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northern city markets. (The meaning of yang tao is 
'male peach', which name is as Inappropriate as is our 
name 'pineapple' for the Ananas.)" (Meyer.) 
Amaranthus panieulatus (Amaranthaceae ) , 45811. Guate. 
From Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Procured by Mr. W. E. 
Chapman, American Consul, Mazatlan, from Mr. Prank G-. 
Leeke, Culiacan. "Guate is an ancient Aztec foodstuff 
modernly used (popped) with sugar and milk as a break- 
fast food; also ground into meal after popping. Pos- 
sible production, one half ton per acre. It grows 
semiwild amid corn as a secondary crop. The present 
production is very small, but can be stimulated if a 
market is opened." (Leeke.) 
Castanea seguinii (Fagaceae), 45949. Chinquapin. Prom 
China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural 
Explorer for this Department. "(No. 2459a. Ichang, 
Hupeh, China. November 16, 1917.) A shrubby chinquapin 
occasionally growing into a tree 25 to 40 feet high. 
Occurring on mountain slopes here and there in central 
China often in great quantities. Sprouts only 2 feet 
high often produce seeds. It appears to be totally 
resistant to the bark fungus, Endothia parasitica, and may 
be of considerable value in breeding experiments such 
as Dr. W.Van Fleet has been conducting for several 
years. This species seems to be more moisture-loving 
than C. mollissima, but it grows well on the most barren 
mountain slopes. Chinese name moh pan li meaning 'hairy 
board-oak'." (Meyer.) 
Ceratonia siliqua (Caesalpiniaceae) , 45924. Carob. 
From Valetta, Malta. Procured by Mr. Wilbur Kebllnger, 
American Consul. The carob tree or St. John's bread is a 
handsome, slow-growing leguminous tree, with evergreen, 
glossy, dark green, pinnate leaves, forming a rounded 
top and attaining a great size. It grows well in the 
semiarid hills all around the Mediterranean, preferring 
limestone soils; it is sensitive to cold and does not 
succeed north of the orange-growing regions. The 
staminate and pistillate flowers are borne on differ- 
ent trees and it is necessary, in order to insure a 
crop of pods, to have a considerable proportion of 
staminate trees in the plantation. The large pods, 
which are chocolate-colored when ripe, are usually 
borne in great quantities and contain an abundance of 
saccharine matter around the smooth hard seeds. Ital- 
ian analyses show the pods to contain over 40 per cent 
