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the rose-colored flowers are In numerous short-stalked 
racemes, and the thin, flat pods are up to 2| inches 
long. (Adapted from J. D. Hooker, Flora of British 
India, vol. 2, p. 241, under Derris dalbergioides.) 
Gareinia dioiea Blume. (Cluslaceae . ) 44085. Seeds 
from Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman. "The 
fruit of this tree is eaten." (Buysman.) A Javanese 
tree up to 60 feet high, with membranous, lance-shaped 
leaves up to 5 Inches long, pink flowers in few-flow- 
ered axillary or terminal clusters, and nearly glob- 
ular fruits up to one and three fifths Inches in 
greatest diameter. The natives of Java call this tree 
Tje.uri and Kemedjing. The wood is of little use, but in 
some portions the fruits are sought for the sake of 
the taste of the seed-coats. (Adapted fromS. H. Koor- 
ders and Th. Valeton, Boomsoorten op Java, Bljdrage 
No. 9, pp. 369-372.) 
Genipa amerieana L . (Rubiaceae. ) 44090. Seeds of 
Genipap from Lamao, Bataan, P. I. Presented by Mr. P. 
J. Wester, Lamao Experimental Station through Mr. Adn. 
Hernandez, Director, Manila Bureau of Agriculture. A 
large stately tree, native of the American tropics, 
growing 60 feet in height, with dark green leaves a 
foot or more long. The edible fruits are about the 
size of an orange. (Adapted from the note of Dorsett 
and Popenoe.) 
Poa flabellata (Lam.) Hook. f. (Poacea,e.) 44000. 
Seeds of Tuwock grass from Stanley, Falkland Islands. 
Procured from Mr. W. A. Harding, Manager, Falkland 
Islands Company, through Mr. David J. D. Myers, Amer- 
ican Consul, Punta Arenas, Chill. A coarse grass, 
native of the Falkland Islands, growing on peat soils 
near the sea. The plant forms dense masses of stems, 
which frequently rise to a height of from 4 to 6 feet, 
and the long, tapering leaves hang gracefully over in 
curves, from 5 to 8 feet long and an inch wide at the 
base. The plant is much relished by cattle, being 
very nutritious and containing saccharin. The Inner 
portion of the stem, a little way above the root, is 
soft and crisp, and flavored like a hazel nut; the 
Inhabitants of the Falkland Islands are very fond of 
it. They also boil the young shoots and eat them like 
asparagus. (Adapted from Hogg, Vegetable Kingdom, pp. 
823-824.) 
