﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911, 
  31 
  

  

  30628 
  to 
  30671— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30671. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

  

  From 
  Ism-Salah, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1582a, 
  December 
  6, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

   very 
  large 
  variety 
  of 
  summer 
  wheat, 
  called 
  Ak-boogdai. 
  Only 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  

   quantity 
  obtained." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30672. 
  Andropogon 
  schoenanthus 
  L. 
  Lemon 
  grass. 
  

  

  From 
  Monghyr, 
  Bengal, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lalit 
  Mohan 
  Sinha, 
  Lalloo 
  

   Pokhar 
  Road. 
  Received 
  April 
  25, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  called 
  Agya 
  Ghas, 
  or 
  fire-grass, 
  in 
  Hindustani. 
  It 
  is 
  used 
  here 
  with 
  tea 
  as 
  

   a 
  stimulant 
  and 
  to 
  remove 
  the 
  pain 
  consequent 
  upon 
  catching 
  cold. 
  In 
  cases 
  of 
  

   sprains 
  and 
  hurts 
  the 
  leaves 
  are 
  made 
  into 
  a 
  paste 
  and 
  applied 
  over 
  the 
  painful 
  part 
  

   to 
  alleviate 
  the 
  pain. 
  Its 
  oil 
  is 
  also 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  purpose. 
  It 
  needs 
  an 
  alluvial 
  

   soil 
  to 
  grow 
  luxuriantly. 
  The 
  roots 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  out 
  every 
  year 
  after 
  the 
  rains 
  and 
  

   transplanted 
  in 
  a 
  well-cultivated 
  soft 
  soil. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  much 
  cultivated 
  now 
  and 
  

   is 
  being 
  neglected, 
  but 
  the 
  demand 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  increasing 
  for 
  medicinal 
  use." 
  (Sinha.) 
  

  

  Imported 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Drug-Plant, 
  Poisonous-Plant, 
  and 
  Physio- 
  

   logical 
  Investigations 
  in 
  cultivating 
  and 
  testing 
  all 
  procurable 
  species 
  of 
  oil-grasses. 
  

  

  Roots. 
  

  

  30673 
  o 
  Sapindus 
  sp. 
  Soapberry. 
  

  

  From 
  Maison 
  Carree, 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  

   Received 
  April 
  25, 
  1911. 
  

   Cuttings. 
  

  

  30674 
  to 
  30676. 
  

  

  From 
  Shunking, 
  West 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Evans. 
  Received 
  

   April 
  25, 
  1911. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30674. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  

  

  30675. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  Plum. 
  

  

  30676. 
  Morus 
  sp. 
  Mulberry. 
  

  

  30677. 
  Ziziphus 
  jujuba 
  Miller. 
  Jujube. 
  

  

  From 
  Tsining, 
  via 
  Tsinan, 
  Shantung, 
  China. 
  Procured 
  through 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  H. 
  

   Lyon. 
  Received 
  April 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

   "These 
  cuttings 
  are 
  from 
  two 
  trees 
  growing 
  in 
  our 
  compound 
  that 
  bear 
  very 
  nice 
  

   fruit." 
  (Lyon.) 
  

  

  30678. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Tokyo, 
  Japan. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Miss 
  B. 
  Catherine 
  Pifer. 
  Received 
  April 
  27, 
  

  

  1911. 
  

  

  u 
  Shibu 
  Icahi. 
  These 
  grafts 
  are 
  from 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  Diospyros, 
  or 
  Mame 
  kaki, 
  which 
  

  

  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  best 
  variety 
  for 
  the 
  ' 
  shibu 
  ' 
  (juice 
  of 
  fruit). 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  natural 
  fruit 
  

  

  and 
  is 
  not 
  edible. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  found 
  quite 
  frequently 
  in 
  the 
  country." 
  (Pifer.) 
  

  

  " 
  'Kaki-no-shibu' 
  is 
  the 
  expressed 
  juice 
  of 
  small, 
  inedible 
  varieties 
  of 
  persimmons. 
  

  

  These 
  persimmons 
  are 
  taken 
  about 
  two 
  months 
  before 
  they 
  ripen, 
  i. 
  e., 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

  

  of 
  August, 
  and 
  crushed 
  — 
  seeds, 
  calyx, 
  and 
  all 
  — 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  stone 
  mortar. 
  Water 
  is 
  

  

  added, 
  the 
  juice 
  is 
  strained 
  through 
  coarse 
  linen 
  cloth, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  then 
  put 
  into 
  a 
  large 
  

  

  earthen 
  jar 
  which 
  is 
  closed 
  with 
  a 
  wooden 
  top; 
  paper 
  is 
  pasted 
  over 
  this 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  air- 
  

  

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