﻿JULY 1 TO OCTOBER 31, 1919. 27 



48001 to 48011. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. P. J. S. Cramer, chief, Plant 

 Breeding Station. t Received September 12, 1919. Quoted, notes by Dr. 

 Cramer. 

 48001 to 48010. Elaeis guineensis Jacq. Phoenicacese. Oil palm. 



" I am mailing 13 boxes of seeds of Elaeis guineensis, which were col- 

 lected from trees grown in our garden at Sumatra." 



This palm is very important economically. The fruit is used by the 

 natives for food, the leafstalks and leaves for thatching houses, and the 

 fleshy outer layer and kernels of the fruit each yield a commercial oil — 

 that from the fleshy part being the ordinary palm oil used in the manu- 

 facture of soap and candles and that from the kernels being the white 

 or nut oil used for making margarine or artificial butter. (Adapted from 

 Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, p. 538.) 



48001. " Banga K from tree 46 I, which was grown from seed im- 

 ported from Kamerun ." 



48002. " Banga K from tree 47 I, which was grown from seed im- 

 ported from Kamerun." 



48003. " Banga K from tree 54 I, which was grown from seed im- 

 ported from Kamerun." 



48004. " Banga K from tree 55 I, which was grown from seed im- 

 ported from Kamerun." 



48005. " Denden 7 from tree 46 II, which was grown from seed im- 

 ported from Sao Thome Island, Portuguese West Africa." 



48006. " Denden 7 from tree 54 II, which was grown from seed im- 

 ported from Sao Thome Island, Portuguese West Africa." 



48007. * Nsombo C from tree 43 II, which was grown from seed im- 

 ported from the Belgian Kongo." 



48008. " Nsombo D from tree 23 II, which was grown from seed im- 

 ported from the Belgian Kongo." 



48009. " Nsombo D from tree 24 II, which was grown from seed im- 

 ported from the Belgian Kongo." 



48010. " Nsombo D from tree 59 II, which was grown from seed im- 

 ported from the Belgian Kongo." 

 48011. Mimusops kauki L. SapotaceaB. 



" Seeds of Mimusops kauki with big fruits. The taste resembles very 

 much that of Achras zapota, but the fruit is not eaten very often by 

 Europeans ; it is a tree that likes to grow near the sea." 



48012. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Poacese. Job's-tears. 



From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Presented by Mr. T. R. Day, through Mr. 

 Augustus I. Hasskarl, American vice consul, Rio de Janeiro. Received 

 September 10, 1919. 

 " Lagrimas de Nossa Senhora (tears of Our Lady). This plant is a vigorous 

 grower and produces, under almost any local conditions, great crops of excellent 

 forage. It reaches a height of 10 feet or over, and a single plant often produces 

 40 to 50 shoots. The yield in green forage under favorable conditions runs 

 very high, from 10 to even 20 tons to the acre, and the yield of grain is also 

 very heavy. The seeds are very hard and if allowed to mature require crush- 

 ing or grinding before feeding. Possibly the most important use of this plant 



