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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



50522 to 50524. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabacete. Soy bean. 



{Glycine hispida Maxim.) 



From Mukden, China. Seeds presented by Albert W. Pontius, American consul 

 general. Received June 7, 1920. 



Market beans requested for the Office of Forage-Crop Investigations. 



50522. * ' Hei ton (black). ' ' 



"A small flat shining black bean used when boiled, salted, and fermented 

 as the main ingredient in a sauce; also fed, when boiled, to water buffaloes." 

 (Frank N. Meyer.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 45294. 



50523 . * ' Hsiao chin huang tou (small golden yellow bean) . " 



50524. "Pai mei ton (white-crested bean)." 



A late-maturing bean, yellow with a "white eyebrow." 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 30745. 



50525. Syzygium cmnNi (Lr) Skeels. Myrtaceae. Jambolan. 



(Eugenia jambolana Lam.) 

 Frond Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by Elmer D. Merrill, director, 

 Bureau of Science. Received June 8, 1920. 

 Dithat. A widely distributed Philippine timber tree frequently culti\ ated for its 

 fruit which in size, color, and flavor resembles a black cherr^\ The grayish or pale- 

 brown wood is moderately hard to hard and dui'able; even the sapwood is rarely at- 

 tacked by beetles. It is used for the building of ships, wharves, and bridges, for 

 fiu'niture and cabinetwork, and for the heavy parts of musical instruments. (Adapted 

 from Schneider, Commercial Woods of the Philippines: Their Preparation and Uses, 

 Manila Bureau of Forestry Bulletin No. 14, p. 189.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43217. 



50526. Acer sp. Aceraceje. Maple. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Seeds presented by Prof. C. S. Sargent, Arnold 

 Arboretum. Received June 11, 1920. 

 "A green-barked variety collected in northern Honan, China, by Joseph Hera." 

 {Sargent.) 



50527. Attalea cohune Mart. Phoenicacefe. Cohune. 



From Ceiba, Honduras. Seeds presented by Charles N. Willard, American 



consul. Received June 11, 1920. 

 Wi1& the demand for combating the use of poison gas in the war, it was found that 

 the shell of the cohune nut when carbonized acted as a preventive against the injurious 

 effects of the gas. It therefore became the principal element used in- the manufacture 

 of the gas mask. The utilization of the cohune nut for war purposes served to bring 

 to light an industrv^ which may be permanent, namely, the extraction of oil from the 

 kernel of the nut. The coliime (or corozo) nut is a product of the manaca palm, is 

 indigenous to tropical countries, and is found mostly on low, damp lands, along creeks i 

 and rivers. It thrives best in the deep forests, and the greatest supply is found in I 

 virgin forest lands, of wliich there are extensive areas in Honduras. i 

 •'The nuts grow in large oblong clusters weighing probably 75 pounds e^ich. A ! 

 single tree will have from one to four clusters on it at a time, with an average produc- ; 

 tjon of four clusters, a year to the tree. The nut varies in size from 1^ to 3 inches in ' 

 length and froiji 1 to 2 inches in diameter. The shell is hard and dense, with an 

 average thickness of one-fourth to half an inch. For cracking the nuts preparatorj- 



