United States Departme

UNITED STATES DEPARTME

INVENTORY

Washington, D. C T Issued September, 1927

SEEDS AND PUNTS IMPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN PUNT INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30,1925 (NOS. 63490 TO 64428)

CONTENTS Page Introductory statement 1 Inventory 3 Index of common and scientific names 50

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT For the second quarter of 1925, the period represented by this inventory, the general situation in respect to foreign agricultural explorations agrees rather closely with the period represented by the preceding1 inventory, No. 82. Doctor Fairchild was in Algeria and Morocco, Mr. Dorsett spent most of the time in the Province of Chihli, northern China, and Mr. McClure continued his work in the Province of Kwangtung, southeastern China. Among the plant material obtained by Doctor Fairchild in Algeria were scions of three varieties of loquats {Eriohotrya japonica, Nos. 63557 to 63559). These were grown at the governor general's garden at Mustapha and are said to be superior types. From Dr. L. Trabut, also at Mustapha, Doctor Fairchild obtained seeds of a hybrid eucalypt (Eucalyptus trabuti, No. 63581). This was discovered by Doctor Trabut in the botanic gardens in Mustapha and is said to be an unusually rapid grower. Mr. Dorsett's collections include an interesting series of native Chinese melon varieties {Cucumis melo, Nos. 63702 to 63713), six native cabbagelike vegetables (Brassica spp., Nos. 63910 to 63915), and many local types of beans, peas, wheat, and barley, obtained largely from the native markets in the villages of Chihli Province. In 1925, according to the Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture for that year, about 25,000 acres were devoted to the growing of green peas in the United States. In order to assist horticulturists in extending this area by breeding disease-resistant strains and strains adapted to a variety of conditions, locally developed varieties were introduced from Germany, France, Sweden, England, and New South Wales. One of the best date varieties grown in Lower Egypt is said to be the Samany [Phoenix dactylifera, No. 63975), offshoots of which have been obtained from the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture. Date culture in the southwestern portion of the United States is progressing steadily, and Old World varieties are being sought which will be best adapted for growing1 in the different sections. An Australian tree from the semiarid interior of New South Wales should be of interest for growing in the drier regions of the Southwest. This is the wilga (Geijera parvifiora, No. 64000), a low tree resembling the weeping willow. The leaves of this drought-resistant tree are fed to cattle in New South Wales. 46980—27 1 2 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

A collection of Orotalarias (Nos. 64058 to 64065) and one of Crotalarias and Sesbans (Nos. 64066 to 64070), the former from South Africa and the latter from Egypt, will be tested in the Southern States as cover plants and as forage. Through the courtesy of Em. Miege, Chief of the Service de FExp6rimenta- tion Agricole of Morocco, seeds have been obtained of a noteworthy cotton variety (Gossypium spp., Nos. 64002 and 64003). This variety is called " Sar- sar," from the name of the tribe which has grown it from time immemorial in the interior of Morocco. Because of its unusual precocity, resistance ta drought, and length and strength of fiber, comparable to that of the Yuma variety, it should be of interest to cotton breeders in this country. Bureau specialists testing rubber-producing plants will be interested in the several introductions of Landolphias from tropical Africa, Funtumia elastica (No. 63786) from the Gold Coast Colony, Africa, and Ceara rubber (Manihot glazioviij No. 63798), one of the important Brazilian rubber-producing plants. The botanical determinations of these introductions have been made and the nomenclature determined by H. C. Skeels, and the descriptive matter has been prepared under the direction of Paul Russell, who has had general super- vision of this inventory. ROLAND MCKEE, Acting Senior Agricultural Explorer in Charge, OFFICE OF FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTION, Washington, D. C, February 8, 1027. INVENTORY* 63490 to 63495. SOLANUM TUBEROSTJM L. 63498 and 63499. Solanaceae. Potato. From Matania el Saff, Egypt. Seeds pre- From Paris, France. Tubers purchased sented by Alfred Bircher, director, Middle from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received Egypt Botanic Station. Received April May 6, 1925. 28, 1925. Locally developed varieties. 63498. ONCOBA SPINOSA Forsk. Flacour- tiaceae. 63490. Char don. The discovery of chaulmoogric acid in 63491. General Authaine. the seeds of Oncoba echinata has prompt- ed the testing of other species of the 63492. Institut de Beauvais. same genus for the presence of this acid, now used in the treatment of 63493. Marcchal Foch. leprosy. 0. spinosa is described (Flora 63494. Mareclial Joffre. of Tropical Africa, vol. 1, p. 115) as a spiny shrub with elliptic, membranous 63495. Saucisse. leaves and showy, fragrant, white flowers about 2 inches across. The round, 63496. LILIUM CROCEUM Chaix. Lili- hard-shelled fruit, 2 inches in diameter, aceae. lily. is eaten by the natives of tropical Africa, where the shrub is indigenous. The From Stuttgart, Germany. Bulby pur- shells are often used as ornaments. chased from Wilhelm Pfitzer. Received May 21, 1925. 63499. SCLEROCARYA BIRREA (A. Rich.) Hochst. Anacardiaceae. Horticulturists engaged in lily-breeding experiments in the United States are en- A tropical African tree 25 to 50 feet deavoring to obtain material of Lilium tall, with leathery pinnate leaves and bulbiferum. This is said to be offered in light-yellow round fruits about an inch the trade in Europe as L. croceum, the in length. The sweet resinous flesh in- orange lily, and material of the latter is closes a stony nut containing two to four now being introduced for comparison tests. seeds which have a flavor similar to that of walnuts and are a favorite food of 63497. THUNBERGIA GRANDIFLORA Rozb. the natives of Abyssinia. Acanthaceae. 63500 to 63521. DIOSPYROS KAKI L. f. From Kingston, Jamaica. Cuttings pre- Diospyraceae. Kaki. sented by W. S. Goodman, superintendent, Hope Gardens. Received May 2, From Nanking, China. Scions presented by 1925. M. Leslie Hancock, University of Nanking. Received April 1, 1925. Variety alba. The typical form of Thun- bergia grandiflora is well known in tropical These scions are from our persimmon or- gardens, where it is highly esteemed for chard here at the university; the material its large, sky-blue flowers and the orna- was received from many sources, and there mental effect of its foliage. The white form are probably several duplications in the col- (variety alba) is less< widely cultivated, lection. (Hancock.) though perhaps as meritorious as the type. 63505. No. 13. It is a strong-growing climber, useful tor 63500. No. 6. covering pergolas and fences, and is suffi- 63501. No. 7. 63506. No. 15. ciently frost resistant for cultivation in the warmer parts of Florida and the most 63502. No. 10. 63507. No. 16. favored sections of southern California. (Note by Wilson Popenov under 8. P. I. 63503. No. 11. 63508. No. 17. No. 57216.) 63504. No. 12. 63509. No. 18. 1 It should be understood that the names of varieties of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received when introduced by the Office of Foreign Plant Introduction, and, further, that the printing of such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in this country. As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the American trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in American literature becomes necessary, the foreign varietal dtsignations appearing in this inventory will be subject to change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized horticultural nomenclature. It is n. well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, seldom mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible identification from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these inventories are appearing in this country for the first time, and there are no seed samples or herbarium specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The only identification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other species of the same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identifications, therefore, must necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is any question regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from this office, herbarium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite identification can be made. 3 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED

