ace high with Pahutan. It further has a very thick rind. 
This, while still further diminishing its scanty flesh, 
probably adds to its shipping qualites, (Lyon.) 
MIMUSOPS KAUKI . 25909. Prom Lawang, Java. Seeds presented 
"by Mr. M. Euysman. Received August 26. (Adam's apple". 
A large tree native of India, the Malay Islands and Aus- 
tralia. The fruit resembles Zizyphus jujuba and is ed- 
ible. The wood is red, fine-grained and easy to work. 
MYRICA NAGI. 25908. Prom Tangs i, China. Procured by Rev. 
Alex Kennedy at the request of Mr. P. N. Meyer. Received 
Aug. 21. "These seeds are for stocks; better varieties 
are to be grafted onto them later. The plants are ex- 
ceedingly hard to transplant. The trees thrive wherever 
the loquat does". (Meyer.) 
ORYZA SATIVA. 25937. Prom Tsangsheng, Kwangtung province, 
near Canton, China. Presented by Mr. Stuart J* Puller. 
Received September 9. "Szemiu, which translated means 
'Best quality refined'. The Chinese rice merchant states 
that the exportation of this rice in any quantity or in 
samples is forbidden by the Chinese Government." (Wilder.) 
PANICUM PALMIFOLIUM. 25740. Seed from Pretoria, Transvaal, 
. South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy. Received 
July 19. "I do not consider this one of the best grasses 
but it is a useful sort in shady places in comparatively 
warm districts and in forest glades." (Davy.) A native 
of tropical Africa extending to the Cape. 
>PROTUS SUBCORDATA. 25933. Seeds from Lassen Co. Cal . , 
west of Honey Lake at an altitude of about 4700 feet, 
collected by Mr. Karl Kair, presented by Mr. Marsden Man- 
son, San Francisco. Received Sept. 7. "Variety Kellogii. 
These fruits are used wherever found for drying and pre- 
serving by both the Indians and residents of the country." 
RHODOMYRTUS TOMMTOSA. 25891* Seed from Ootacamund, India. 
Presented by Rev. G-. N. Thorns sen . Received August 20. 
"The downy myrtle or hill gooseberry is a handsome ever- 
