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the wind, and the grass spreads rapidly. (Harrison.) 
Cleuwcencb lansium. (Rutaceae.) 39176. Seeds of the 
wampi from Hong-kong, China. Presented by Mr. W. J. 
Tutcher, Superintendent, Botanical and Forestry Department. 
"A low spineless tree, with spreading branches; leaves 
spirally arranged, pinnate; leaflets 5-9, ovate-ellipti- 
cal, 3-5 inches long, petiolate, light green, shiny above; 
flowers 4-5 parted, small, white, in large terminal pani- 
cles; ovary Villous, 5-celled with one ovule in each cell; 
style short; stamens 10; fruit ovate-globose, about one 
inch long; skin glandular, pubescent; seeds green. The 
wampi is a native of southern China, where it is commonly 
grown for its fruits. It is cultivated to some extent in 
Hawaii and could probably be grown in the warmer parts of 
Florida and' California. It can be grafted On grape-fruit 
and other species of Citrus, which makes it desirable to 
test it as a stock for common citrous fruits." (Swingle, 
in Bailey, Standard Cylopedia of Horticulture.) 
Diospyros rnacrophylla . (Ebenaceae. ) 39174. Seeds from 
the Botanic Gardens, Buitenzbrg, Java. Presented by the 
Director. A wild species of persimmon with small downy 
fruits for breeding purposes. Technical description: "A tree 
60 feet high, with dark terete branches. Leaves alter- 
nate, oval or oval-oblong, acuminate at apex, rounded or 
sub-cordate at base, thinly coriaceous, nearly glabrescent 
below with clear slender arching lateral veins, glabrous 
above, 3-10 inches long, by one and one-half to four and 
three-fourths inches wide; petioles one-sixth to one- 
fourth inches long. Staminate flowers axillary, panicu- 
late, one-fourth inch long, pubescent; panicles many- 
flowered, one to one and one-half inches long, ultimate 
pedicels mostly short. Calyx shortly 3-5-fid, globose- 
urceolate, three-sixteenth inch long, lobes deltoid; co- 
rolla silky outside, ovoid in bud, shortly 5-lobed, tube 
very crass and hard; stamens 12, unequal, in pairs, gla- 
brous. Pistillate flowers in few-flowered cymes, short, 
calyx 4-5-fid, hairy on both sides, accrescent in fruit; 
fruit tomentose, sub-globose, one inch or more in diameter. 
Java, in mountainous places. Local name Kitjallung." 
(Hiern, Monograph of the Ebenaceae, p. 237, 1873.) 
Holcus sorghum. (Poaceae.) 39264-282. Heads of sor- 
ghum from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Mr. T. E. van 
der Stok, Chief of the Station for Selection of Annual 
Crops, Botanic Garden. Nineteen varieties all described 
as "generally growing in the mountains on a very small 
scale . " 