63500 to 63521—Continued. 63546. SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM L. 63510. No. 19. 63516. No. 28. Poaceae. Sugar cane. From1 Fortuna, Porto Rico. Cuttings pre- 63511. No. 20. 63517. No. 29. sented by I. Mutz, through E. W. Bran- 63512. No. 21. 63518. No. 31. des, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- ceived April 1, 1925. 63513. No. 23. 63519. No. 32. IT 109. 63514. No. 24. 63520. No. 38. A locally developed strain. 63515. No. 27. 63521. No. 34. 63522 to 63541. HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS 63547 and 63548. PISUM SATIVUM L. L. Asteraceae. Jerusalem artichoke. Fabaceae. Pea. From Paris, France. Tubers obtained from From Valence sur Rhone, France. Seeds Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., through D. N. obtained from Te*zier Freres. Received Shoemaker, Bureau of Plant Industry. April 2, 1925. Received April 1, 1925. Locally grown strains. Locally grown strains. 63547. Mange-tout violet. 63522. No. 3/21. 63532. No. 21/23. 63548. ticrpette frangaise. An improved 63523. No. 4/21. 63533. No. 26/23. form with long pods. 63524. No. 8/21. 63534. No. 27/23. 63549. ELEOCHARIS TUBEROSA (Roxb.) 63525. No. 10/23. 63535. No. 29/23. Schult. Cyperaceae. 63526. No. 14/^3. 63536. No. 30/23. From1 Canton, China. Tubers collected by 63527. No. 15/22. 63537. No. 33/23. F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 63528. No. 16/22. 63538. No. 35/23. April 3, 1925. 63529. No. 12/23. 63539. No. 38/23. No. 29. Ma tai, Bon ma tai. A variety 63530. No. 18/23. 63540. No. 43/23. of ma tai which differs in its cultural methods from the ordinary variety in that 63531. No. 19/22. 63541. No. 45/23. the irrigation water is withdrawn some time before the crop is ripe. The harvesting 63542 to 63544. SOLANUM TUBEROSUM method is affected profoundly because with the variety commonly grown around Canton L. Solanaceae. Potato. the crop is searched for blindly by women From Klein Wanzleben, Germany. Tubers standing knee deep in mud and water, but presented by Dr. Phil. Oskar Rabbethge. with this variety the harvesting is done Received April 2, 1925. Notes by Doctor with a hoe, resulting in much less ex- Rabbethge. penditure of labor. The culture of ma tai is rather complicated in that the corms are European varieties, not in the American put through two preliminary " plantings " trade, introduced for potato-breeding ex- before they finally reach the field in which periments. they produce. At the end of June or early 63542. Centifolia. A cross between in July the corms are set thickly in a bed Borcken and Flora, originated by the and barely covered with soil. They are kept plant breeder Von Kameke. It is a moist, and when their sprouts are 6 or 7 red-skinned, white-fleshed table variety, centimeters long they are transplanted to and is very health}7. Season medium a wet culture plot and set about 1 foot and yield large. apart each way. When the sprouts are about 30 centimeters high they are again 63543. Industry. A cross between Rich- transplanted to a wet culture field, usually ter's Early and Simon, originated by one from which the first rice crop has just the plant breeder Modrow. It is been harvested, and this time set about 3 grown on heavy soil. In western Ger- feet apart in rows 3 feet apart, and alter- many it is the predominating yellow- nated so that each plant is equally distant fleshed table variety. It is a heavy from all of its adjacent neighbors. Hence- yielder, matures late, but is susceptible forth they are irrigated much, the same as to rot. rice. When the plants become established 63544. Pepo. A cross between Deutsches each is given a small handful of powdered Reich and Junel, originated by the bean or peanut cake. The irrigation is plant breeder Von Kameke. A light discontinued in October. (McClure.) yellow-fleshed table variety, of very large yield. Resistant to rot and 63550. CITRUS AURANTITJM L. Ruta- scarcely susceptible to fungous dis- eases ; very resistant to wart disease. ceae. Sour orange. The lilac-colored flowers are inclined From Algeria. Seeds collected by David to vary. Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 63545. TRIFOLIUM REPENS L. Fabaceae. Plant Industry. Received April 6, 1925. White clover. From the Jardin d'Essais, Maison Carree. To be tested by citrus growers as a root- From Edinburgh, Scotland. Plants pre- stock in comparison with strains of the sented by William Wright Smith, regius same species already growing in the United keeper, Edinburgh Botanic Garden. Re- States. ceived April 4, 1925. Obtained from the Scottish Board of 63551. ALPINIA sp. Zinziberaceae. Agriculture. (Smith.) From Kwangtung Province, China, Rhi- Sent in response to a request for mate- zomes collected by F. A. McClure, agri- rial of the brown-leaved strain of white cultural explorer, Bureau of Plant clover ; to be tested by clover specialists. Industry. Received April 3, 1925. APEIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925

63551—Continued. 63554 to 63560—-Continued. No. 28. January 17, 1925. Obtained 63558. This variety, which Doctor from the village of Taichong. Wong keung. Trabut calls the " Tanaka" and This is an important crop in this region, which he says came direct from one village having harvested this year 1,000 Japan, has elongated fruits. Accord- man Lapproximately 2 acres]. The yield ing to Doctor Trabut it is the best is from 30 to 50 "piculs [3,570 to 5,950 of all the varieties for shipping. pounds] of the fresh rhizomes per mau [about one-sixth acre]. When dried, in 63559. Tanaka Type Improved. Accord- preparation for the market, the rhizomes ing to M. J. Melia, head gardener, shrink from 25 to 30 per cent. The Galland Park, Algiers, this is a seed- rhizomes are planted during April, sandy ling from Tanaka and is larger soil being preferred, about 10 inches apart fruited but not so good a shipper. in rows 14 inches apart, of which two oc- 63560. Flcus XITIDA Blume. Moraceae. cupy each raised bed. The number of rhizomes planted on each mau varies be- Cuttings of the broad-leaved type tween 3,000 to 5,000, depending upon the which has been found far superior as a richness of the soil. (McClure.) street tree here. It is called " Camellia " by Doctor Trabut and " Laevigata " by 63552. XEEIUM OLEANDER L. Apocyna- Mr. Melia. ceae. Oleander. 63561 to 63568. PISUM SATIVUM L. Fa- From Algeria. Seeds collected by David baceae. Pea. Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 6, From Trier, Germany. Seeds obtained 1925. from J. Lambert & Son, through D. N. Shoemaker, Bureau of Plant Industry. Seeds from wild plants growing in the Received April 7, 1925. Oasis of Bou Saada. To be tested for resistance to scale infestation. Locally developed strains. 63553. GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L. Mal- 63561. Rival. vaceae. Cotton. 63562. Schalerbsen. From Paris, France. Seeds presented by 63563. Schiceizer Biesen. Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., through Wal- ter T. Swingle, Bureau of Plant Industry. 63564. Staatsminister Eyschen. Received April 6, 1925. 63565. Trierer Bristallzlas. Go ton Yerli. 63566. V&rbesserte Fldmische Ries&n. To be tested by cotton specialists. 63567. Vorbote (Eclipse). 63554 to 63560. 63568. Yuni tfchwert. From Algeria. Collected by David Fair- child, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 63569 and 63570. PISUM SATIVUM L. Plant Industry. Received April 6, 1925. Fabaceae. Pea. Notes by Doctor Fairchild. From Goteborg, Sweden. Seeds obtained 63554. BOUGAINVILLEA WARSZEWICZII Hort. from Goteborgs Tradgardsforening, Nyctaginaceae. through D. N. Shoemaker, Bureau of Cuttings of a horticultural variety of Plant Industry. Received April 7, 1925. this gorgeous flowering climber. Instead Locally developed strains. of flowering feebly all through the season, this form bursts into bloom in the 63569. Sabe Svenske. spring with a perfect mass of magenta flowers which completely hide the plant, 63570. Sockerart smor. and then it does not flower until the following spring. 63571. FRAGARIA sp. Rosaceae. 63555 and 63556. DIOSPYROS SINENSIS Strawberry. Hem'sl. Diospyraceae. From Orleans, France. Plants purchased Trees grown from seed of fruits pro- from Barbier & Co. Received April 9, duced by a single tree in Galland Park, 1925. Algiers. Doctor Trabut says the fruits Eugene Transon. This dwarf variety, are especially fine, and Mrs. M. J. Melia, with very thick, short flower vStems, bears the wife of the head gardener of Gal- bright red, superb fruits which are enor- land Park, declares that they are finer mous, nearly as big as Mademoiselle Mou- flavored than any of the kaki she has tot, but of a more regular shape, resem- eaten. I think this is the white-barked bling Docteur Morere. The firm1, sweet, persimmon which Frank Meyer saw used melting flesh is a rosy salmon and richly as a stock for the kaki in Nangchow, perfumed. This is a mid-early sort and south of Shanghai. especially noted for its early crop. (Cata- 63555. Plants. 63556. Scions. logue of Barbier & Go.) 63557 to 63559. ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA 63572 to 63577. PISUM SATIVUM L. Fa- (Thunb.) Lindl. Malaceae. Loquat. baceae. Pea. These scions are from the governor From Lyon, France. Seeds obtained from general's garden in Mustapha. Leonard Lille, through D. N. Shoemaker, 63557. Since this variety did not have Bureau of Plant Industry. Received a name, I called it "Governor Gen- April 6, 1925. eral." The head gardener said that it produced very delicious fruits Locally developed strains. much larger than the Tanaka, but 63572. Du Cheminr Long, No. 10106. that they were not good for shipping. 63573. Mangetout Beurre, No. 10SS7. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED

