907 
Dinwcarpus longan Lour. (Sapindaceae. ) 41053. Seeds re- 
ceived from Little River, Florida. Presented by Mr. 
Charles Simpson. "The longan tree is likewise a native of 
Southern China, where it is cultivated for the sake of its 
fruit. Its leaves have generally five pairs of leaflets 
much resembling those of the Utchi, but it is readily dis- 
tinguished by ^ its flowers having a deeply five-parted 
calyx. The longan is a smaller fruit than the Utchi, vary- 
ing from an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and 
quite round, with a nearly smooth, brittle skin "of a yel- 
lowish-brown color. It contains a similar seml-trahs-par- 
ent pulp of an agreeable sweet or subacid flavour, and is 
largely sold in the markets." (Treasury of Botany, vol. 2, 
p. 784. ) To be tested as a stock fpr Litchi chinensis. 
Dolichos lablab L, (Fabaceae . )40903 . Seeds from Peking, 
China. "A brown-seeded variety of hyacinth bean, much 
used by the Chinese as a vegetable r preferably sliced 
green and only slightly cooked. These hyacinth beans 
are "much grown as a home vegetable along fences of kaoling 
stems and even in between maize. They" are also quite 
decorative. Chinese name Ching pien doh, meaning 'Green 
flat bean' . "(Meyer ' s introduction. ) 
Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Grlse.b. (Mimosaceae . ) 
40995. Seeds from Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Collected 
by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of this Bureau. "Oreja de judio. A 
fine leguminous tree extensively used in this region as a 
shade tree along avenues and carreteras. Of the four or 
five different species used on the rock road from Santiago 
de las Vegas to Habana this is certainly one of the best, 
growing to a considerable height and branching to form a 
symmetrical, rounded head of deep green foliage, giving a 
fairly dense shade and presenting an attractive appear- 
ance. While it has already been planted In Florida, I 
know of no avenues of it in that state, and it might ad- 
vantageously be propagated at Miami, I believe, with the 
intention of testing it as an avenue tree ." (Popenoe . ) 
Litchi chinensis Sonnerat . (Sapindaceae. ) 40915 . Seeds from 
Canton, China. Presented by Mr. G. Weidman Groff , Canton 
Christian College, through Mr. F. E. Shamel. "Haak-ip lit- 
chi. The litchi seems to do best in about this latitude. 
It succeeds somewhat north and south of this but I should 
say cannot stand much frost. We have a light frost here 
almost every year but not heavy enough to do much damage. 
It seems to do best on dykes of low land where its roots 
can always secure all the water needed and where they are 
