Consul, Mazatlan, from Mr. Frank G. 

 Leeke, Culiacan. "Guate is an ancient Aztec foodstuff 

 modernly used (popped) with sugar and milk as a break- 

 fast food; also ground into meal after popping. Pos- 

 sible production, one half ton per acre. It grows 

 semiwild amid corn as a secondary crop. The present 

 production is very small, but can be stimulated if a 

 market is opened." (Leeke.) 



Castanea seguinii (Fagaceae), 45949. Chinquapin. From 

 China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural 

 Explorer for this Department. "(No. 2459a. Ichang, 

 Hupeh, China. November 16, 1917.) A shrubby chinquapin 

 occasionally growing into a tree 25 to 40 feet high. 

 Occurring on mountain slopes here and there in central 

 China often in great quantities. Sprouts only 2 feet 

 high often produce seeds. It appears to be totally 

 resistant to the bark fungus, Endothia parositica, and may 

 be of considerable value in breeding experiments such 

 as Dr. W.Van Fleet has been conducting for several 

 years. This species seems to be more mois'ture-loving 

 than C. mollissima, but it grows well on the most barren 

 mountain slopes. Chinese name moh pan li meaning 'hairy 

 board-oak'." (Meyer.) 



Ceratonia siliqua (Caesalpiniaceae ) , 45924. Carob. 

 From Valetta, Malta. Procured by Mr. Wilbur Keblinger, 

 American Consul. The carob tree or St. John's bread is a 



handsome, slow-growing leguminous tree, with evergreen, 

 glossy, dark green, pinnate leaves, forming a rounded 

 top and attaining a great size. It grows well in the 

 semiarid hills all around the Mediterranean, preferring 

 limestone soils; it is sensitive to cold and does not 

 succeed north of the orange-growing regions. The 

 staminate and pistillate flowers are borne on differ- 

 ent trees and it is necessary, in order to insure a 

 crop of pods, to have a considerable proportion of 

 staminate trees in the plantation. The large pods, 

 which are chocolate-colored when ripe, are usually 

 borne in great quantities and contain an abundance of 

 saccharine matter around the smooth hard seeds. Ital- 

 ian analyses show the pods to contain over 40 per cent 



