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and cooked as a vegetable with other ingredients . This 
variety, with yellowish or pale brown discoid seeds, 
is the most popular. The inflorescences are known by 
the Aztec name huauhtzontli, signifying 'hauhtli-heads ' . 
Botanically the plant is closely allied to Chenopodium 
paganum and Chenopodium album. It is quite distinct from 
Chenopodium quinoa, the celebrated food-staple of the Peru- 
vian highlands; and it must not be confused with the 
plant called michihuauhtli (fish-egg hauhtli) which is a 
white-seeded Amaranthus, not a Chenopodium." (W. E. 
Saf f ord. ) 
Citrus grandis (Rutaceae), 46336. Pummelo, From 
Shenchowfu, Hunan, China. Presented by Mr . N. T. Johnson 
American Consul, Changsha, China, who received them 
from Rev. J. Prank Bucher, Shenchowfu. "Red-fleshed 
pummelo. Ripens earliest of all the pummeloes on our 
compound. It is at least two months earlier than other 
varieties." (Bucher.) 
Freycinetia banksii (Pandanaceae ) , 46317. From New 
Zealand. Presented by Mr. H. R. Wright, Auckland. "The 
fruit proper does not ripen until many months after the 
ripening of the white bracts. In size and shape it is 
almost identical with Monstera deliciosa." (Wright.) A vine 
which climbs to the tops of the tallest trees along the 
banks of rivers in the North Island of New Zealand . The 
linear-lanceolate leaves are borne in clusters along 
the stem and the flowers appear in the center of these 
leaf -clusters . It is called Lon marrar by the natives, 
who eat the white fleshy bracts of the flowers for their 
sweet sugary juice. (Adapted from Hooker, Companion 
to the Botanical Magazine, vol. 2, p. 377.) 
Gareinia mangostana (Clusiaceae) , 46306. Mangos teen. 
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Director, 
Department of Agriculture. One of the most delicious 
fruits of the tropics. The handsome tree is 25 to 30 
feet in height, of compact growth, regular in outline, 
and with dark green foliage. It comes into bearing at 
about the ninth year. The rose-pink flowers are 1$ 
inches across, and there are two blooming periods each 
year. The round fruits, about the size of a mandarin 
orange, are borne from buds produced near the tips of 
short branches , mainly on the outside of the tree. The 
rind is thick and the flesh divided into segments much 
like the orange. The texture resembles a well-ripened 
plum, and the taste is delicious. In the East Indies 
