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Bambos baleooa (Poaceae), 51361. Bamboo. Prom Luck- 
now, Oudh, India. Seeds presented by Mr. H. J. Davies, 
superintendent, Government Horticultural Gardens, 
through Mr. W. Bembower, Allahabad Agricultural Insti- 
tute. The large and characteristic bamboo of the pen- 
gal villages, native to the plains of the eastern side 
of India, extending from Bengal into Assam and Cachar. 
It differs chiefly from B. tulda in its larger leaves 
which are not pubescent and which have distinct trans- 
verse veins. It is also taller and stouter, the stems 
often reaching the height of 70 feet. The joints of the 
rachls are short and glabrous'. This is the best Bengal 
species for building, scaffolding, and other works 
which require both size and strength. Long Immersion in 
water tends to make the timber firmer and proof against 
the attacks of the borer, Bostrychus. (Adapted from 
Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, 
vol. 1, p. 39.) 
Calamus seipionum (Phoenicaceae ) , 51708. Rattan palm. 
From Bultenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by the direc- 
tor, Plant Breeding Station. The typical form of this 
rattanis40 to 60 feet in height, with alternate', pin- 
natisect leaves 4 to 5 feet long; the male spadix is 
20 feet long and the female 10 feet; the small ovoid 
fruits are about one-third of an inch in diameter. 
This rattan is native to Malaysia, where the canes are 
employed for making furniture, etc., for which purpose 
it is especially suitable because of the ease with 
which it splits. (Adapted from Heyne , Nuttige Planten 
van Nederlandsch-Indle , vol. 1, p. 89; and Hooker, 
Flora of British India, vol. 6, p. 461.) 
Dioseorea sp. (Dioscoreaceae ) , 51426. Yam. From Nic- 
aragua. Tuber presented by Dr. Luis Sequeira, Blue- 
fields. "'Papa cariba' or 'carib potato,' which grows 
wild in this country. The vines bear" twice a year, and 
the tubers are eaten in the same way as the Irish po- 
tato. The vine bears from 20 to 50 tubers, chiefly kid- 
ney-shaped, and weighing from 6 ounces to a pound and 
a half . " (Sequeira. ) 
"This yam appears to be of the same kind as the 
' caissara, ' or 'turkey-liver yam,' previously received 
frbm Brazil. The tubers are aerial." (R. A. Young.) 
(See S.P.I. No. 47564, Plant Immigrants . No . 160, Au- 
gust, 1919, p. 1469.) 
