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is probably the most common of all Burmese bamboos except 
Dendrocalamus strictus, and, as I am informed by J. W. Oliver, 
it may be found almost any year flowering sporadically 
like D. strictus and D. hamiltonii , but not generally pro- 
ducing good seed on such occasions. The Kolhan and Assam 
localities would point to its having a wider range than 
is generally supposed. The culms are largely used for 
building and mat-making and other purposes, and in Burma 
the joints are used for boiling hauknyin or glutinous 
rice, the effect being to make a long mould of boiled 
rice which can be carried about to be eaten on journeys. 
It is at once recognized by the characteristic inflores- 
cences, the short sheaths with rounded, long-fringed auri- 
cles, and long blf idly-mucronate palea." (J. S. Gamble, 
Bambuseae of British India, Annals Calcutta Botanic Gar- 
den, vol. 7, p. 109.) 
Citrus aurantium saponacea Safford. (Rutaceae.) 40824. 
Seeds of the Samoan wild orange from Tutulla, Samoa. Pre- 
sented by the Governor, through Mr. W. E. Safford, of this 
Bureau. "Seeds of the wild orange of Samoa, probably 
Citrus hystrix DC. (Citrus aurantium saponacea Safford, Contr. 
U. S. National Herbarium, vol. 9, p. 226, 1905) called moli 
or moli vao(' forest moll'), or moli u'u( 1 annointing moll f ) 
by the natives, who use it for washing. On account of its 
use as a detergent the name moli is applied by the Samoans 
to soaps of all kinds. The moli vao is a thorny tree grow- 
ing spontaneously in the forests of Samoa, where it was 
undoubtedly established In prehistoric times. It also 
occurs in Fiji, and bears the same common name there. The 
glossy dark-green leaves have a crenate margin and a very 
broadly winged petiole, sometimes almost as large as the 
leaf itself. The flowers occur in axillary or terminal 
clusters. The smooth spheroid fruit when ripe is usually 
greenish-yellow or lemon colored. The pulp is pleasantly 
aromatic but not edible. It leaves a peculiar fragrance In 
the hair when used as a shampoo, and the natives say that 
it prevents dandruff and stimulates the growth of the hair. 
They make an Infusion of the scraped bark of the tree as 
a remedy for pectoral affections and use a hot decoction 
of the leaves for asthma. This species is Introduced as a 
possible stock for other less robust species of Citrus." 
(Safford.) 
Citrus grandis(L. )Osbeck. (Rutaceae. ) 40893. Seeds of a 
pomelo from Nagasaki, Japan. Collected by Mr. W. T. Swin- 
gle, of this Bureau. "I found at Nagasaki Experiment Sta- 
tion a most excellent pomelo, the Eirado Buntan, better 
