4. 
told me that it is known also as Sun Tsim which Mr. Wilder 
says corresponds to the Sunejin. At any rate it is a fine 
rice to introduce". (Conner.) Sun Tsim means 'long kernel'. 
25703. This variety is called locally Nep or alcohol rice. 
It is very dark colored and is the one I suppose which 
coresponds to Patma and which Mr. Wilder called Pat nor. 
(Conner.) Pat nor means 'soft'. 
PRYLLANTHUS EMBLICA. 25724. Prom Baroda, India. Presented 
"by Mr. B. P. Cavanagh. Received July 3. "A small, de- 
ciduous tree of the family Euphorbiaceae found in China, 
Japan, India and elsewhere. The unripe fruit, formerly 
official in medicine, is known commercially as emblic 
myrobalan, and with the leaves and hark is used in tanning. 
The leaves have "been found to contain 18 per cent tannin 
and the hark 12.6 per cent". (Stockherger.) Introduced 
for trial in the southern states hy Dr. Stockherger. 
SACCHARUM OFPICINARUM. 25738. Prom Buitenzorg, Java. Pre- 
sented hy Dr. M. Treuh. Received July 2. "Arrows of 
one of our "best varieties of sugar cane. Rather a large 
percentage of these seeds do not germinate". (Treuh.) 
SCHINOPSIS BAL ANSAE . 25717. Prom Chaco, Argentina. Pre- 
sented hy Sr. Don Carlos D. Girola. Received June 19. 
"A tree belonging to the family Anacardiaceae. Native in 
Paraguay where according to Engler it grows on river 
hanks in impervious clay soil. Said to occur also in 
eastern and southern Argentine. Known locally as Quebracho 
Colorado and forms one of the sources of the quebracho ex- 
tract used in tanning." (Stockherger.) Procured for 
Dr. Stockherger ' s tanning experiments. 
ZEA MAYS. 25736. Corn from Pretoria, Transvaal, South 
Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy. Received 
July 16. "Hickory King. A strain now being developed in 
South Africa. (Davy. ) 
ZEA MAYS. 25758-774. A collection of 17 varieties of corn 
from Ecuador. Presented by Mr. H. R. Dietrich, American 
Consul-General , Guayaquil, Ecuador. Received July 10. 
