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fruit that is like the Red "banana in shape and flavor, "but 
with a clear yellow skin." No. 28581. "Variety Chittagong. 
Very small, with seeds." No. 28582. "Reddish leaves. Very 
small, worthless fruit, with seeds. Good as an ornamental 
plant." For distribution later. 
SISYRINCHIUM BERMUDIANA. (Iridaceae.) 28361-362. Two varie- 
ties, one "blue fruited, and one white fruited, from Port 
Louis, Mauritius. Presented "by Mr. G. Regnard. For distri- 
bution later. 
TERMINALIA BELLERICA. (Combretaceae . ) 28329. Prom Kandawglay, 
Rangoon, Burma, India. Presented by the Secretary of the 
Agri-horticultural Society of Burma. "A handsome tree, native 
in Southern Asia, the fruit of which, collected when full 
grown but still unripe and dried in the sun, forms the Belerio 
myrobalans of commerce. These fruits contain about 12 per 
cent of tannin, but as a tanning material these fruits are 
inferior to the fruits of the following species." (W. W. 
Stockberger . ) For distribution later. 
TERMINALIA CHEBULA. (Combretaceae.) 28330. From the same 
source as the preceding number. "A large, decidtious tree, 
occurring chiefly on the mountains of India, occasionly as 
high as 5,000 feet in the Himalayas. The fruits, known as 
Chebulic myrobalans, are extensively used in tanning. They 
yield from 30 to 40 per cent tannin, found chiefly in the 
pulp surrounding the kernel. Seedlings grown at Chattanooga, 
Tenn., were cut down by frost." (W. W. Stockberger.) For 
distribution later. 
TERMINALIA CHEBULA. (Combretaceae.) 28354. From Baroda, India. 
Presented by Mr. B. S. Cavanagh, Superintendent, State Gardens,. 
For distribution later. 
TRICHOLAENA ROSEA. ( Poaceae.) 28537. From Bengue 11a, Angola, 
Portuguese West Africa. Presented by Mr. T. W. Woodside. 
"A grass that grows spontaneously in old, worn-out fields. 
Grows often to a height of 2% or 3 feet. Is very succulent 
and sweet; cattle like it very much. From the fact that it . 
grows in old, abandoned fields, I would judge that it does 
not require rich soil." (Woodside.) For distribution later. 
TRITICUM SP. (Poaceae.) 28365. Wheat from near the shore of 
Lake Van, and a few miles from Bitlis, Turkey, Asia. Pre- 
sented by Mr. Hamilton King, American Minister to Siam, who 
procured it from Miss Mary A. C. Ely. "This is sown in drills 
and does not need to be irrigated. The soil is sandy, mixed 
