1182 
Coix lacryma-jobi ma-yuen (Rom.) Stapf. (Poaceae.) 
44843. Job's tears. From Chosen, Korea. Presented by Miss 
Katherine Wambold, Yun Mot Kol, Keijo, through Mrs. 
M. W. Spaulding, Washington, D. C. "Yule moo. Grows in 
ordinary fields. Made into meal by mixing with water, 
then draining, drying, and pounding. When mixed with 
water and salt it is made into a kind of bread. M 
(Wambold.) This variety might be called the cultiva- 
ted edible Job's tears and includes many forms, all 
of which are characterized by having a thin, loose, 
easily broken shell. They are often longitudinally 
striated and in many examples are constricted at the 
base into what has been called an annulus. Among the 
aboriginal tribes in the central provinces of India 
this grain forms an important article of food. In Ja- 
pan, where the plant has been introduced, the seeds 
are pounded in a mortar and eaten as meal. (Adapted 
from the Agricultural Ledger, No. 13, p. 217-225, 
1904.) 
Cynometra eauliflora L . (Caesalpiniaceae .) 44895 . Nam- 
nam. Prom Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. J. C. 
Koningsberger , Director, Botanic Garden. A medium- 
sized tree, with a very irregular, knotty trunk, 
covered with thick, brown bark marked with numerous 
grayish and whitish spots. The alternate, compound 
leaves are smooth and light green when mature, but 
when young are red or pink, or, in some varieties, 
yellow. From the trunk and branches appear the corymbs 
of small, pink or white flowers. The flattened, round- 
ish, light brown pods have a fleshy portion which is 
very palatable when stewed. The tree is a native of 
Java. (Adapted from Van Nooten, Fleurs & Fruits de 
Java, part 6, 1863. ) 
Dahlia imperialis Roezl. (Asteraceae. ) 44819. Tree dah- 
lia. From Guatemala. .Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, 
of this Bureau. "(No. 105. From Purula, Department of 
Baja Verapaz.) A double variety of the common tree 
dahlia. It is pale lilac, the same color as the typi- 
cal form; but unlike the latter, which has large 
single flowers, this variety has double flowers re- 
sembling in form some of the common garden dahlias of 
the North. The plant grows to a height of 15 feet or 
even more, and blooms during a long period. It is 
cultivated in the gardens of the Indians, but is not 
common. In the Pokom dialect it is called shikhor, in 
Quekchi tzoloh." (Popenoe.) 
