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CITRUS SPP. (Rutaceae.) 31556-358. Cuttings of . three 
species of citrus from Taihoku, Formosa. Presented by Mr. 6. 
Takata, chief of the Bureau of Industry, Formosan Government. 
The three species are called respectively, "Ponkan", 
"Sekkan", and "Tankan", and are reported' to be of the 
finest Pormosan varieties. Por distribution later. 
COLOCASIA SPP. (Araceae.) 31318-320. Tubers of da- 
sheens from Tientai, China. Presented by Mrs. A. 0. Loosley, 
China Inland Mission. 31318. "The tubers of this variety, 
when cooked, are dry and mealy, and are rather whiter than 
the Yii-na variety. The leafstalk is referred to by the 
Chinese as 'white'. (Loosley.) "The tubers are nonacrid 
when raw. The flesh and sprouts are white. When cooked, 
the flesh is of fair flavor." (R. A. Young.) 31319. "The 
tubers of this variety, when cooked, are. white at the heart 
and a purplish color outside. They are sticky and moist. The 
leafstalk is called Yii-na(black) . This variety must be grown 
deep in soil(not water), and the earth should be kept banked 
up. In dry weather they should be watered." (Loosley.) "The 
tubers are nonacrid when raw. The flesh and sprouts are 
white. When cooked, the tubers are lacking in flavor." 
(R. A. Young.) 31320. "Tuber pink sprouted." (R. A. Young.) 
All for distribution later. 
COTONEASTER SPP. (Pomaceae.) 31285-286. Seeds from the 
valleys of the Tekes and tne Chong Djighilan, Thian Shan 
Mountains, Chinese Turkestan, altitudes 3700-4000 feet. 
Shrubs with large numbers of blackish-red berries, persisting 
until March. Of possible value as park or garden shrubs. 
(Meyer's introductions.) Por distribution later. 
CUCUMIS MELO. ( Cucurbitaceae . ) 31298-302. # Seeds of 
three winter melons and two summer melons from Maral-Bashi 
and Kashgar, Chinese Turkestan. ,"To be tested in sections of 
the United States where the summers are hot and long, the air 
dry, and where the soil is of a friable, slightly sandy 
nature, and contains a fair percentage of alkali." (Meyer's 
introductions.) Por distribution later. 
DYERA COSTULATA. ( Apocynaceae . ) 31362. Seeds from 
Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Botanic Garden, 
Lawang. "A Sumatra tree, which produces a surrogate for 
caoutchouc. A company for the manufacture of articles of 
this gum is to be formed at Sourabaia with a capital of 
several millions of florins." (Buysman.) Por distribution 
later. 
ELEPHANTORRH T Z A ELEPHANT I HA . (Mimosaceae . ) 31309. Seeds 
from Springbok Plats, Waterberg District, South Africa. 
