90 SEEDS A.ND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



18523 and 18524. Arachis hypogaea. Peanut. 



From Ghepauk, Madras Presidency, South India. Presented hy Mr. C. A. 

 Barber, governmeni botanist. Received May 9, 1906. 



18523. ( 'ountry groundnut. (C. A. B. No. 3153.) 



18524. Local Mauritius groundnut. (0. A. B. No. 3154.) 



18525 to 18529. Mis\ SAPIENT! m. Banana. 



From .Manila, P. 1. Presented bj Mr. W. S. Lyon, horticulturist, Bureau of 

 Agriculture. Received May 11. L906, 



18525. Saba. 18528. Maiabia. 



18526. Butuhan. 18529. Latundan. 



18527. Lacatan. 



18530. EtAPHlDOPHORA mkimmi.i.m. 



From Manila, P. 1. Presented by Mr. W. S. Lyon, horticulturist, Bureau of 

 Agriculture. Received May l L, L906. 



18531 to 18534. Zi.\ MAYS. Corn. 



From Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Presented by Mr, Elmer Stearns.' Received 

 May in, L906. 



Four varieties of dent corn. 



18531. Maiz bianco (white corn). 18533. Temporal. 



18532. Jaraleno. 18534. El CoahuUeno. 



18535. ACTINIDIA CHTNEN8I8. Yang taw. 



From Ruling, Kiukiang, Kiang-si, China. Presented by Rev. Hugh \V. White. 

 Received May L5, L905. See S. P. I. No. L1629, Inventory No. 11.) 



••The plant grows wild hen-, and i- not known in the I'nited States; indeed, I 



have Been it nowhere else in China. We find it a delicious fruit with excellent 

 medicinal effeel on the digestion. The place is about the latitude of Galveston, but 

 on a mountain 3,500 feel high and has a climate not unlike Virginia or North 

 Carolina. In winter there is an abundance of snow and ice. The subsoil is a poor, 

 stony, red soil, bu! is covered with a few inches of Mack wood earth. There is much 

 rainfall. The plant grows like a grape, and the fruit is single, between the size of a 

 hickory nut and a walnut, with a russet-looking green skin and a consistency much 

 like the green fig. It it can be cultivated it will make a valuable fruit." (White.) 



18536 and 18537. Chenopodium quinoa. Quinoa. 



From La Paz, Bolivia. Presented by Mr. Arthur L. Jackson, of the Andes 

 Trading Company. Received May 19, 1906. 



18536. 



Canana. A dark-seeded variety of poor quality. 

 18537. 



('.minimi. A white-seeded variety most commonly grown. 



" I find that there are three kinds of quinoa commonly grown here, though one is 

 rather rare and hard to get. I am sending you samples of two varieties in this mail. 

 The third variety is the Quinoa Real (or Royal Quinoa), which is a much taller 

 plant. Quinoa here is principally used by the Indians. They make various kinds 

 of foods and a drink out of it. The latter is called Chicha and when fermented is 

 quite intoxicating. Chicha is also made out of other ingredients, such as peanuts. 

 Quinoa is also much used as rice is used in soups, and the Indians make a dish out 

 of it which looks like a sort of watery mush or hominy, which is not bad to eat. 

 They also grind it up on a stone and make a kind of Indian bread, like coarse Gra- 



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