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camels, and cows, but refused by horses andmules; its 

 hard kernel furnishes the oil whJ ch replaces that of 

 the olive in the cookery of South Morocco and is so 

 unpleasant to the unaccustomed palate of Europeans." 

 (Hooker and Ball, A Tour in Morocco, p. 96.) 



Chenopodium nuttalliae (Chenopodiaceae), 46956. Huauhtli. 

 From Mexico. Purchased from Mrs . Zelia Nuttall, Coyoa- 

 can, Mexico City. "A form of Chenopodium (huauhtli) having 

 white or rose-colored seeds. This shipment includes 

 the entire crop grown at the little village of Los Reyes, 

 as well as that of an Indian woman at Coyoacan. This 

 is the finest kind of Chenopodium, and is not at all 

 bitter. The black kind (S . P. I . No . 45722) is slightly 

 bitter but the Indians say it is healthful, and they 

 like it." (Nuttall. ) 



Cicer arietinum (Fabaceae), 47000. Chick-pea. From 

 Mexico. Obtained through Mr. S. W. Augenstein, Steward, 

 Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C., from' General Alvardo 

 Obregon, Sinaloa, Mexico. Garbanzos raised on the ranch of 

 General Obregon in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Obtained 

 for experimental work in this Office. "The exports of 

 this garbanzo to Spain before the war were very large , and 

 in Mexico as well as Spain it ranks as a staple food. 

 It deserves the serious consideration of Americans." 

 (Fairchild. ) 



Coelococeus amiearum (Phoenicaceae) , 47007. Ivory-nut 

 palm. From Hawaii. Fruits presented by Dr. Harold L. Lyon, 

 Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' 

 Association, Honolulu. "These fruits were collected a 

 few days ago on the premises of Mr. John Scott, of Hilo. 

 Mr. Scott purchased fruits of this palm from a sea cap- 

 tain many years ago and succeeded in rearing one plant 

 which is now a large , handsome palm, the only fruiting 

 specimen in these islands." (Lyon.) 



"A pinnate-leaved palm introduced into Guam from 

 the Caroline Islands. The nuts are of an Ivory-like 

 texture and are exported from the Carolines to Germany 

 for button-making. The spheroid fruit, about 7 centi- 

 meters long and 8 centimeters in diameter, has a red- 

 dish brown, glossy, scaly shell. The surface of the 

 seed is glossy, black, and thickly striped, but not 

 furrowed. The allied species of the Solomon Islands, 

 C. solomonensis, has a straw-colored shell and the Fijian 

 form, C. vitiensis (which is not used in the arts), is 

 yellow. The inflorescence of this genus has not yet 



