984 
Caeara erosa CL.) Kuntze. (Fabaceae.) 42567, Seeds from 
Shanghang, China. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wiens. "The root 
is edible and has a sweet delicious taste* The seeds are 
planted or sown In April or May and the flowers are all cut 
down except those wanted for seeds. The natives tell me 
the seeds are very poisonous." (Wlens.) 
Careya australis (Benth.) F. Mueller. (Lecythldacea.e . ) 
42464. Seeds from Brisbane, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. 
P. Bailey, Director Botanic Gardens . A large myrtaceous tree 
with alternate undotted leaves, large red flowers and glo- 
bular, fleshy, edible fruit with a hard rind. The bark is 
made into twine and the wood, which is a light grey color, 
red in the center, close in grain and tough, is easily 
worked. (Adapted from Bailey, Queensland Flora, p. 667, 
1900 . ) 
Cassia angustifolia Vahl. (Caesalpiniaceae . ) 42429. Seeds 
from Khartoum, Sudan, India. Presented by Mr. ft. Hewison, 
Assistant Director of Agriculture. A small shrub, native 
of Arabia and East Africa, and largely cultivated in parts 
of South India. It furnishes Tinnivelly Senna, the best 
known variety of this medicinal product. (Adapted from H. 
P. MacMlllan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, 
Ed. 2, p. 536, 1914.) 
Chusquea culeou E. Desvaux. (Poaceae.) 42388. Seeds from 
Bariloche, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Joseph Vereertbrug- 
ghen. "Canea, the bamboo from this Cordillera. It is dif- 
ficult to get ripe seed but at last I believe I have the 
real stuff, full grown, ripe and well dried. According to 
an agricultural paper of Buenos Aires, they have never 
tried to get this Bamboo from seed but transplanted the 
roots." (Vereertbrugghen. ) 
Cicer arietinum L. (Fabaceae.) 42454, 42456-42462. Seeds 
of chickpeas from Spain. 42454 presented by Mr. Thomas R. 
Geary, American Vice-Consul at Malaga; 42456-42458, by Mr. 
Paul H. Foster, American Consul at Jerez de la Frontera; 
and 42459-42462, by Mr.. Robertson Honey,. American Consul 
at Madrid. 
Cicer arietinum L. (Fabaceae.) 42530-42531. Chickpea seed 
from Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, Di- 
rector, Horticultural Division, Giza Branch, Ministry of 
Agriculture . 
Citharexylum barbinerve Cham. (Verbenaceae . ) 42533. Seeds 
from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Sr. Benito J. 
Carrasco, Director Botanic Gardens. "Magnificent orna- 
mental tree, with fragrant flowers, red fruits, flexible 
vibrant wood, used in the manufacture of guitars, from the 
cool and subtropical regions of Argentina." (Carrasco.) 
Citrus limonia Osbeck. (Rutaceae.) 42606. Seeds from 
