1201 
J. C. Roach. "(July 23, 1917.) Long John papaw. Grown 
on the John Cole farm, 3 miles south of De Kalb." 
(Roach.) The fruit of this variety is of unusual 
shape, being very long in proportion to its breadth 
(sometimes almost like a banana in form), and weighs 
7 or 8 ounces. The quality is good but not equal to 
that of several others, and the fruit is a good ship- 
per, perhaps the best of all, the skin being notably 
tough and thick. (Adapted from Journal of Heredity, 
January, 1917, in which Is published the offer of the 
American Genetic Association which brought this. and 
many other varieties of papaw together for compara- 
tive study. ) 
Canavali ensifome (L. ) DeCandolle . (Fabaceae.) 44938. 
Sword bean seeds from Mombasa, British East Africa. 
Presented by Kers lake Thomas & Company . Gotian Estate, 
Changamwe, at the request of Mr. Henry P. Starrett, 
American Consul, Mombasa. "Go-ta-ni bean. It is an ex- 
ceedingly heavy cropper, yielding about 2200 pounds 
per acre under ordinary conditions. It is very hardy 
and a great drought-resister . In this country it is 
a perennial, 2£ feet in height, and grows well on a 
clay loam and also on a light sandy soil. It would 
probably do well in southern United States and Cali- 
fornia. Upon analysis It is found that the bean con- 
tains an exceptionally high percentage of albuminoids 
and oil, while the moisture is low. The high percent- 
age of fiber is accounted for by the tough consis- 
tency of the outer covering of the bean. There is 
nothing to indicate that it would not be fit for food, 
although the tough outer covering would better be re- 
moved. No prussic acid has been detected in the macer- 
ated, product." (Kerslake Thomas & Co.) 
Chamaedorea sp. (Phoenicaceae . ) 44994. Palm plants 
from Guatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of 
this Bureau. "(No. 150. July 9, 1917.) A dwarf palm 
collected in dense forests near Purula, Department of 
Baja Verapaz, at an elevation of approximately 5500 
feet. This species is usually called by Spanish-speak- 
ing Guatemalans pacayito, which means "small pacaya." By 
the Indians of the Alta Verapaz , who speak the Quekchl 
language, it is called ko-kiip which also means "small 
pacaya," and in Purula I heard it called pamak. This 
name is doubtless given because of the resemblance to 
the common pacaya, a palm which is extensively cultiva- 
ted in Guatemala for its edible flower buds. Probably 