63572 to 63577—Continued. 63582 and 63583—Continued. 63574. Nain de Oonthier ou de Paris, No. roots do not penetrate the soil deeply, and the foliage does not make a dense 10088. shade. 63575. Nain Leveque, No. 10150. For previous introduction see S. P. I. 63576. Petit Provencal, No. 10091. No. 61480. 63577. Serpette d'Auvergne a trds longue 63583. CHRYSOPHYLLUM MONOPYRENUM cosse, No. 988^. Swartz. Sapotaceae. Satin leaf. No. 236. 63578 and 63579. Pi SUM SATIVUM L. An ornamental West Indian tree, up Fabaceae. Pea. to 35 feet high, with broad green leaves, From Manchester, England. Seeds obtained rusty white beneath, small white flowers, from Dickson, Brown, & Tait, through and oblong blackish berries about an inch D. N. Shoemaker, Bureau of Plant Indus- and a half long. try. Received April 6, 1925. For previous introduction see S. P. I. Locally developed strains. No. 45107. 63578. Centenary. 63584. SYRINGA SWEGINZOWII Koehne 63579. St.Duthus. and Ling. Oleaceae. Lilac. From Paris, France. Plants purchased 63580. AERACACIA XANTHORRHIZA Ban- from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., through croft (A. esculenta DC). Apiaceae. David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received Arracacha. April 16, 1925. From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Tubers pre- An attractive hardy lilac, about 10 feet sented by T. B. McClelland, horticultur- high, from western China. The dark-green, ist, Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment oval leaves are 2 to 4 inches long, and Station. Received April 9, 1925. the fragrant, rosy lilac flowers are borne The arracacha is a perennial herbaceous during June in terminal panicles up to 10 plant, closely related to the carrot and in- inches in length. digenous to the higher altitudes of northern South America. It grows about 3 feet high, 63585. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE L. Faba- with cairotlike foliage and small umbels of ceae. Red clover. purple flowers. The large fleshy roots are important food in parts of South America From Montlucon, Allier, France. Seeds ob- and Central America ; they are eaten boiled tained from G. & M. Peronnin, through like parsnips or sliced raw and fried, and A. J. Pieters, Bureau of Plant Industry. are said to be very palatable either way. Received April 23, 1925. Propagation is affected by making cuttings A locally developed strain. of the crown with a small piece of the root attached. 63586. BOUEA OPPOSITIFOLIA (Roxb.) Meissn. , (B. burmanica Griffith). 63581. EUCALYPTUS TKABUTI Vilm. Myr- Anacardiaceae. Maprang. taceae. From Bangkok, Siam. Seeds presented by From Mustapha, Algeria. Seeds collected Dr. Yai S. Sanitwongse. Received May by Dr. L. Trabut and presented through 16, 1925. David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, One of the wild relatives of the mango Bureau of Plant Industry. Received (Mangifera indica) is the maprang, an April 7, 1925. evergreen tree of moderate height, native to Burma and the Andaman Islands. The Collected in the botanic gardens of the narrowly elliptic, pale-green, leathery university, February 23, 1925. A remark- leaves are opposite, and the small yellow able hybrid between Eucalyptus botryoides flowers are produced in slender, lax, few- Sm. (pistillate) and E. rostrata Schlecht flowered panicles. There is considerable (staminate) discovered by Doctor Trabut. variation in the size and quality of the The characters of the leaves are interme- edible, yellow fruits. According to Doctor diate ; the capsules could not well be more Sanitwongse, the trees grown in Burma nearly intermediate. The great value of and Indo-China bear only very small fruits this hybrid is in its unusually rapid growth. which are very sour. In Siam, however, {Fairchild.) where the tree is cultivated in alluvial soil, For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. with river irrigation, the fruits are large, 45769. light yellow, and have a flavor resembling that of a yellow plum or apricot. The hard, gray wood is said to be very durable. 63582 and 63583. The tree may possibly be sufficiently hardy From Amani, Tanganyika Territory, Africa. for growing in southern Florida. Seeds presented by A. H. Kirby, Director For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. of Agriculture. Received April, 1925. 55046. 63582. ALBIZZIA CHINENSIS (Osbeck) Merr. (A. stipulata Boiv.). Mimosaceae. 63587. SOJA MAX (L.) Piper (Glycine hispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. No. 20. • Soy bean. A large, rapidly growing tree, native to the subtropical regions of eastern From London, England. Seeds presented India. It is said by Watt (Dictionary by Dr. J. L. North, curator, Royal Botanic of the Economic Products of India) to Gardens. Received May 16, 1925. have been found very satisfactory in Grown at Budapest, Hungary, from seed Assam as a shade tree for tea. The obtained in Siberia. (North.) APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925

€3588. JUGLANS sp. Juglandaceae. 63602 to 63604—Continued. Walnut. 63602. COFFEA EXCELS A Cheval. From Ibarra, Ecuador. Seeds presented by According to the Philippine Review, Jose" Felix Tamayo. Received June 17, vol. 9, p. 121, this coffee thrives from 1925. sea level to 700 meters, succeeds well on rather stiff clayey soils, and is the most The tocte is an Ecuadorian tree which resistant to blight and drought of any closely resembles the black walnut, but the coffee. It might be grown with an an- leaves are somewhat larger. The nuts are nual rainfall of 48 inches. It is of an inch and a half in diameter, with a strong vigorous growth and produces 1 very thick, bony shell and a kernel of mild, kilogram of dried coffee from 7 to 8 kilo- pleasant flavor. The wood is hard and grams of fresh berries. Coffea excelsa fine grained. Although the nuts are very makes an excellent stock for other cof- popular in parts of Ecuador, the tree is fees. The first crop is obtained at the not cultivated, but grows wild around cul- age of 4 to 5 years and a full crop at tivated fields and dooryards. the age of 7 to 8 years. 63589 to 63599. For previous introduction see S. P. I. From Ayr, Scotland. Seeds purchased from No. 57271. McGiJl & Smith. Received April 7, 1925. !. COFFEA LAUEENTII Wildem. (<7. Locally grown seeds. robusta Hort.). A white-flowered shrub, native to Bel- 63589. ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA L. Faba- gian Congo, with oval dark-green leaves ceae. Kidney vetch. up to a foot in length and shortly ellip- 63590 to 63595. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE L. tic 2-seeded fruits. The roundish seeds Fabaceae. Red clover. are sometimes nearly half an inch long. 63590. English broad leaved. For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 57272. 63591. English late flowering. 63604. COFFEA sp. 63592 and 63593. Harvested in Switzer- land at an altitude of 3,000 feet. Received as Coffea dybowsM, for which (McQill & Smith.) a place of publication has not been found. 63592. Mountain red clover No. 1. 63605. INDIGOFERA ENDECAPHYIXA Jacq. 63593. Mountain red clover No. 2. Fabaceae. 63594. Welsh. From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Seeds presented 63595. Wild. by H. A. Deutrom, acting manager of the experiment station, at the request of 63596 to 63599. TRIFOLIUM REPENS L. F. A. Stockdale, Director of Agriculture. Fabaceae. White clover, Received April 4, 1925. 63596. English giant. An annual or biennial leguminous plant which has become popular as a cover plant 63597. English. in Ceylon, according to the Tropical Agri- 63598. New Zealand. culturist (vol. 63, October, 1924). The trailing stems are 1 to 2 feet long, and 63599. Wild. the violet-purple flowers are in dense racemes. 63600. TRIFOLIUM EEPENS L. Fabaceae. White clover. 63606. HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS L. AS- From Edinburgh, Scotland. Seeds pre- teraceae. Jerusalem artichoke. sented by William Wright Smith, regius From Montreal, Canada. Tubers obtained keeper, Edinburgh Botanic Garden. Re- from the William Ewing Co. Received ceived April 6, 1925. April 13, 1925. Mixed natural seed harvested at the Edinburgh Plant-Breeding Station in 1923 Locally grown tubers. from a large number of plants of wild white clover which were originally taken 63607 to 63609. PRUNUS ARMENIACA L. from Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and the Amygdalaceae. Apricot. north of Scotland. (Smith.) From Yugakujo, Manchuria. Scions pre- Sent in response to a request for mate- sented by Dr. R. Watanabe, director, rial of the brown-leaved strain of white Southern Manchurian Agricultural Ex- clover. periment Station. Received April 15, 1925. 63601. PASSIFLORA EDULIS Sims. Passi- floraceae. Purple granadilla. Manchurian varieties. From Epping, New South Wales, Australia. 63607. Chin chou ta hsing. Seeds presented by L. P. Rose*n & Son. 63608. Erh hsing mei. Received April 7, 1925. 63609. IA tzu hsing. Perfecta. An improved strain of the granadilla or passion fruit. (ttos6n.) 63610 to 63617. SACCHARUM OFFICINA- 63602 to 63604. COFFEA spp. Rubi- EUM L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. aceae. Coffee. From Rio Piedras, Porto Rico. Cuttings presented by the Insular Experiment Sta- From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Seeds pre- tion, through E. W. Brandes, Bureau of sented by T. B. McClelland, horticultur- Plant Industry. Received April 15, 1925. ist, Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station. Received April 1, 1925. Locally developed strains. 8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

