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Company and which was grown at the Company ' s experiment 
station at Kungchuling, Slnkiang. These two varieties 
are said to have given the best results yet obtained 
at that place, which lies about 400 miles north of 
Dairen, between 43° and 44° N. latitude, about on a line 
with Concord, New Hampshire." (Williamson.) 
0xali8 erenata (Oxalidaceae ) , 47059. From France. 
Tubers presented by Mr. Stuart R. Cope, Paris. "I am 
sending you a couple of tubers of Oxalis erenata which has 
recently made its appearance here as a vegetable. It 
is directed to be cooked as the crosne, Staehys sieboldi, 
which is a common vegetable here and is usually fried 
in fat, but I am Informed that this Oxalls may also 
be boiled and mashed, like turnips." (Cope.) 
Panieum maximum (Poaceae), 47031. Grass. From 
Para, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Andre Goeldi through 
Mr. Geo. H. Plckerell, American Consul. "No. 24. A 
Guinea grass of gigantic growth, completely different 
from the common one we have here. The common Guinea 
grass has narrow leaves and reaches to a height of about 
4 feet. This kind is stronger and much taller, having 
a very broad leaf, and reaching a height of 7 or more 
feet. It is not a native grass of this country but was 
introduced from Jamaica in soil which was packed 
around banana suckers. It was growing among the banana 
trees, and especially where the suckers had been laid 
down before planting." (Goeldi.) 
Phalaris eoerulescens (Poaceae), 46955. Grass. From 
Mustapha-Alger , Algiers. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut . 
"Seeds of a good forage grass. Our sheep know how 
to find the subterranean bulbous parts in the ground, 
and live on them, in summer, when all other vegetation 
is dried up." (Trabut.) 
Phalaris truncata (Poaceae), 46952. Grass. From 
Mustapha-Alger, Algiers. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. 
"For winter forage." (Trabut.) A perennial grass, 
about 2 feet high, found in the Mediterranean region. 
The flowers are borne in a dense spike, resembling 
timothy. (Adapted from Pereira, Flora de Portugal, 
p. 69.) 
Prosopis ehilensis (Mimosaceae ) , 46973. Algarroba. From 
Duran, hear Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by Dr. J. N. 
Rose, United States National Museum. "The mesquite In 
