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camels, and cows, but refused by horses and mules; its 
hard kernel furnishes the oil which replaces that of 
the olive in the cookery of South Morocco and is so 
unpleasant to the unaccustomed palate of Europeans." 
(Hooker and Ball, A Tour in Morocco, p. 96.) 
Chenopodium nuttalliae (Chenopodlaceae ), 46956. Huauhtli. 
From Mexico. Purchased from Mrs. Zelia Nuttall , Coyoa- 
can, Mexico City . "A form of Chenopodium (huauhtli) having 
white or rose-colored seeds. This shipment includes 
the entire crop grown at the little village of Los Reyes, 
as well as that of an Indian woman at Coyoacan. This 
is the finest kind of Chenopodium, and is not at all 
bitter. The black kind (S. P. I. No. 45722) is slightly 
bitter but the Indians say It is healthful, and they 
like It. * (Nuttall. ) 
deer arietinum (Fabaceae), 47000. Chick-pea. From 
Mexico. Obtained through Mr. S. W. Augenstein, Steward, 
Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C, from General Alvardo 
Obregon, Sinaloa, Mexico. Garbanzos raised on the ranch of 
General Obregon in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico . Obtained 
for experimental work in this Office. "The exports of 
this garbanzo to Spain before the war were very large, and 
in Mexico as well as Spain it ranks as a staple food. 
It deserves the serious consideration of Americans." 
(Fairchlld.) 
Coeloeoceus amiearum (Phoenlcaceae ) , 47007. Ivory-nut 
palm. From Hawaii. Fruits presented by Dr. Harold L. Lyon, 
Experiment Station of tne Hawaiian Sugar Planters' 
Association, Honolulu. "These fruits were collected a 
few days ago on the premises of Mr. John Scott, of Hilo. 
Mr. Scott purchased fruits of this palm from a sea cap- 
tain many years ago and succeeded in rearing one plant 
which is now a large .handsome palm, the only fruiting 
specimen in these islands." (Lyon.) 
"A pinnate-leaved palm Introduced into Guam from 
the Caroline Islands. The nuts are of an ivory-like 
texture and are exported from the Carolines to Germany 
for button-making. The spheroid fruit, about 7 centi- 
meters long and 8 centimeters in diameter, has a red- 
dish brown, glossy, scaly shell. The surface of the 
seed is glossy, black, and thickly striped, but not 
furrowed. The allied species of the Solomon Islands, 
C. solomonensis, has a straw-colored shell and the Fijian 
form, C. vitiensis (which is not used in the arts), is 
yellow. The inflorescence of this genus has not yet 