63610 to 63617—Continued. 63628. CALYCOPHYLLUM CANDIDISSIMUM 63610. H. 109. 63614. P. R. 828. (Vahl) DC. Rubiaceae. From Summit, Canal Zone. Seeds pre- 63611. B. 11569. 63615. P. R. m> sented by Holger Johansen, Plant Intro- 63612. P. R. W. 63616. P. R. 5*3. duction Garden. Received June 12, 1925. A Central American timber tree known 63613. P.R.729. 63617. P.R.S58. commercially as the degame is described by S. J. Record (Timbers of Tropical Amer- 63618 to 63621. SACCHARUM OFFICINA- ica, p. 547) as being 40 to 65 feet high, RUM L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. with a straight trunk free from limbs. Prom Fajardo, Porto Rico. Cuttings pre- (The wood has the strength, toughness, sented by the Fajardo Sugar Co., through and resilience of hickory and is used for E. W. Brandes, Bureau of Plant Industry. making agricultural implements, tool han- Received April 15, 1925. dles, and similar articles. Locally developed strains. 63629 to 63650. 63618. F. 0. tft. 68620. F. C. 30G. From China. Seeds collected by F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau 63619. F. C. 86. 63621. F. G. S05. of Plant Industry. Received April 3, 1925. Notes by Mr. McClure. 63622 to 63627. ..-J. MYROXYLON SENTICOSUM (Hance) From China. Seeds collected by F. A. Mc- Warb. (Xylosma senticosum Hance). Clure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Flacourtiaceae. Plant Industry. Received April 3, 1925. No. 50. Near Chukliu, Kwangtung. Notes by Mr. McClure. January 18, 1925. Kai na lak. A very ornamental and large shapely shrub or 63622. CANARIUM PIMELA Koen. Balsame- small tree, having dense glossy foliage aceae. and producing an abundance of small No. 53. Foh Tsun, Lohkongtang, Kwang- dark-red fruits which are home in short- tung. December 5, 1924. U lam. The stemmed clusters along the branches. fruits, black when ripe, exude a viscous, 63630. PANDANUS sp. Pandanaceae. milky juice with a pungent flavor when the skin is broken. They are commonly No. 43. Lamt'au Island, Hong Kong eaten after having been scalded for a Colony. December, 1924. ho tau lak. moment and flavored with soy sauce or LaJc poh loh. This plant is widely used sugar. In preparing them for the market by the Chinese as a hedge. The long the fruits are scalded, the seeds removed, ribbonlike leaves are stripped of their and the flesh dried in the sun. marginal and midrib hooks, rolled into " spools," dried, and used to weave a 63623. CELASTRUS HINDSII Benth. Celas- coarse matting, and in a few instances traceae. they are used for hats. No. 55. Honam Island. January 2, 63631. PSYCHOTRIA ELLIPTICA Ker. Ru« 1925. Tsing hung fang. A half-woody, biaceae. slender vine, 2 to 4 meters long, growing No. 54. Honam Island, Kwangtung. wild on trees and shrubs in poor soil, January 2, 1925. An attractive orna- chiefly granite clay. It is an attractive mental 1 to 6 meters high, growing wild ornamental with bright reddish orange in a ferruginous sandy clay loam and seeds which are exposed at maturity by having large leaves and rather incon- the splitting of the pod into a three- spicuous white flowers. The clusters of pointed star. fruits are at first yellow, turning red :. DBSMOS CHINENSIS Lour. Anno- in the autumn. naceae. 63632. RAPHIOLEPIS INDICA (L.) Lindl. No. 57. Honam Island. January 2, 1925. Malaceae. Ka ping chau. A shrub, 1 to 2 meters No. 49. Honam Island, Kwangtung. high, growing wild in a shady place January 2, 1925. Ch'un fa. This very along the roadside in clay soil. The pretty little shrub, which was found very fragrant, greenish yellow flowers are wild, produces clusters of delicate pink followed by curious clusters of attractive flowers that are reminiscent of cherry fruits which turn from yellow to red blossoms, and berries which become red and are composed of many moniliform in the autumn. pods radiating from a short peduncle. 63633. SMILAX sp. Smilacaceae. Smilaz. 63625. GLEDITSIA FERA (Lour.) Merr. (

63629 to 63650—Continued. 63629 to 63650—Continued. 63635. No. 31. From the vicinity of 63645. No. 45. Kongtau village, Loh- Shiuhing, on the West River, Kwang- kongtung, Kwangtung. December 5, tung. Shiuhing luk tau. This va- 1924. Yuk hoh tsz. Used in the riety is harvested twice yearly, June same manner as No. 44 [S. P. I. No. and September, and is used in the 63644]. same ways as No. 30 [S. P. I. No. 63634]. 63646 to 63648. VIGNA CYLINDRICA (Stickm.) Skeels. Fabaceae. Catjang. to 63642. SOJA MAX (L.) Piper (Glycin® Mspida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 63646. No. 33. Pakmiu, Heungshan Soy bean. District, Kwangtung. Hung tau. This variety, which takes its name uov. No. 32. Kochau, Kwangtung. from the red color of the skin cover- Tsing tau. A small light-green bean ing the seed, is harvested in June. which is harvested and used in the The uses, which are not so varied same ways as No. 30 [S. P. I. No. as those of the others, are mostly 63634]. in boiled dishes, alone with sugar, 63637. No. 35. Pakmiu, Heungshan dis- and for making soup. trict, Kwangtung. Hak tau. This 63647. No. 34. Tsangshing, Kwangtung. variety, harvested during July, pro- Hung kong tau. Harvested in June duces black seeds which are flatter and used in the same manner as No. and more elliptical than the other 33 [S. P. I. No. 63646]. varieties. These seeds are used mostly as " hung tau" in boiled 63648. No. 38. Min tau. This variety dishes. is characterized by a black " eye *' around the hilum. Harvested dur- 63638. No. 36. From the vicinity of ing June or July and used in the Shiuhing, on the West River, Kwang- same way as No. 33 [S. P. I. No. tung. SMuhing hak tau. Harvested 63646]. It is considered by some to during June or July, and used the be useful in the treatment of rheu- same as No. 35 [S. P. I. No. 63637]. matism, and rice wine in which this '. No. 37. Kochau, Kwangtung. bean has been boiled is used as a Tai u tau. Harvested during June general tonic. or July and used the same as No. 63649. VITEX NEGUNDO INCISA (Lam.) C. 35 [S. P. I. No. 63637]. B. Clarke. Verbenaceae. 63640. No. 39. Kochau, Kwangtung. Wong tau, Pak tau. These beans No. 47. Honam Island. December, are nearly globular and yellow, and 1924. Hut kin shau. This half-woody- are harvested twice annually, dur- wild shrub is used by the Chinese as an ing June or July and September astringent in the case of an open wound. or October. They are used in mak- The leaves are fragrant when crushed, ing bean curd and for the oil con and the pale-blue flowers are produced in tained in them, though in this region terminal spikes. they are rarely ever used for the latter. 63650. VITEX TRIFOLIA L. Verbenaceae. 63641. No. 40. The Canton Christian No. 58. Pak muk ying. A shrub 2 to College Agricultural Department 3 meters high cultivated for drug pur- Gardens. Pak tau, Wong tau. poses in a garden on Honam Island. The This white or yellowish white bean leaves have a dense white pubescence is harvested in June or July, and which gives the plant a grayish appear- the chief uses are the making of ance ; the flowers are light blue. bean curd and of a soy sauce or " pak yau." 63651 to 63661. FRAGABIA spp. Rosa- 63642. No. 41. Koiu, Kwangtung. Pak ceae. Strawberry. tau. These beans are whiter than No. 39 [S. P. I. No. 63640] and From Orleans, France. Plants purchased have a suggestion of an " eye" from Leon Che"nault & Fils. Received around the hilum. Harvesting and April 16, 1925. use the same as No. 39. European varieties not known in the 63643. STIZOLOBIDM DEBRINGIANUM Bort. American trade. Fabaceae. 63651. FRAGARIA sp. No. 43. Canton Christian College Farm. January 20, 1925. Kau tsau tau. Jjuoida Californica. This vine grows from 2 to 3 meters in 63652. FRAGARIA sp. length and is harvested once a year. The Chinese farmers around Tsinguen Chant eclair. and Linchow soak the vines and beans in water and use them as fertilizer, but 63653. FRAGARIA sp. the method used at the college is to plow Gemma. Very vigorous, everbearing; them under as green manure. This va- fruits large and white, with little fiber. riety makes a very heavy growth and is {Catalogue of Millet d Fils.) considered a valuable crop for the purpose of fertilizing. 63654. FRAGARIA sp. 63644 and 63645. TERMINALIA CHEBULA General de Castelnau. An everbearing Retz. Combretaceae. very productive variety. Fruit larger 63644. No. 44. Kongtau village, Loh- than that of La Perle, dark red, very kongtung, Kwangtung. December 5, juicy, sweet, and firm. (Grandes Rose- 1924. Ho tsai. The flesh of the raises du Val de la Loire Catalogue.) fruits is crushed and steepep d in a For previous introduction see S. P. I. smalll quantitatit yy of watert ,, and ththe No. 59798. liquid that is did ff I d a gray dye. drained off Is used as 63655. FRAGARIA sp. 46980—27 10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

