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subacid, aromatic flesh of excellent flavor. (Adapt- 
ed from P. J. Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review, 
February, 1914.) 
Castanopsis sclerophylla (Lindl.) Schottky. (Fabaceae.) 
44663. Seeds from Nanking. An evergreen tree, 25 to 
65 feet tall, growing in woods of Hupeh and Chekiang, 
China, at elevations up to 1500 m. (5000 feet). It is 
a handsome tree with nearly smooth, dark gray bark, 
and a densely-branched flattened crown. The natives 
gather the small chestnut-like nuts and crush them, 
making an edible paste resembling bean-curd in ap- 
pearance and the chinkapin in flavor. (Adapted from 
C. S. Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 3, p. 201, 
202, 1916.) 
Catalpa bungei C. A. Meyer. (Blgnoniaceae^ ) 44664. 
Seeds from Nanking, China. Presented by Prof. Joseph 
Bailie, University of Nanking. A quickly-growing 
Chinese tree, up to 100 feet in height and with a 
trunk 10 to 15 feet in diameter a few feet above the 
ground. The wood, which is strong, light, durable 
and non-warping, resembles walnut to a large extent 
and is much in demand for fine furniture. The tree 
might be cultivated in the semiarid sections of the 
United States where the winters are not too severe. 
It prefers a porous soil, and is easily propagated 
from suckers which spring up from the roots that are 
near the surface of the ground. (Adapted from note 
of Frank N. Meyer.) Not the dense round bush ordina- 
rily grown as C. bungei Hort. 
Clerodendrum triehotomum fargesti (Dode) Rehder. (Ver- 
benaceae.) 44533. Seeds from Ventimiglia, Italy. 
Presented by the Superintendent, La Mortola Botanic 
Gardens. A Chinese shrub, 3.5 to 4 meters (10 to 15 
feet) in height; with dark green, oval, lance-shaped 
leaves, 10 to 15 cm. (4 to 6 inches) long; very frag- 
rant, light pink flowers in axillary cymes; and dark 
purple drupes, 4 to 5 mm. (1/5 inch) in diameter, with 
very hard, black seeds. It is easily raised from seed, 
in ordinary soil. (Adapted from J. Pinelle, in Revue 
Horticole, vol. 83, p. 522-523, under C.fargesii) 
Cuminghamia laneeolata (Lamb.) Hooker. (Pinaceae.) 
44665. Seeds from Nanking, China. Presented by Prof. 
Joseph Bailie, University of Nanking. "This handsome 
tree is found all over the temperate parts of China 
