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long time away from ports, bean sprouts from adsuki, 
mung, and small soybeans, together with seedlings of cress, 
mustard, and amaranth are about the only fresh vegetables 
that can be raised. A dark, moist and warm place, 
like the inside of a cupboard, box, large jar, tin, 
etc., kept near a source of continuous gentle heat is 
necessary." (Meyer.) 
Pi8um sativum (Fabaceae), 45303. Pea. Prom China. 
Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Ex- 
plorer for this Department. "(No. 2436a. Ichang, 
Hupeh, China, March 24, 1917.) A medium-sized, pale 
yellow variety of pea, grown as a winter crop through- 
out the Yangtze Valley on rice lands which have been 
drained for the winter months. Sown in October and 
harvested in April. The peas are eaten either boiled 
with the pods when very tender, or shelled when old. 
When dry they are consumed in stews and soups, and 
baked into cakes. In the winter they are also eaten 
sprouted, after having been scalded. A fresh gelatine 
is also made from them, much eaten during the hot 
summer months, with sauce and pickles, as a 'pick me 
up' between meals. Chinese name Wan tou (Wan doh) . To 
be tested as a winter crop in the southern sections 
of the Gulf States and in California." (Meyer.) 
Pittosporum hosmeri longifolium (Pittosporaceae), 45244. 
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Joseph F. 
Rock, Botanist, College of Hawaii. The variety dif- 
fers from the species in that the leaves are very 
much longer, and the capsules are smaller. The tree 
is quite common at Kapua, South Kona, Hawaii, on the 
lava flows, and occurs also at Kllauea, and Hualalai, 
but does not reach such a height and size as at Puu- 
waawaa. The trees of the latter locality are loaded 
with fruit during June and July, while those of Kapua 
bear mature fruit during the month of February. How- 
ever, the fruiting season of these, like nearly all 
the other Hawaiian trees, can not be relied upon. The 
fruits of P. hosmeri and variety are a source of food 
for the native crow which pecks open the large woody 
capsules and feeds on the oily seeds within. (Adapted 
from Rock, Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands, 
p. 161.) 
Rubus bogotensis (Rosaceae), 45365. Blackberry. From 
Manlzales, Colombia. Presented by Mr. M. T. Dawe. 
"El Moral de Castilla. This berry, which appears to grow 