63651 to 63661—Continued. 63663 to 63667—Continued. Madame MesU. A very vigorous giant 63663. FRAGARIA sp. Rosaceae. variety with enormous brilliant vermilion Strawberry. red fruits with pink flesh; a good com- Valonia. A cross between Dunlap and mercial variety of large yield. Season Early Ozark. It is a vigorous grower, medium. (Catalogue of Millet d Fils.) with perfect flowers, and is productive. For previous introduction see S. P. I. In season it is two or three days earlier No. 56155. than Dunlap. The fruits are of medium size, bright red, moderately firm, and 63656. FRAGARIA sp. fair to good in quality. Madame Moutot. A giant variety with 63664. FRAGARIA sp. Rosaceae. enormous spherical red fruits; flesh light Strawberry. salmon. Quality excellent. (Catalogue of Millet & Fils.) Vanguard. A cross between Pocomoke and Early Ozark. The plants are vigor- 63657. FRAGARIA sp. ous, healthy, and productive, with perfect flowers. The ripening season is Marguerite Chabert. Fruit conical, about a week before Dunlap. The fruits very large, dark red; flesh pink. (Cata- are of medium size, round-conic, regular logue of Rivoire Pcre d Fils.) in shape, bright red, firm, and of good 63658. FRAGARIA sp. quality, being sweeter than most early varieties. Marguerite Lebreton. A very early variety with abundant elongated fruits. 63665. FRAGARIA sp. Rosaceae. One of the best forcing varieties. (Cata- Strawberry. logue of Millet & Fils.) Vantage. A cross between Williams For previous introduction see S. P. I. and Early Ozark. Described (Report No. 56157. of the Vineland Station to the Ontario Department of Agriculture for 1919) 63659. FRAGARIA sp. as a vigorous grower, with early-maturing bright-pink fruits which retain their The Indispensable. An everbearing, color in storage. Quality fair. very prolific variety, quite hardy; the plant does not disappear in winter. The 63666. RUBUS sp. Rosaceae. Raspberry. fruits are larger than those of Docteur Morere, juicy, sweet, with firm red flesh Viking. A red raspberry (No. 14038), of fine quality, and stands shipping well. the result of a cross between Cuthbert It bears from June until frost. (Edmond and Marlboro. It is intermediate in Yersin, Orleans, France.) character between the two parents. It is very vigorous, the canes being both For previous introduction see S. P. I. stouter and taller than Cuthbert. There No. 62521. is very little tendency to droop over and hide the fruits, as does the Cuthbert, 63660. FRAGARIA sp. picking thus being an easier operation. The canes are almost entirely free of White Pineapple. Fruits white, very spines. In hardiness, from present ob- large. (Catalogue of Millet & Fils.) servation, it is about the same as Cuth- bert, or a little better. The fruit is as 63661. FRAGARIA sp. large as or larger than Cuthbert, firm, Zoulon. and should be good for shipping. In color the fruit more or less resembles Marlboro, being lighter than Cuthbert. 63662. SAXIFRAGA PURPURASCENS Hook, f. and Thorns. Saxifragaceae. 63667. FRAGARIA sp. Rosaceae. Strawberry. From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by No. 19322. This variety has not been G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic sufficiently tested to decide definitely as Garden. Received August 2, 1922. to its value, but it looks promising as Numbered April, 1925. an early berry for local markets. It is vigorous, productive, and a good plant This beautiful species comes from the maker. The fruit is of good quality temperate regions of the Sikkim Himalaya, and appearance, though possibly lacking where it was discovered growing in wet in firmness for distant shipping. places at an altitude of from 10,000 to 14,000 feet. Though closely allied to the 63668 and 63669. Himalayan Saxifraga ligulata and the Siberian 8. crassifolia, it is quite different From Algeria. Seeds collected by David from, and far more beautiful than, either Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau of those species. Nothing indeed can ex- of Plant Industry. Received April, 1925. ceed the bright glossy green of the leaves, Notes by Doctor Fairchild. which are elegantly margined with red, or the deep, bright, vinous red-purple of its 63668. CASUARINA sp. Casuarinaceae. scape and inflorescence. (Curtis's Botan- Near Maison Carree, March 13, 1925. ical Magazine, pi. 5066.) Related to Casuarina suberosa, but distinct in having shorter cones. This at- For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. tractive spreading, tree was growing in the grounds of a famous French botanist who was the first president of the 63663 to 63667. SociSte* Botanique de France. From Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada. i. TRIFOLIDM ALEXANDRINUM L. Fa- Plants presented by F. E. Palmer, direc- baceae. Berseem. tor, Horticultural Experiment Station. From Boufarik. Doctor Trabut has Received April 13, 1925. Notes from The made a real success of the berseem even Canadian Horticulturist, vol. 47, no. 4, though it has been subjected to tem- unless otherwise stated. peratures much below freezing. This seed APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 11

