1759 
Aeluropus repens (Poaceae), 55029. From Algiers, 
Algeria. Seeds presented by Dr. L. Trabut, director, 
Service Botanique. "Pound at very salty places in the 
Sahara." (Trabut.) 
A low, much-branched, rigid , perennial grass from 
the Mediterranean countries. It roots at the nodes, 
and appears to be partial to sandy places,- even close 
to salt water. (Adapted from Muschler, Manual Flora 
of Egypt, vol. 1, p. 129.) 
Cassia siamea (Caesalpiniaceae) , 55025. Kassod tree. 
From Los Banos , Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by 
J. E Higgins , College of Agriculture . A medium-sized or 
sometimes a large tree with gray, nearly smooth bark 
and papery glabrous leaflets. The small yellow flowers 
are borne in large pyramidal, terminal panicles. The 
tree is probably native to Burma and is cultivated 
throughout India and many tropical countries for its 
hard heavy wood which is very durable. The heartwood 
is dark brown to nearly black, in stripes of dark and 
light; it is used for mallets, walking sticks, for 
building, and for fuel. (Adapted from Rock , Leguminous 
Plants of Hawaii, p. 81.) 
Chenopodium quinoa (Chenopodiaceae), 55051 . FromCuzco, 
Peru. Seeds presented by Prof. Fortunato L. Herrera. 
"One of the inhabitants of the highlands of Peru and 
Bolivia is a species of Chenopodium (C . quinoa) and so far 
as foliage is concerned it is not very unlike our or- 
dinary 'goosefoot.' Its seeds, however, are white or 
nearly so, and fully three times as large as those of 
C. album. In pre-Columbian times this plant was one of 
the main foods of the Indians, evidently ranking with 
the potato and corn in this respect. None of the Old 
World cereals being known before the discovery it was 
only natural that the cultivation of this plant should 
have extended over a considerable area. In addition to 
Peru and Bolivia it was probably grown in some parts 
of Argentina and is known with certainty to have been 
cultivated in Chile; in fact there even appears to have 
been an Araucanian or Mapuche name for it. Doubtless 
its cultivation at the present time is less extensive 
than formerly, due in part to the diminished Indian 
population and in some measure to an apparent ignor- 
ance or indifference on the part of the white popu- 
lation to its real merits as a food. At present it is 
probably most commonly grown on the Titicaca plateau. 
It is said to yield abundantly though it does not seem 
