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I 41991 to 42016— Continued. 



42010. " No. 47. Kathias. Bearded, white, glabrous, red grain." 



42011. "No. 85. Kathias. Bearded, red, glabrous, white grain." 



42012. " No. 124. Kathias. Bearded, red, glabrous, red grain." 

 42013 and 42014. Triticum aestivum L. 



(Triticum vulgare Vill.) 



42013. " No. 125. Var. compactum. Bearded, white, glabrous, white 

 grain." 



42014. " No. 132. Var. compactum. Bald, white, glabrous, white 

 grain." 



42015. Teiticum durum Desf. 

 " No. 2." 



42016. Triticum aestivum L. 



(Triticum vulgare Vill.) 

 Var. compactum. 



42017. Crataegus piNNATiriDA-Bunge. Malacese. Hawthorn. 



From China. Presented by Rev. Horace W. Houlding, Tamingfu, Chihli, 

 North China. Received February 3, 1916. 

 " Shan li hung or mountain red pear. My wife says that in her estimation 

 it stands next to the apple for home use in cooking. It is good for jelly and 

 marmalade and when dipped whole into melted rock sugar it makes the finest 

 confection and one of the most healthful that I know of. There is a use for 

 this fruit in America." (Houlding.) 



42018 and 42019. 



From India. Presented by Maj. A. T. Gage, director, Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Sibpur, Calcutta, who secured it from the Director of Agriculture, 

 Srinagar, Kashmir. Received February 24, 1916. 



42018. Medicago falcata L. Fabaceae. Lucern. 

 " Ordinary Laclakh lucern." 



42019. Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. Fabacese. Yellow sweet clover. 

 " Rugsug (?) in Ladakh." 



42020. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Aracese. Dasheen. 



From Cristobal, Canal Zone. Tubers presented by Mr. O. W. Barrett. 



Received March 2, 1916. 



" Twin dasheen ; local variety. About 40 per cent of the plants are twins. 



In good soil this variety reaches 6 to 8 feet to leaf blade. Small offsets, 



but fine large ' madre ' up to 4 pounds each. From Bracho plantation." 



(Barrett.) 



42021. Colocasia esctjlenta (L.) Schott. Aracese. Taro. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Tubers purchased from the Yokohama Nursery 

 Company. Received March 2, 1916. 

 Sato-imo. 



A taro of the dasheen type, obtained for botanical study, this form having 

 flowered in Japan, where it was photographed by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, although 

 no flowers have ever been obtained from it in the United States. 