63668 and 63669—Continued. 63676 to 63688—Continued. was presented by J. Paulian, manager of in 1920. It is distinguished by its lilac the Domaine Ste. Marguerite, who is de- flowers, which are very small and ar- lighted with it as a green feed for cattle. ranged in many-flowered sessile masses along the flowering branches. It flowers 63670 to 63672. in June and July and has an elegant habit. From Algeria. Collected by David Fair- child, agricultural explorer, Bureau of For previous introduction see S. P. I. Plant Industry. Received April 6, 1925. No. 62283. Notes by Doctor Fairchild. 63678. CALLICAUPA GIRALDIANA Hesse. 63670. COTULA CINELREA Delile. Astera- Verbenaceae. ceae. The dense clusters of round, berry- In France and Algeria it is the custom like violet fruits produced by this Chinese to take various kinds of so-called shrub in late autumn make it of great " tisanes," herb teas made of infusions ornamental value. It has membranous of aromatic herbs. Doctor Trabut has light-green leaves and many-flowered presented these seeds with the recom- cymes of pink flowers, and has proved mendation of his own experience. hardy in southern Massachusetts, al- 63671. CUCURBITA MOSCHATA Duchesne. though little known elsewhere in the Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. United States. Seeds of the Courge Bedouin or " Be- 63879. CARPIXUS TURCZANINOVII Hance. douin squash," purchased in a market in Betulaceae. Algiers. The seeds of this variety are A hardy, shrubby Chinese hornbeam confined to one end of the elongated with oval sharp-pointed leaves 1 to 2 fruit, the other end being solid flesh. In inches long. It is said to resemble shape it resembles a short club. Varpinus polyneura, also a Chinese spe- 63672. KOELERIA SETACEA (Pers.) DC. cies, and may have value as an orna- Poaceae. Grass. mental plant. These roots are from the driest rocky For previous introduction see S. P. I. clay soils of the mountains near Bou No. 63346. Saada, where this grass forms small 63680. CORYLUS CHINENSIS Franch. Be- patches of compact tufts, dark green in color. During the summer the plants tulaceae. must have been subjected to an intense The Chinese hazelnut is closely allied heat and completely dried out. to the tree hazelnut (Corylus colurna), differing in leaf and stem characters. 63673 to 63675. TRIFOLIUM spp. Fa- It becomes a tall tree, sometimes over baceae. 100 feet high, with heart-shaped leaves about 7 inches long. The nuts are borne From Ayr, Scotland. Seeds purchased from in clusters of four to six. Native to McGill & Smith. Received April 9, 1925. western China. Locally grown seeds. 63681. HEMIPTELEA DAVIDII (Hance) 63673 and 63674. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE L. Planch. (Zelkova damdii Hemsl.). Red clover. Ulmaceae. 63673. Montgomery. A shrubby, spiny, elmlike tree, na- 63674. Vale of Clwyd. tive to Chosen and northern China, which has merit as an ornamental tree because 63675. TRIFOLIUM REPBNS L. of its handsome dark-green foliage; the White clover. leaves are oval or oblong, deeply toothed, Danish Morso. and about 2 inches long. Because of its spines, the tree may be useful for tall 63676 to 63688. hedges. From Paris, France. Plants purchased 63682. LARIX DAHUBICA PRINCIPIS-RUP- from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., through PRECHTII (Mayr) Rend, and Wils. David Fairchild, agricultural explorer. Pinaceae. Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 16, 1925. A hardy Chinese larch which makes a handsome tree, sometimes as much as 70 63676. ABIES KOREANA Wilson. Pinaceae. feet in height, with attractive bright- green foliage and shiny cones over an A newly discovered fir from Chosen, inch long. which is described by E. H. Wilson (Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, vol. 1, 63683. LARIX EUROLEPIS Henry. Pin- •p.' 188) as a tree 30 to 50 feet high, aceae. with a trunk 4 to 10 feet in circum- ference, and characterized by its pyrami- A hybrid between Larix decidua (L. dal habit and deeply fissured rough bark. europaea) and L. leptolepis; it is said It is an alpine species, growing abun- to be a tree of vigorous growth. dantly above 3,000 feet in Chosen. It 63684. PAEONIA MLOKOSEWITSCHI Loma- is densely branched, and the lustrous- green leaves with white undersurfaces kin. Ranunculaceae. make the tree very striking. This is the most handsome of the yellow-flowered peonies, according to Cur- For previous introduction see S. P. I. tis's Botanical Magazine (pi. 8173). It No. 63328. is a herbaceous perennial with stout 63677. BUDDLEIA ALTERNIFOLIA Maxim. stems, blue-green biternate leaves with Logan iaceae. red nerves and margins, and sulphur- yellow flowers. It appears to be as hardy According to Mottet (Arbres et Ar- as the other herbaceous peonies and as bustes d'Ornament de Pleine Terre, p. easily cultivated. It is native to the 359), this was introduced from China western part of the central Caucasus. 12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

