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lonicera TRICHOPODA (Caprif oliaceae) , 58614. Honeysuckle. From 
Elstree, Herts, England.. Seeds presented toy Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham 
House Gardens. A slender-branched shrubby honeysuckle from Yunnan, 
China, with narrowly oblong leaves, which are covered with fine hairs. 
The yellowish white flowers are marked with red and are followed -by 
bright -red berries. 
markhamia 8p. J Blgnoniacsae ) , 58593. 'From Umtali, Rhodesia, 
South Africa. Seeds presented by Rev, E. H.- Greely, who describes this 
as a native Rhodesian tree with yellow -flowers Z inches across. His 
further statement, that it resembles Spathodea in general character, 
suggests that we may have, in this species, a valuable addition to the 
list of flowering trees which can be cultivated successfully in Floi-ida 
and California. Its hardiness is open to question, but the behavior 
of other plants from the same general region gives grounds for believ- 
ing that it will stand light frosts at least. 
MOMORDICA cochinchinensIS .(Cucurbitaceae), 58554. From Manila, 
Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by P, J. Wester, Bureau of Agri- 
Calt.urev "This is a very vigorous native Philippine vine with large, 
round, handsome, greenish yellow fruits which should make it popular 
as an ornamental vine in southern Florida, Porto Rico, and Panama. 
The immature fruits are boiled and eaten with meat, and the tender 
leaves also are boiled and eaten. The large seeds appear to be very 
rich in oil which, so far as I know, has never been investigated. 
(fester.) 
PASPALUM notatum (Poaceae), 58644. Bahia grass. From San Jose,- 
Costa Rica. Seeds purchased from J. Alfredo Quiros. This shipment of 
seed has been obtained from Costa Rica, to assist in establishing Bahia 
grass in the southern United States, where it has already .been tested 
and has shown great promise., The Office of Forage Crop Investigations, 
which is occupied with the matter, has prepared the following note re- 
garding the culture of this species: 
Bahia grass {Paspalum notatum Fluegge) Is a perennial grass form- ■ 
ing a dense sward of leaves and with flowering culms about one foot 
high t 2-branche.d at the top. It is primarily a pasture grass. It. 
is native from Cuba and Mexico southward to Argentina, and has many 
local names. In western Cuba, where it is the common pasture grass, 
it is "Cana Mazo," mat cane; in Costa Rica, "Gengibrillo; " in Panama, 
"Ginger grass;" in Argentina, "Grami lion, " "Pasto Dulce," "Pasto Maneo," 
"Gramilla Blanca." It is generally recognized aa a very valuable past- 
ure grass. The rootstocks are very stout; so that even on very sandy 
soil the grass makes a firm sod. . .? > 
Bahia grass has proved hardy throughout Florida and as far north : 
