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it is quite possible that A. trisperma will also be successful. It is beliewd 

 that the soft-shelled kind (A. trisperma) is superior, for in addition to the 

 nut being easier to crack, the Bureau of Science has found that the oil so 

 closely approximates the Chinese tung oil as to be practically indistinguishable 

 therefrom. There is a slight difference between this oil and that of A. moluc- 

 cana." {Hernandez.) 



44062. Triticum aestivum L. Poacese. Wheat. 



(T. vulgare Vill.) 



From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co 

 Received January 22, 1917. 



" Grown on the slope of Mount Fuji." (S. Hda.) 



44063. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Oats. 



From Paris, France. Presented by Messrs. Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co 

 Received January 30, 1917. 



"Very early black hybrid." (Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co.) 



44064 and 44065. 



From Londiani, Kenia. Presented by Mr. J. H. Cameron. Londiaui Farm^ 

 (Ltd.). Received January 30, 1917. 



44064. Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendt. Solanacere. Tree-tomato. 

 " This seed grows in my garden ; it is a cultivated plant, but I do not 



know where it comes from ; it is in every garden hereabouts. We call 

 it the Cape tomato, but it is not a tomato, nor do I suppose that it ever 

 saw the Cape, i. e., the Cape of Good Hope. The early settlers in this 

 country mostly came up from the Cape after the South African war, 

 and got into the habit of calling everything they saw after something 

 else that they knew in South Africa. It is a tree growing up to 10 feet 

 high, with large glossy green and purple leaves. The fruit is exactly 

 like an English plum, both in size and appearance (an average one I 

 have here on my desk, plucked at random, measures 2£ inches in length 

 and 6 inches in circumference) ; the skin is purple and the flesh a bright 

 yellow ; like Physalis peruviana it can be eaten raw, stewed, made into 

 jam, or, as you say in America, preserves, and used in making pies. It 

 does not grow wild here and must have been brought from some other 

 country, probably by missionaries." (Cameron.) 



44065. Physalis peruviana L. Solanacese. Poha. 

 " Seeds of an economic plant which we call the Cape goosebemj. A 



yellow-colored fruit about the size of a large cultivated cherry, but round 

 and not oval like a real gooseberry. It is a most excellent fruit to eat 

 either raw or stewed, and it can be eaten with cream, in pies, or pre- 

 served. It is very prolific, rather in danger of becoming a weed and 

 running away with the garden, but not any more so than your own 

 raspberry or blackberry. As to habitat, I find it growing as low as 

 6,000 feet above the level of the sea, which is low for East Africa. Here 

 at Londiani it is very plentiful. We are 8,000 feet above sea level. It 

 grows in cultivated gardens and also wild by the roadside and in wild 

 bushy places. I was astonished on one occasion to find it growing most 

 profusely away up on the top of Mount Londiani at 10,000 feet above 



