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* As described by J. H. Maiden (Proceedings of 

 the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. 21, 

 p. 624), this close relative of the Queensland nut 

 (JUacadamia ternifolia) is a small bushy tree, with 

 entire, narrowly oblong leaves, about inches long, 

 in irregular whorls of three. The globular fruits, 

 about three-fourths of an inch in diameter, have a 

 leathery exocarp and a hard endocarp. Native to 

 New South Wales. 



66062 to 66076. 



From Canton, China. Seeds collected by F. A. 

 McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received January 25, 1926. Notes 

 by Mr. McClure. 



66062 to 66064. Aleurites Montana (Lour.) 

 Wilson. Euphorbiaceae. 



Baptist Mission compound, Wuchow, 

 Kwangsi. November 18, 1925. Trees growing 

 at the foot of a terrace, in yellow clay granitic 

 subsoil, with their roots partly in filled soil of 

 the same composition, but naturally looser in 

 texture. 



66062. No. 240. Tree No. 1. This tree, 

 which appears to be the most prolific of the 

 collection at the mission compound, is 

 about 12 meters high and 25 centimeters 

 in diameter at chest height. It bears the 

 largest clusters of fruits, 11 to 13 to a cluster. 



66063. No. 241. Tree No. 2. This tree is 

 second only to tree No. 1 [No. 66062] in 

 prolificness. 



66064. No. 242. From trees of average yield. 



66065 to 66087. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) 

 Cogn. Cucurbitaceae. Wax gourd. 



No. 245. Purchased in Yunghui, 

 Kwangsi, November 20, 1926. Paak shik 

 kwa. The fruits are long and slender, the 

 largest ones being 65 centimeters long and 

 36 centimeters in circumference, and are 

 slightly constricted in the middle. They 

 are thickly covered, when mature, with a 

 white flourlike powder. The skin is pale 

 green, thin, with a sparse outgrowth of 

 hairs 2 or 3 millimeters in length. The 

 flesh, 2 to 3 centimeters in thickness, is 

 greenish for a half inch inward from the 

 skin, otherwise white, and is tender, but 

 has little flavor. The Chinese usually 

 cook the fruits with pork and often use 

 them in soup. 



No. 273. Tsit lava. Purchased at 

 Takhing, Kwangtung Province, Novem- 

 ber 27, 1925. This variety seems very 

 similar to No. 245 [No. 66065], differing 

 only in being straight and not depressed 

 in the middle. 



. No. 276. Tung kwa. Purchased in 

 Takhing, Kwangtung Province, Novem- 

 ber 27, 1925. A short, thick variety, 

 depressed at both ends, which is somewhat 

 triangular in cross section. It is light green 

 and thickly covered with a flourlike bloom 

 when mature. 



66068. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbi- 

 Watermelon. 



No. 251. Hung kwa tsz and sai kwa tsz. Pur- 

 chased in Wuchow, Kwangsi, November 23, 

 1925. This variety is said to be cultivated for 

 the seeds only, and the flesh is said to be worth- 

 less. The seeds are commonly served between 

 courses at Chinese feasts. 



66069. Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge. Mal- 

 aceae. Chinese hawthorn. 



No. 252. Obtained at Wuchow, Kwangsi, 

 November 23, 1925, where they had been shipped 

 in from Tientsin, in a dried sliced condition. 

 Shaan cha. The seeds are thick walled. A thin 

 red circular waferlike confection is made from 

 the flesh by adding a red coloring matter and 

 sugar. 



66062 to 66076— Continued. 



66070| and 66071. Cucurbita moschata Du- 

 chesne. Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. 

 Purchased at Takhing, Kwangtung Province, 

 November 27, 1925. Used as food only by the 

 poorer classes and is, therefore, commonly culti- 

 vated by them. 



66070. No. 274. Naam kwa. A variety with 

 the skin mottled green and yellow and the 

 flesh deep yellow. 



66071. No. 275. Hop kwa. An orange-yellow 

 skinned variety, smaller than No. 274 

 [No. 660701, which is slightly paled by the 

 presence of a scant gray bloom. 



66072. Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. Poa- 

 ceae. Ragi. 

 No. 278. Purchased November 27, at Tak- 

 hing, Kwangtung Province. Aap keuk suk. 

 This variety is commonly cultivated in Kwang- 

 tung, but on a small scale. It is boiled and eaten 

 with sugar. 



66073. Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb. Faba- 

 ceae. Rice bean. 

 No. 277. Purchased at Takhing, Kwangtung 



Province, November 27, 1925. Chik siu tau. 

 This variety, said to be grown locally in the 

 silty soil of the annually denuded river flood 

 plain, yields two crops a year. It is eaten after 

 being boiled. 



66074. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. Pear, 

 No. 244. Purchased at Yunghui, Kwangsi, 



November 20, 1925, and is said to have come 

 from the region north of Wuchow, on the Foo 

 River. It is said to occur also generally in the 

 region east of Wuchow, north of the West River 

 in Kwangtung, and it is also seen in the markets 

 of Takhing, Kwangtung. The fruits are oblate 

 to subglobular, the stem long, 1.5 to 2.5 centi- 

 meters, slender, attached in a small, shallow de- 

 pression; the apex of the fruit has a slight depres- 

 sion or none; the skin is olive green, thin but 

 tough, and smooth; the flesh is fine grained, but 

 very firm, and somewhat astringent when fresh; 

 the seeds are large, 5 to 10 in number; and the 

 seed section is surrounded by a thick yellow 

 "shell" of hard granular material. The fruits 

 are usually placed in hot water for a time before 

 they are eaten. Another way of preparing them 

 is to pickle them in vinegar. This variety may 

 serve as a stock for pears or apples, but, so far 

 as I know, it is not used for this purpose by the 

 Chinese . 



66075. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. Pear. 



No. 254. From fruits purchased November 

 23, 1925, in Wuchow, Kwangsi. Tono lei tsai. 

 "A small round red-brown to russet fruit, thickly 

 punctate with tiny light-brown dots. The fruits 

 are few seeded; the flesh, mellow when ripe, is 

 somewhat granular, like that of pears, especially 

 in the zone which divides the pome portion from 

 the ovary portion of the fruit. The fruits are 

 not eaten fresh, but are prepared for consump- 

 tion by pickling in vinegar. This plant serves 

 exclusively as stock for pears in southern China, 

 so far as I have been informed. It is said to grow 

 only in the wild or half-cultivated state, except 

 as stock for pears, and is widely distributed in 

 Kwangtung and Kwangsi. 



66076. Sesamum orientale L. 



Pedaliaceae. 

 Sesame. 



No. 253. Purchased November 23, 1925, in 

 Wuchow, Kwangsi. Paak chi ma. A herba- 

 ceous annual said to be grown in the Foo River 

 District, Kwangsi. The seeds are used in con- 

 fections, often as a covering for cakes and candies, 

 and the oil expressed from the seeds is used by 

 the Chinese in cooking. 



66077 to 66080. Magnolia spp. Mag- 

 noliaceae. • Magnolia. 



From Orleans, France. Plants presented by 

 Leon Chenault. Received February 4, 1926. 



