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these varieties are some especially good for copra, others 
suitable for confectionery, and another usually picked 
green as the husk is considered of more value for manu- 
facturing twine than is the fruit for copra making. ' 
Qoix lacryma-jdbi . (Poaceae .) 38473-476 . Seed of four 
varieties of Job's- tears frdm the Northern Shan States, 
Burma. Presented by Mr. H. G. Carter, Economic Botanist 
to the Botanical Survey of India, Indian Museum, Calcutta. 
-This species is extensively cultivated by the native 
tribes of eastern India, Burma, Assam, southern China, and 
Malaya, and supplies a food product much appreciated es- 
pecially in famine years, being parched, boiled or ground 
into flour. The seeds are used as beads in the industries 
of the natives but the hardness and high polish of shell 
are lost in cultivation so that only wild forms may be 
used. 
Dillenia spp. (Dilleniaceae .) 38383-384 . Plants from 
Manila. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, Director of Agri- 
culture, through Mr. Harry H. Boyle, Assistant Horti- 
culturist. Two species of ornamental shade trees, the 
fruits of which are eaten with fish by the natives. 
Dimocarpus sp. (Sapindaceae . ) 38374. Plants from 
Manila. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, Director of Agri- 
culture, through Mr. Harry H. Boyle, Assistant Horti- 
culturist. "Undoubtedly a new species, closely allied to 
the longan, found in the mountains of Cavite province near 
the town of Silang, P. I. The trees are one and one-half 
feet in diameter, and from 50 to 60 feet in height. The 
fruit has a remarkably sweet flavor, and the pulp is semi- 
transparent . It is greatly prized by all who eat it." 
(Boyle.) 
Diospyros kaki. (Ebenaceae.) 38482. Cuttings of a per- 
simmon from Sunnylands, Bermuda. Presented by Mr. Theo- 
dore Outerbridge, through Mr. Peter Blsset of this Office. 
"A variety bearing annually about 50 staminate flowers to 
one pistillate. It should therefore prove a valuable 
pollinator for planting in orchards of kaki persimmons, if 
the plants maintain this feature, as up to the present a 
great loss of fruit is sustained yearly in these orchards 
from lack of pollination. The fruit borne by the parent 
tree is said to be of good size and quality." (Blsset.) 
Eriobotrya japonica . (Malaceae.) 38496-497. Seeds of 
loquats from Naples and Boscotrecase , Italy, and from 
Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, and Dr. 
L. Trabut, respectively. The three varieties are de- 
scribed: "38496. Seeds of a large plum-shaped loquat from 
Naples. Very early, ripe April 1. Extraordinarily sweet; 
