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In a viable condition." (Merrill.) A medium-sized 

 tree, with pale flaky bark, native of Siam. The com- 

 pound leaves are made up of 13 oblanceolate leaflets 

 on a winged rachis. The pale yellowish green flowers 

 are followed byyellow, citron-like fruits, 4 inches in 

 diameter , with a thick skin and green, tasteless flesh. 

 The tree is known as the katinga, and is famous in the 

 Malay region for its beautiful wood which is of a light 

 yellow color with dark brown streaks. It is fairly 

 hard and takes a good polish. (Adapted from the Jour- 

 nal of the Straits Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, vol. 

 50, p. 113. ) 



Zea mays (Poaceae), 46282 to 46293. Corn. From 

 Panama. Presented by Mr. A. H. Verrill. "While in the 

 unexplored portion of Darien district in Panama, I 

 found the 'wild' Indians of the 'forbidden' country 

 raising a number of interesting varieties of corn. 

 These are all 'fixed' among the Indians and come true 

 to seed; several are used as sweet corn. These I~dians 

 consider corn sacred, and use great care in keeping 

 the various kinds separate." (Verrill.) 



Notes on Behavior of Previous Introductions. 



Mr. H. Nehrling reports the following in a letter 

 dated December 24, 1918: "Sambos tulda has again made a 

 fine dense growth, but the culms are only about half 

 the usual size. They are, however, very dense and 

 vigorous, and if we do not have another killing freeze 

 this winter the clumps will be in perfect condition 

 again next season. I measured my tallest culm (that 

 froze down early in 1917) a few days ago and found 

 that it was 67 ft. 2 in. tall from bottom to tip - an 

 immense size. The next tallest measured 55ft. 4 in. I 

 have cut them up and am using them in place of laths 

 on my lath-houses. As they are perfectly straight, 

 they serve the purpose well. This species is such 

 a useful plant, and so extremely beautiful, that it 

 should be planted extensively all over south Florida. 

 In central Florida, and in other places where the 

 orange tree grows well, it should be made use of as an 

 ornamental. It is the most luxuriant and imposing of 

 all my bamboos. It grows exceedingly well on high and 

 dry pineland, scarcely needing any care. With good 

 care it grows more vigorously than any other species. 

 SoBe good commercial fertilizer, rich in ammonia and 

 phosphoric acid, should be applied annually, and potash 