63676 to 63688—Continued. 63691 to 63699—Continued. 63685. ROSA FOLIOLOSA X RUGOSA ROS- 63691. ALPINIA sp. Zlnziberaceae. aceae. No. 85. Wong keung. Obtained at the One of Vilmorin's hybrids. village of Taichong. 63686. VIBURNUM HENRYI Hemsl. Capri- For previous introduction and descrip- foliaceae. tion see S. P. I. No. 63551. An evergreen shrubby viburnum 10 63692. (Undetermined.) feet or more in height, with dark shining green oblong leaves and stiff pyram- No. 88. February 20, 1925. Sha keung. idal panicles of white flowers. The This plant is commonly cultivated in oval fruits, a third of an inch long, are sandy regions in Kwangtung and is at first red, becoming black, and give claimed by the Chinese to have drug the shrub a decidedly ornamental appear- value. It is used as a condiment (the ance in autumn. Native to central fresh rhizomes being crushed with a China, and hardy as far north as Massa- little peanut oil and soy sauce and eaten chusetts. with meat), as an ingredient in curry powder, and is also prepared for the 63687. VIBURNUM HUPEHENSE Render. market by drying. Caprifoliaceae. 63693. (Undetermined.) A fairly hardy, deciduous shrubby spe- No. 93. February 3, 1925. P'o chuk. cies, allied to Viburnum wrightii, with This is a medium-sized bamboo whose coarsely toothed, long-pointed, dark- stems attain a diameter of about 1% to green leaves and ovoid dark-red fruits. 2 centimeters and a height of about 3 Native to central China. meters. The shoots or sprouts are nat- For previous introduction see S. P. I. urally slender, but are longer propor- No. 59401. tionally than the average variety. They are the first to appear on the market in 63688. VIBURNUM UTILE Hemsl. Capri- the spring, coming usually before the end foliaceae. of February. This is a very popular A handsome, hardy, evergreen shrub of variety with the Chinese. The rhizomes rather open habit, with dark, glossy are flat as distinguished from those of green, leathery leaves and pure white No. 100 [S. P. I. No. 63699] which are flowers produced in dense, terminal, round. rounded trusses in May. These are suc- ceeded by oval blue-black berries. The 63694. (Undetermined.) shrub is native to western China, where No. 94. February 3, 1925. Lei chuk. it is said to grow on limestone soils. This is a very small bamboo with stems scarcely more than 1 centimeter in diam- 63689. PIROCYDONIA WINKLERI Daniel. eter and 1 meter in height and sprouts which are proportionally small. It is not Malaceae. a commercial variety, but is gathered by From Paris, France. Plants purchased from the Chinese from the wild. The season Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., through David is slightly later than that of No. 93 Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau [S. P. I. No. 63693], coming in March. of Plant Industry. Received April 20, 1925. 63695. (Undetermined.) One of the pear grafts on the old quinces No. 95. Sheungtip. February 3, 1925. in the garden of St. Vincent College gave Kan chuk. This is another dwarf variety rise to a sucker of distinct character; of the edible bamboo and is about the this was called Pirocydonia tvi?ikleri by size of Lei chuk [S. P. I. No. 63694]. Lucien Daniel, Ille et Vilaine, France. The It is cultivated, or rather allowed to grow shoots and leaves are pubescent, unlike around the villages, and the sprouts come those of the pear. The leaves are short on the market in April. stemmed like the quince, but are lanceo- late like the pear. A very peculiar thing 63696. (Undetermined.) about this hybrid is that it had its origin No. 96. Tangwanfoh, near Takhing. below the point of union of the graft and February 4, 1925. Tax Ngaan chuk. A stock. large-noded, medium-sized bamboo whose shoots come to the market in April. For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 62016. 63697. (Undetermined.) No. 97. Tangwanfoh, near Takhing. 63690. ANDROPOGON SERRATUS Thunb. February 4, 1925. Fa Hok chuk. A Poaceae. Grass. straight, smooth-stemmed bamboo of medium size, although somewhat larger From Mandalay, Burma, India. Seeds pre- than Tai Ngaan chuk [S. P. I. No. sented by the economic botanist, through 63696]. The Chinese prefer the sprouts C. V. Piper, Bureau of Plant Industry. of this variety to those of the Tai Ngaan Received April 16, 1925. variety. This grass is common throughout tropi- 63698. (Undetermined.) cal Asia, including the Philippines. It has also been reported from Southern Rhodesia No. 98. February 16, 1925. Mau chuk. and is said to have some value as a forage Obtained in Kaakmukhaang, near Szchim. grass. (Piper.) This is a very interesting bamboo and is much spoken of though not commonly seen, the culture appearing to be 63691 to 63699. carried on mostly in very out-of-tbe-way From Kwangtung Province, China. Rhi- mountain ravines. The plant is unusual zomes collected by F. A. McClure, agri- among bamboos, being covered with a cultural explorer, Bureau of Plant In- fine velvety pubescence. The leaves are dustry. Received April 20, 1925. Notes unusually small in proportion to the by Mr. McClure. large size of the plant. So far as I APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 13 63691 to 63699—Continued. 63700 to 63726—Continued. know, it is the only large bamboo here 63708. No. 2165. Hei ke ta tsui which spreads and propagates itself by (black-knotted fragile melon). A moans of underground stems. The white-fleshed melon, about 3 inches sprouts are among the largest and are in diameter and 8 or more inches highly esteemed by the Chinese, being long, which is considered to be of eaten fresh, dried, and pickled. The soil very good quality. in which this bamboo was growing, is reddish brown loam underlain with lime- 63709. No. 2167. Hua pi tsui kua stone, and no fertilizer is used. (striped-skin fragile melon). A green and white striped melon, 4 by 63699. (Undetermined.) 8 inches, which ripens in July. It No. 100. Shekkonghaang. February 3, is said to be of good quality. 1925. P'o chuk. It differs from No. 93 63710. No. 2169. Hua pi tien kua [S. P. I. No. 63693] by having round (flower-skinned sweet melon). A rhizomes. small melon, said to have light-green flesh, about 3 by 6 inches, which 63700 to 63726. ripens in July. It is considered to be of good quality. From Chihli Province, China. Seeds collected by P. H. Dorsott, agricultural ex- 63711. No. 2170. Hua pi tung kua plorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- (flower-skinned eastern melon). This ceived April 9, 1925. Notes by Mr. variety, about 8 by 10 inches, ripens Dorsett. in October and is said to be of very good quality. Numbers 63700 to 63715 were obtained at Loutai, February 15, 1925. 63712. No. 2171. Huang tung kua (yellow eastern melon). A melon 6 63700. CHAETOCHLOA ITALICA (L.) Scribn. by 8 or 10 inches, which ripens in (Setaria italica Beauv.). Poaceae. October; it is of very good quality. Millet. 63713. No. 2172. Huang chiu tsui No. 2173. Huang nien ku (yellow (golden-yellow fragile melon). A sticky millet). A variety which ripens white-fleshed variety, 4 by 10 or in August. It is ground into flour and more inches, which ripens in used for cakes. The Chinese do not August. feed it to their stock. 63714. CUCURBITA MOSCHATA Duchesne. 63701. CITRULLUS VULGARIS S c h r a d . Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. No. 2168. Huang tun wo kua (yellow No. 2164. San pai hsi kua (white wa- flat pumpkin). This variety, about 6 to termelon). The true white watermelon, 8 inches in diameter and 12 to 18 inches having white skin, flesh, and seeds. It in length, is said to be harvested through has a diameter of 6 to 10 inches, a the season. It is cut into small pieces length of IS inches, ripens in August, and boiled. and is said to be of good quality. 63715 to 63717. HOLCUS SORGHUM L. 63702 to 63713. CUCUMIS MELO L. Cucur- (Sorghum vulgare Pers.). Poaceae. bitaceae. Melon. Sorghum. 63702. No. 2156. Hsiao hua pi tien 63715. No. 2161. A variety, resem- kua (small striped-skin sweet melon). bling kaoliang, which produces canes A green and white striped, sweet- about 6 feet in height. It is not scented melon which ripens about planted very extensively. the end of June. It is normally about 3 inches in diameter and 6 63716. No. 2186. Obtained at the Pe- inches in length. king University, February 18, 1925, and originally collected at Liaoyang, 63703. No. 2157. Ta hua pi tien kua Manchuria. Huang ke nieu kaoliang (large striped-skin sweet melon). (yellow-husked sticky kaoliang). It This variety is green and white is sown in early spring and har- striped, sweet scented, and about 4 vested in early September. The or 5 inches in diameter and 8 to 9 brush is about 19 inches long. This inches in length. variety is used for grain and broom 63704. No. 2158. Pai tien kua (white stock. sweet melon). A sweet-scented 63717. No. 2187. This variety was also melon, about 4 inches in diameter obtained at the Peking University, and 8 inches in length, which ripens February 18, 1925, and was origin July. It is of very good quality. inally from Liaoyang. Hung ke 63705. No. 2159. Huang hsiang kua nieu kaoliang (red-husked sticky (yellow fragrant melon). A small kaoliang). The brush is about 22 melon, almost round and about 2 to inches or more long. Used for 3 inches in diameter, which ripens grain and broom stock. in July. It is used when ripe for scenting rooms, but is not edible. 63718. PHASEOLUS AUREUS Roxb. Faba- ceae. Mungr bean. 63706. No. 2160. Kuai pai pa tien kua (early white-handled sweet melon). No. 2175. Loutai. February 15, 1925. A melon about 3 inches in diameter Lu tou (green mung bean). and 6 inches in length, which ripens in June or July. It is said to be of 63719 to 63721. SOJA MAX (L.) Piper very good quality. (Glyoine* Mspida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 63707. No. 2163. Ching pi tien kua Soy bean. (green-skinned sweet melon). This variety, which is 3 to 4 inches by Loutai. February 15, 1925. 6 to 8 inches, ripens in July and is 63719. No. 2155. Huang tou (yellow considered to be of very good quality. soy bean). 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED

63700 to 63726—Continued. 63733. SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM L. Po- 63720. No. 2176. Hei tou (black soy aceae. Sugar cane. bean). From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Cut- 63721. No. 2180. Ching tou (green soy tings presented by Gonzalo M. Fortun, director, Estaci6n Experimental Agro- bean). nomica, through E. W. Brandes, Bureau 63722. TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM L. of Plant Industry. Received April 20, Fabaceae. Fenugreek. 1925. No. 2102. Peking. February 12, 1925. H 109. Hsicmg tsao (fragrant grass). Obtained at the market and said to have origi- A locally developed strain. nally come from one of the southern provinces. The Chinese use it in their 63734 to 63736. rooms and sometimes put it in their From Valley River, Manitoba, Canada. pillows. Plants presented by W. J. Boughen, Val- 63723. TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. (T. vul- ley River Nurseries. Received April 21, gare Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 1925. Notes by Mr. Boughen. No. 2178. Loutai. February 15, 1925. 63734. VIBURNUM AMERICANUM Mill. Chiu mai (winter wheat). Caprifoliaceae. 63724 and 63725. VIGNA SINENSIS (Tor- Highbush cranberry from banks of the ner) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. Skeena River, about 53° N. Lat. 63724. No. 2174. Loutai. February 15, 63735. PRUNUS PENNSYLVANICA L. f. 1925. Hung yeu pai Chiang tou Amygdalaceae. Pin cherry. (brown-eyed white cowpea). Selected pin cherry, from 51.5° N. Lat. 63725. No. 2179. Loutai. February 15, 63736. RIBES sp. Grossulariaceae. 1925. Tai li pang tsai tou (fat-in- the-pod vegetable bean). These may Gooseberry. be a pink-striped cowpea. Thornless gooseberry from Fort La Corne, about 53° N. Lat. 63726. ZEA MAYS L. Poaceae. Corn. No. 2177. Loutai. February 15, 1925. 63737 and 63738. LANDOLPHIA spp. Pai yu mi (white corn). Apocynaceae. 63727 to 63731. From Loaiida, Angola, Africa. Seeds presented by John Govssweiler, Servicos de From French West Africa. Seeds presented Agricultura. Received April 24, 1925. by Prof. R. H. Forbes. Received April 9, 1925. Notes by Professor Forbes. Rubber-yielding shrubs. 63727 and 63728. GOSSTPIUM OBTUSIFOLIUM 63737. LANDOLPHIA KLAINII Pierre. AFRICANUM Watt. Malvaceae. Cotton. A tropical African climbing shrub 63727. From the vicinity of Bobodiou- which is said (Flora of Tropical Africa, lasso, in the Haute Volta. This is a vol. 4, sec. 1) to be the principal rubber- perennial tree cotton considerably producing plant in the Gabon district, grown in the rainy regions south of French Equatorial Africa. The oblong the Niger. The fiber is strong and leathery leaves are glossy green, and the very short. The yield is low. hard globose fruits are 6 to 10 inches in diameter. 63728. From the Sudan, north of the Niger. This is probably the same as 63738. LANDOLPHIA PARVIFOLIA Schum'. the above [S. P. I. No. 63727]. This is described by Otto Stapf (This- 63729. GOSSYPIUM PUNCTATUM Schum. and elton-Dyer, Flora of Tropical Africa) as Thonn. Malvaceae. Cotton. a much-branched, climbing shrub with From Segou, French Sudan. This is small oblong leaves and pale-yellow or the species cultivated by the natives white flowers in small dense clusters. throughout the Sudan proper. It yields The greenish purple fruits, about 2, a strong but short fiber, 20 to 22 milli- inches in diameter, have a smooth thick meters. It is mostly used by the natives, rind. only small quantities being exported to For previous introduction see S. P. I. France. No. 61015. 63730. SYNTHERISMA sp. Poaceae. Grass. 63739 and 63740. HELIANTHUS TUBE- From Segou, French Sudan. This is the " fonio" of the natives, a " famine EOSUS L. Asteraceae. crop." Matures quickly during a scant Jerusalem artichoke. rainfall, while all other crops fail. From Erfurt, Germany. Tubers purchased 63731. VOANDZEIA SUBTERRANEA (L.) from Haage & Schmidt. Received April Thouars. Fabaceae. 22, 1925. From Segou, French Sudan. There Locally grown tubers. are two varieties, red and white, which mature quickly on scant rainfall. A 63739. Erdbirne. " famine crop." 63740. Received as Helianthus doroni- 63732. SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM L. Po- coides, now referred to H. tubcrosus. aceae. Sugar cane. 63741 to 63750. From Haiti. Cuttings presented through John A. Stevenson, Bureau of Plant In- From Ottawa, Canada. Presented by dustry. Received April 20, 1925. W. T. Macoun, Dominion horticulturist, Central Experimental Farm. Received A locally developed strain. April 23, 1925. APKIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 15

