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arisaema sp. (Araceae), 55777. From China. Tubers collected by 
J. F. Hock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of Plant Industry. 
"(No. 5053. Mill, Szechwan. July 12, 1922.) Tubers of an aroid of 
great beauty collected in the mountains. The large spathe is white 
with a tinge of pale green towards the apex." (Rock.) 
calliandra TERGEMNA (Mimosaceae ) , 55790. From Dominica, British 
West Indies. Seeds presented by Joseph Jones, curator, Botanic Gar- 
dens, Dominica. "A small native tree known locally as 'Bois Ravine' ; 
it makes a good hedge plant, and is very pleasing when in flower." 
(Jones. ) 
A beautiful leguminous shrub, of the habit of the mimosas but 
thornles8, with compound leaves composed of 6 leaflets arranged char- 
acteristically in two groups of three each v The long purple filaments 
of the dense axillary flower heads make this Shrub a very pleasing 
ornamental. (Adapted from Plumier, Plantarum Americanarum, ed. Bur- 
mann, pi. 10.) 
castanopsis argentea (Fagaceae), 55811. Chestnut From Buitenzorg, 
Java. Seeds presented through Carl Hartlsy. "(April, 1922. ) An edi- 
ble chestnut obtained from the head forester at Palembang, Sumatra." 
(Hartley. ) 
An evergreen tree 50 to 60 feet high, with narrow, thin leaves 5 
to 7 inches long and very spiny dense clusters of burs; each bur is 
about 2 inches wide, and contains normally a single nut an inch in di- 
ameter. (Adapted from Booker, Flora of British India, vol. 5, p. 621.) 
cucumeropsis mannii (Cucurbitaceae), 55792. Kiffy. From Freetown, 
Sierra Leone, West Africa. Seeds presented by Prof. Wm. N. Martin, 
Albert Academy, Freetown. "The gourdlike fruits, about the size and 
shape of a goose egg, are produced on vines like that of the ordinary 
gourd. The seeds when parched and ground produce a delicious condi- 
ment, and 'kiffy' seed is an important ingredient in the popular Si- 
berian dish called 'dumboy.' The flavor of the parched Lseed is simi- 
lar to that of the parched seeds of Setamum induntm, which. are Used in 
the same manner by the natives of Liberia. The seeds are obtained by 
macerating the fruits in water and then washing the seeds free from 
the pulp. This plant probably would mature its fruits only in the ex- 
treme southern United States." (G. N. Collins. ) 
cucumis MELO (Cucurbitaceae), 55766. Mudtmelon. From Burring- 
bar, New South Wales. Seeds presented by B. Harrison. "Seeds 
of the Australian casaba, which I believe originally came from India. 
It is a most prolific plant, bearing cream-colored fruits about the 
size of a cucumber. It is sometimes called 'apple melon, ' and is 
quite popular here, being very palatable when eaten wit*h sugar or made 
