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with scattered short ferruginous hairs outside, shortly 4- 
lobed. Corolla with few scattered short hairs outside, 
deeply (two-thirds) lobed, slender; lobes reflexed at 
apex. Stamens 32 in one case, very unequal, many minute, 
glabrous. Fruit glabrous, ovoid or globose, pointed at 
apex, about two-thirds inch long, 4-celled, 4-seeded, 
solitary. Fruiting calyx 4-partite, with scattered fer- 
ruginous hairs outside, nearly glabrous inside; with oval, 
flat, spreading or reflexed lobes, one-third inch long. 
Seeds oblong, two-fifths inch long; albumen not ruminated, 
embryo nearly as long as the albumen. Fruiting peduncles 
shortly hispid, one-fifth inch long, patent, unilateral, 
bearing 2 small bracts. From Khasia, East Bengal, and 
Silhet." (Hiern, Monograph of the Ebenaceae.) For breeding 
experiments and to test as a possible stock for the per- 
simmon. 
Dolichos hosei Craib. (Fabaceae.) 39335. Seeds of the 
Sarawak bean from Kuala Lumpur, Malay States. Presented 
by the Director, Department of Agriculture. "I have found 
a small creeping bean of the Vlgna family which is indige- 
nous to Sarawak, but as yet I have been unable to as- 
certain its name, and I think it is just possible that it 
has never been reported from Sarawak. This bean appears 
to fulfil all that is required (low-growing leguminous 
plant which can be dug into the soil and reproduce itself 
in time to check the growth of weeds) and grows readily 
from cuttings, but seeds are very difficult to procure. 
The flower is yellow and the leaf a rich light green; the 
roots do not penetrate the ground more than one inch; the 
plant forms a thick level mass about six inches thick on 
the ground, and it will grow on almost any soil, but for 
preference a light soil, and in six months after planting 
should prevent all washing if planted three feet apart. I 
have been planting this bean with rubber for three years 
and have now 200 acres planted with it/ and it has proved 
itself in every way a success." (Hose, in Agricultural 
Bulletin of the Federated Malay States.) 
Gliricidia sepium (J acq. ) Kunth. (Fabaceae.) 39331. Seeds 
of the "Madre de cacao" from Manila. Presented by Mr. D. 
LeRoy Topping, Bureau of the Treasury. "I used it for a 
house decoration and had stalks of it fully ten feet long 
that were a mass of bloom, and everybody exclaimed 'quite 
like a bit of Japan.' The plant is inclined to sprawl and 
if wanted purely for ornamental purposes it would be well 
to prune it." (Topping.) 
KoJcia drynarioides (Seem.) Lewton. (Malvaceae.) 39354. 
Seeds from Mahana, Molokai, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. 
Joseph F. Rock, Botanist, College of Hawaii. This very 
