Hydnoearpus wightiana (Flacourtiaceae ) , 51362. From 
Calcutta, India. Seeds presented by Mr. Harold R. Foss , 
American consul In charge. A common tree of the west- 
ern Peninsula from the Konkan along the coast ranges 
of India. The seeds yield by expression, or by boiling 
in water, about 44 per cent of a tasteless, odorless, 
sherry-yellow oil which is chiefly used as a lamp oil 
in Goa. The see.d has long been employed by the natives 
of the western coast ranges as a domestic remedy in 
skin diseases and as a dressing for wounds and ulcers. 
The oil is now used as an ingredient in a mixture for 
similar purposes. Used internally in doses of 15 
minims to 2 drachms, the oil has given satisfactory 
results as a substitute for the more expensive chaul- 
moogra oil in the treatment of leprosy. It is also 
used in the same way to treat secondary syphilis and 
chronic rheumatism. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of 
the Economic Products of India, vol. 4, p. 308.) 
Latania loddigesii (Phoenicaceae ) , 51721. Palm. Prom 
Bultenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by the director, 
Plant Breeding Station. A very robust palm, native to 
Mauritius, up to 50 feet in height. The hairy leaf- 
stalks are 5 to 4 feet long, and the blades of the 
whitish, fan-shaped leaves are 3 to 5 feet in length. 
This species is cultivated -throughout the tropics, and 
when young makes a very decorative pot-plant. (Adapted 
from Rock, Ornamental Plants of Hawaii, p. 33.) 
Pandanus polycephalus (Pandanaceae) , 51730., Screwpine. 
From Bultenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by the director, 
Plant Breeding Station. An Bast Indian screw pine with 
leaves about 3 feet long and 2 inches wide. The natives 
eat the young snow-white leaves, which are tender and 
sweet, and also the unopened flower-heads. (Adapted 
from Heyne, Nuttige Planten van Nederlandsch-Indie , vol. 
1, p. 29.) 
Ullueus tuberoms (Basellaceae ) , 51403. From Bogota, 
Colombia. Tubers collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, ag- 
ricultural explorer. "No. 448. The 'chugua' is one of 
the root-crops which has been cultivated by the In- 
dians of the Andes, since prehistoric times. The plant 
is a slender creeper, making stems 2 or 3 feet In 
length which trail over the ground. It matures in 
about 6 monthfs, and may be planted (here in Colombia) 
at any season of the year. The tubers resemble in form 
small potatoes, but are rosy-red or light yellowish- 
