CAPSICUM SPP. (Solanaceae. ) 29493-495. Seeds of peppers 
from Usiimbwa,. Post Mwanza, German East Africa. Presented by the 
Usumbwa Company, G. m. b. H. No. 29493. Native large red. No. 
29494. Native round yellow. No. 29495. Native round red. For 
distribution later* 
CITRUS SP. (Rutaceae.) 29629, Seeds of orange from Gan 
Doo Awn, Mawkmai State, Southern Shan States, Burma, India. 
Presented by Mr. Oglesby Paul, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, through Mr. Edward Simmonds, Subtropical Garden, 
Miami, Florida. Collected by Rev. H. C. Gibbens, M. D. , American 
Baptist Shan Mission, Monghai, Southern Shan States, Burma, 
"These seeds are from the best variety of orange grown in Burma. 
The rind comes off very easily and is not adherent to the fruit 
itself. I have never tasted any American oranges that could ap- 
proach anything near to their flavor. Their natural habitat is 
a very warm lowland. They will not grow in Monghai." (Gibbens.) 
For distribution later. 
COLOCASIA SP. (Araceae.) 29518. Tubers of dasheen from 
Paramaribo, Surinam. Presented by Mr. P. J. S. Cramer, Director 
of Agriculture. "Sinesie. Corms and tubers nonacrid. Flesh 
of tubers very white when cooked, while that of the corm becomes 
slightly violet colored. Flavor inferior." (R. A. Young.) For 
distribution later. 
DIOSPYROS SP. (Diospyraceae. ) 29486. Seed of persimmon 
from Tientsin, China. Presented by Dr. Yamei Ein, Chief of the 
Woman's Medical Department of Northern China, Tientsin. "Seed 
of the seedling persimmon, sold on the market only in the dried 
fig form. This wild persimmon is called 'hei tsao' or black 
'tsao', not a persimmon according to the fruit growers' classi- 
fication here." (Kin.) For distribution later. 
GOSSYPIUM PERUVIANUM. (Malvaceae.) '29498. Seed of cotton 
from Usumbwa, Post Mwanza, German East Africa. Presented by the 
Usumbwa Company, G. m. b. H. "This is the species found every- 
where in the interior and known to have been cultivated by 
natives for hundreds of years." (Usumbwa Company.) For dis- 
tribution later. - 
HAPLOPHYTON CIMICIDUM. ( Apocynaceae . ) 29503. Seed from 
Mexico City, Mexico. Presented by J. Labadie Successors, Mexico 
City. "This is a Mexican plant, a decoction of the leaves of 
which has been used with success for the control of the orange 
fruit fly, Trypeta ludens Loew." (Mr. F. A. Stockdale, Assistant 
Director and Government Botanist, Georgetown, British Guiana.) 
The Bureau of Entomology reports that so far as they know no 
trial has been made of this plant in this country. For distri- 
bution later. 
