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44064 and 44065— Continued. 



sea level, on which occasion I may say it about saved my life. I had 

 ridden up there at dawn for the purpose of shooting buffalo, which 1 

 did, and then lost my guides in a great bamboo forest and wandered 

 about for many hours ; I finally came to an open place and found many 

 of these plants growing, and being very hungry I devoured many of the 

 fruits. I found them both meat and drink." {Cameron.) 



44066. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Aracese. Tare 



From Oilla, Tex. Tubers presented by Mr. S. Kato. Received January 

 24, 1917. 



" Yatsu-gashira-imo. A Japanese variety of taro of the dasheen type. It 

 is said to be the best variety grown in Japan. These specimens grown in 

 Texas, though very small, were mealy and of fine flavor." (R. A. Young.) 



44067. Vicia faba L. Fabacese. Broad bean. 



From Amsterdam, Netherlands. Procured through Mr. Frank W. Mali in. 

 American consul. Received January 23, 1917. 

 " Seeds of the broad bean, called by the Dutch Duiveriboon." (MaMn. i 



44068. Diosptros kaki L. f. Diospyracese. Kaki. 



From Hangchow. China. Presented by Dr. D. Duncan Main. Numbered 

 February 5, 1917. 

 A variety sent in without description. 



44069. Zizakia latifolia (Griseb.) Stapf. Poaceae. Wild rice. 



From China. Plants collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received January 3, 1917. 



"(No. 1261. Peking, China, November 20, 1916.) A Chinese wild rice, 

 cultivated in standing water. The young sprouts are eaten in the springv 

 while later on the shoots, swollen through the act on of a fungus, are eat.« 

 in much the same way as bamboo. Chinese name cliiao pai." {Meyer J 



For an illustration of the shoots of wild rice, known as kau ba, used as * 

 vegetable, see Plate II. 



44070 and 44071. 



From Wellington Point, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Presented 

 by Mr. James Pink. Received January 22, 1917. 



44070. Caeica papaya L. Papayacea?. Papaya. 



" Seeds of a good variety of papaw, grown from seed of my own selec- 

 tion." {Pink.) 



44071. Cassia eremophila A. Cunn. Cresalpiniacese. 



"A very handsome flowering shrub." {Pink.) 



A woody plant, found in Australia in all the colonies except Tasmania. 

 The leaves are composed of two pairs of very narrow leaflets, and the 

 pods are very smooth. In Australia both the pods and the leaves of this 

 plant are eaten by stock. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Native Plants 

 of Australia, p. 121, and from Vogel, Synopsis Generis Cassiae, p. 47, as 

 Cassia nemophila.) 



