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Garcinia sp. (Clusiaceae) , 47358. From Cienfuegos, 

 Cuba. Seeds presented by Mr. Robert M. Grey, Harvard 

 Experiment Station. "The tree, which is fairly rapid 

 in growth, has large, leathery leaves 6 to 10 inches 

 long. The orange-yellow fruits, borne singly or in 

 clusters of three to five in the axils of the leaves 

 on mature wood, are round, or tapering to an acute apex 

 and are often over 2 inches in diameter. They are 

 made up of three to five segments, each usually con- 

 taining a large, oblong seed. The flavor of the ripe 

 fruit is subacid and not excellent . The green fruit , when 

 cut or injured, exudes a quantity of yellow gum. " (Grey.) 



Glycine priceana (Fabaceae), 47360. Price's ground-nut. 



From Hartsville, S. C. Collected by Mr. J. B. Norton, 

 agricultural explorer for the Department , in September, 

 1918. "Seed from plants growing on the ground's of 

 Mr. David R. Coker, Hartsville, S. C. I collected the 

 original tuberous roots in October, 1917, at Bowling 

 Green, Ky. Bowling Green is the type locality and the 

 only known region where this wonderful bean grows wild. 

 This plant is useful both as an ornamental and as a 

 food plant." (Norton.) "Its tuberous roots are excel- 

 lent when cooked like the West Indian yam. " (Fairchild . ) 



Gossypium sp. (Malvaceae), 47397. Cotton. From 

 Mustapha-Alger , Algiers. Seeds presented by Dr. L. 

 Trabut. "I have received, from a correspondent at. 

 Djibouti, a cotton which he has selected and which he 

 characterizes as 'Coton Gabod,' obtained at Djibouti, 

 at Din Davona. It is satisfied with an annual rainfall 

 of 300 millimeters (llf in.) in a very hot country, in 

 siliceous-clayey soil; not irrigated for two years." 

 (Trabut. ) 



Gynura sp. (Asteraceae) , 47416. From Philippine 

 Islands. Seeds presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, agri- 

 cultural advisor, Zamboanga. "A climber with panicles 

 of orange-colored flowers which have a pronounced odor 

 similar to that of the field daisy. It is very flo- 

 riferous. If it succeeds it would make a very striking 

 and attractive climber. Collected at an elevation of 

 1,500 feet in Mindanao." (Wester.) 



Hibiscus sabdariffa (Malvaceae), 47429 & 47430. 

 Roselle. From Zamboanga, P. I. Seeds presented by Mr. 

 P. J. Wester, agricultural advisor. "Var. Altissima. 

 Because of the fibrous and spiny character of the small 



