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48215 to 48220— Continued. 



the main supply of the Fiji arrowroot is prepared. The Tacca starch is 

 much valued in medicine, and is used particularly in cases of dysentery 

 and diarrhea. Its characteristics are readily recognized under the 

 microscope. From the leaves and flower stalks light bonnets are plaited. 

 (Adapted from Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 521.) 



48218. Xylopia sp. Annonacese. 

 "(No. 135.) From Cataract Island, Zambezi River." 



48219. (Undetermined.) 

 "(No. 169.) Kafieefi. From Elizabethville." 



48220. (Undetermined.) 

 "(No. 128.) Hoolembice." 



48221 and 48222. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Purchased from Mr. R. D. Rands, Department of 

 Agriculture. Received October 15. 1919. 



48221. Canaeitjm indicum Stickm. Balsameacese. Kanari. 

 (C. commune L.) 



A large ornamental tree, native to Java and grown to a great extent 

 in that country as a shade tree and for its edible nuts. The tree is 

 notable for its remarkable buttressed trunk and ornamental yellow blos- 

 soms. The dark-purple fruits are produced in great abundance almost 

 throughout the year. The kernel of the fruit is edible and is used in the 

 production of oil for burning and other purposes ; it has a very high food 

 value, and the proportion of fat is 72.3 per cent as against 65 per cent 

 in the case of walnuts, filberts, and hazelnuts. The nuts are very hard 

 and require a hammer to break them. (Adapted from Milsum, Fruit 

 Culture in Malaya, p. 55.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 20808. 



48222. Canaeitjm moluccanum Blume. Balsameacese. Bageja. 

 "A large tree, native of the Moluccas, quite similar in growth to the 



kanari, but having larger nuts about halfway in size between the kanari 

 and pili ; the kernels are of excellent flavor and quality." (PJiilippime 

 Agricultural Review, vol. 9, p. 203.) 





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48223. Eugenia aquea Burm. f. Myrtacese. 



From Matania el Saff, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Alfred Bircher, of the 

 Middle Egypt Botanic Station. Received October 17, 1919. 

 A medium-sized tree, with smooth evergreen foliage and large white flowers ; 

 native to the Moluccas and Ceylon. It is planted extensively in Bengal and 

 Burma. The fruit, which is about the size of a loquat and flattened at the end, 

 is either pale rose colored or white and has an aromatic taste. (Adapted 

 from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 3, p. 283.) 



48224. Avena nuda Hoejer. Poacese. Oats. 



From Nanking, Kiansu, China. Presented by Mr. John H. Reisner, Uni- 

 versity of Nanking. Received October 21, 1919. 

 " Hull-less oats a small field of which I found on a recent trip to Shansi. 

 The oats were found near Kihsien, on the central Shansi plain." (Reisner.) 



