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and cooked as a vegetable with other ingredients . This 

 variety, with yellowish or pale brown discoid seeds, 

 is the most popular. The inflorescences are known by 

 the Aztec name huauhtzontli, signifying 'hauhtli-heads ' . 

 Botanically the plant is closely allied to Chenopodium 

 paganum and Chenopodium album. It is quite distinct from 

 Chenopodium quinoa, the celebrated food-staple of the Peru- 

 vian highlands; and it must not be confused with the 

 plant called michihuauhtli (fish-egg hauhtli) which is a 

 white-seeded Amaranthus, not a Chenopodium." (W. E. 

 Saf ford. ) 



Citrus grandis (Rutaceae), 46336. Pummelo. From 

 Shenchowfu, Hunan, China. Presented by Mr . N. T. Johnson 

 American Consul, Changsha, China, who received them 

 from Rev. J. Frank Bucher, Shenchowfu. "Red-fleshed 

 pummelo. Ripens earliest of all the pummeloes on our 

 compound. It is at least two months earlier than other 

 varieties." (Bucher.) 



Freycinetia banksii (Pandanaceae) , 46317. From New 

 Zealand. Presented by Mr . H. R. Wright , Auckland. "The 

 fruit proper does not ripen until many months after the 

 ripening of the white bracts. In size and shape it is 

 almost identical with Monstera deliciosa. " (Wright.) A vine 

 which climbs to the tops of the tallest trees along the 

 banks of rivers in the North Island of New Zealand. The 

 linear-lanceolate leaves are borne in clusters along 

 the stem and the flowers appear in the center of these 

 leaf-clusters. It is called Lon marrar by the natives, 

 who eat the white fleshy bracts of the flowers for their 

 sweet sugary juice. (Adapted from Hooker, Companion 

 to the Botanical Magazine, vol. 2, p, 377.) 



Garcinia mangostana (Clusiaceae) , 46306. Mangosteen. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Director, 

 Department of Agriculture. One of the most delicious 

 fruits of the tropics. The handsome tree is 25 to 30 

 feet in height, of compact growth, regular in outline, 

 and with dark green foliage. It comes into bearing at 

 about the ninth year. The rose-pink flowers are If 

 inches across, and there are two blooming periods each 

 year. The round fruits, about the size of a mandarin 

 orange, are borne from buds produced near the tips of 

 short branches , mainly on the outside of the tree. The 

 rind is thick and the flesh divided into segments much 

 like the orange. The texture resembles a well-ripened 

 plum, and the taste is delicious. In the East Indies 



