4 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



tion at Pasoeroean, Java, one of which instead of producing sugar 

 produces only starch in its stems and one whose flower heads are so 

 hypertrophied as to be used as a vegetable by the Javanese. 



The botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made 

 and the nomenclature determined by H. C. Skeels, and the descrip- 

 tive notes have been prepared by Paul Russell, who has had gen- 

 eral supervision of this inventory. 



David Fatrchild, 

 Agricultural Explorer in Charge. 



Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, 



Washington, D. C, December 21, 1923. 



