BULLETIN OF FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTIONS. 
May 16 to 23, 1910. 
NO. 38. 
LIBRARY 
JUL 19 19 K 
NEf PLANT IMMIGRANTS. 
ABELMOSOHUS ESGULENTUS . 27810. FromErivan, Caucasus. A native 
Caucasian variety of okra, said to be fine. This vegetable 
passes here under the Tartar name of Pam-ya. (Meyer's 
introduction. ) 
ALLIUM CEPA. 27809. From Erivan, Caucasus. A Caucasian variety 
of white winter onion; very sweet and rather solid. (Meyer's 
introduction. ) 
ANCRUSA MYOSOTIDIFLORA . 28023. A beautiful perennial spring- 
flowering plant, looking strikingly like a large forget-me- 
not. (Meyer's introduction.) 
BAUHIN1A MONANBRA. 27159. From Deli, Portuguese Timor, East 
Indies. Presented by Mr. 0. W. Barrett. "Ornamental shrub. 
Pod 20-22 cm. long. Probably new or very rare in America. 
Adapted to California, Gulf States, Porto Rico, etc." 
(Barrett.) For distribution later. 
CACARA EROSA. 27959. From Tampico, Mexico. Presented by Dr. 
Edward Palmer. Seed of a vine called Jicama de aqua. "This 
is the finest and most valued variety, because of the agree- 
able water it affords. Travelers carry a supply of the roots 
as a substitute for water. Last winter it was for sale at 
many street corners." (Palmer.) For distribution later. 
CANNABIS SATIVA. 27960. From Gumma Prefecture, Japan. Purchased 
from the Yokohama Nursery Co. A large variety of hemp, said 
to grow 10 feet high. For distribution later. 
CHENOPODIUM Q,UIN0A. 28017. From Bolivia. Presented by Senor 
Don Ygnacio Calderon of the Bolivian Legation. "This grain 
is very nutritious; the plant grows well at high altitudes 
and requires little moisture." (¥. A. Reid.) "I find 
there are three kinds of quinoa grown here. It is princi- 
pally used by the Indians. They make various kinds of food 
and drink from it. The latter is called 'chicha 1 , and when 
fermented is quite intoxicating. Quinoa is also used as rice 
is used in soups, and the Indians make a dish out of it which 
looks like a sort of watery mush or hominy, which is not bad 
to eat. They also grind it up on a stone and make a kind of 
