﻿54 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



43637. Lettcaena glauca (L.) Benth. Mimosacea?. 



From Miami, Fla. Presented by Mr. S. H. Richmond. Received November 

 28, 1916. 

 "A shrub which grows 10 feet high. The plants sprang up, grew 6 feet, and 

 fruited after we supposed every root had been eradicated." (Richmond.) 



43638. Xanthosoma sp. Aracese. Yautia. 



From Rama, Nicaragua. Presented by Mr. Carlos Berger. Received No- 

 vember 28, 1916. 

 " Tubers of the supposed Talma yautia. This plant has the peculiarity of 

 drying up during the dry season, like Dorstenia contrayerva and several other 

 plants, all of which dry up here in January, when it still rains, and stay so 

 during the whole so-called dry season, even though it be really dry only a 

 month or so, and despite the fact that the mounds seldom dry out, except in an 

 unusually dry season, about once in ten years. This induces me to believe that 

 these plants have emigrated from the interior of Nicaragua, where there is a 

 well-defined dry season and where they may have acquired the habit of drying 

 up at a certain season of the year." (Berger.) 



43639 to 43641. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabacese. Soy bean. 



(Glycine hispida Maxim.) 

 From Canton, China. Presented by the American consul general, through 

 the Department of Commerce. Received November 27, 1916. 

 " Four varieties of beans are grown in the Canton consular district : The 

 black, the red, the yellow, and the so-called white. These beans are cultivated 

 along the banks of the Tsochiang and the Yuchiang, in Kwangsi. The best 

 varieties are said to come from near Siangshui and Lungchow in the south- 

 western part of the Province. The actual acreage under cultivation can not be 

 estimated, on account of the fact that the beans are not cultivated in any one 

 district but in many places and in small patches of from 1 to 3 mou. (The mou 

 varies in different parts of China; in Canton 4.847 mou equal 1 acre.)" (From 

 Consular Report, November 7, 1916, p. 504-) 



43639. " White bean. The white bean is called by the Chinese chutou 

 or pear-shaped bean. It is grown principally in the Province of 

 Kwangsi, although certain quantities are produced in Kwangtung, 

 Yunnan, and Kweichow Provinces, which are within this consular juris- 

 diction." (Consular Report, November 7, 1916, p. 50^.) 



43640. " Black beans." 43641. " Yellow beans." 



43642 to 43671. 



From Cairo, Egypt. Seeds presented by the director. Horticultural Divi- 

 sion, Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch. Received November 10, 1916. 



43642. Acacia scoepioides (L.) W. F. Wight. MimosaceaB. Babul. 



(A. arabica Willd.) 

 A shrub or small tree, with gray branchlets, and leaves composed of 

 10 to 20 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are in groups of two to five, and 

 the flat, gray-downy pods are from 3 to 6 inches long. This plant is found 

 extensively in India; also in Arabia and Europe. The gum (Indian gum 

 arabic) which exudes from the tree is of great commercial value and is 

 used for a variety of purposes. The gum is usually obtained without 

 tapping. The pure pale gum comes only from healthy trees and under 