63741 to 63750—Continued. 63755 to 63757—Continued. 63741 to 63749. MALUS SYLVESTRIS Mill. 63755. ALPINIA sp. Zinziberaceae. Malaceae. Apple. No. 104. March 6, 1925. Yik tsz, Ye A collection of seedlings of the Mc- keung fa. Rhizomes obtained at the Intosh apple. Canton Christian College. This is a beautiful ornamental forming a dense 63741. Joyce. 63746. Newtosh. growth of tough herbaceous stems which are set with fine dark-green foliage ter- 63742. Labo. 63747. Patricia. minating in the summer in large ra- 63743. Lawfam. 63748. Pedro. cemes of fragrant white blossoms with red and golden lips. In addition to its 63744. Melba. 63749. Stonetash. value as an ornamental, the seeds, according to the Chinese., have a drug 63745. Miltosh. value. In fact, they are said to bring 63750. PEUNUS TOMBNTOSA Thunb. a wholesale prices of $50 to $100 per Amygdalaceae. Manchu cherry. 100 catties [133% pounds]. Scions of a locally developed strain. 63756. POTHOS SEEMANNI Schott. Ara- ceae. 63751. COFFEA EXCELSA Cheval. Rubi- No. 106. Cuttings from a vine growing aceae. Coffee. on a tree trunk on the Tengoo Mountain. A herbaceous climbing plant which ad- From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. heres closely to the bark of trees by Seeds presented by S. Youngberg, acting means of woolly adventitious roots. Director of Agriculture, Bureau of Agri- After attaining sufficient length to reach culture, Manila, at the request of P. J. the lower branches of the tallest trees, Wester. Received April 9, 1925. it hangs in beautiful long festoons. It According to the Philippine Review (vol. is a fine ornamental, chiefly on account 9, p. 121), this coffee thrives from sea of its splendid foliage; the flowers, in level to 700 meters, succeeds well on rather keeping witL those of its kind, are rather stiff clayey soils, and is quite drought re- inconspicuous. sistant. It might be grown with an an- 63757. (Undetermined.) Poaceae. nual rainfall of 48 inches. It is the most resistant to blight and drought of any Bamboo. coffee, is of strong vigorous growth, and No. 102. March 5, 1925. Lak cha produces 1 kilogram of dry coffee from 7 chuk. Rhizomes of an edible bamboo, to 8 kilograms of fresh berries. Coffea which is of considerable merit, collected sxcelsa makes an excellent stock for other on Honam Island, east of Tait'ong. It coffees. The first crop is obtained at the is of medium size, and when grown on age of 4 to 5 years and a full crop at the fertile soil the culms reach a diameter age of 7 to 8 years. of about 2.5 to 3 centimeters and a height of 3 to 4 meters. The nodes or For previous introduction see S. P. I. joints are rather prominent, being larger No. 63602. in proportion to the stem than is usually the case. The sprouts, which are 63752. LACTUCA SATIVA L. Cichoria- ready to harvest about the first of April, are very popular, bringing 50 to 60 ceae. Lettuce. cents a catty [1^4 pounds]. As grown From Nanking, China. Seeds presented by here this bamboo is not fertilized and is M. Leslie Hancock, University of Nan- allowed to shift for itself. king. Received April 14, 1925. 63758 to 63783. Grown by the Chinese for its stem, which is very fleshy. (Hancock.) From Amani, Tanganyika Territory, Africa. Seeds presented by A. II. Kirby, Director of Agriculture. Received April 9, 1925. 63753. TEIFOLIUM PRATENSE L. Faba- 63758. ADENANTHERA MICROSPERMA ceae. Red clover. Teijsm. and Binn. Mimosaceae. From Scheemda, Netherlands. Seeds pre- No. 12. A handsome tropical tree, sented by the Hommo Ten Have's Seed closely related to the mimosas, with at- Co. Received April 17, 1925. tractive clean-cut foliage and twisted Remontant. A European variety of red pods bearing- bright-red beans. It is native to the East Indies and is con- clover. sidered a valuable timber tree because For previous introduction see S. P. I. of its strong dark-brown wood, which No. 62309. is very hard, in spite of the rapid growth of the tree. 63754. HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS L. AS- For previous introduction see S. P. I. teraceae. Jerusalem artichoke. No. 61478. 1 From Toronto, Canada. Tubers purchased 63759. ALBIZZIA ADIANTHIFOLIA (Schum .) from William Rennie Co. Received May W. F. Wight (A. fastigiata E. Mey.). 6, 1925. Mimosaceae. Locally grown tubers. No. 16. A tropical African tree, of fastigiate habit, with finely divided foliage. According to Holland (Useful 63755 to 63757. Plants of Nigeria, pt. 2), this tree yields a gum somewhat similar to gum arabic. From Kwangtung Province, China. Col- The seeds, after maceration, are eaten as lected by F. A. McClure, agricultural ex- a sauce by the natives of West Africa. plorer, Bureau of Plant Industrv. Received April 24, 1925. Notes by Mr. For previous introduction see S. P. I. McClr.rQ. No. 62897. 16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED

63758 to 63783—Continued. 63758 to 63783—Continued. 63760. BARYXYLUM DASYRACHIS (Miquel) 63767. COFFEA sp. Rubiaceae. Coffee. Pierre (Peltophorum dasyrachis Kurz.). Caesalpiniaceae. No. 108. Received as Coffea quilloa, for which a place of publication has not been No. 237. A tall unarmed East Indian found. tree, described by Hooker (Flora of Brit- ish India, vol. 2, p. 257) as having rigid Introduced for cultural and comparison pinnate leaves up to a foot in length and tests in tropical America. showy yellow flowers produced in termi- For previous introduction see S. P. I. nal and axillary clusters 6 to 9 inches No. 61486. long. 63768. DEGUEMA DALBERGIOIDES (Baker) 63761. BERRIA AMMONILLA Roxb. Tilia- Taub. (Derris dalbergioides Baker). ceae. Fabaceae. No. 47. " Trincomali wood" is the No. 132. A small spreading tree, de- name under which the very hard, durable, scribed by Hooker (Flora of British dark-red wood of this Indian tree is ex- India, vol. 2, p. 241) as being about 20 ported, according to Watt (Dictionary of feet high, with rigid dark-green com- the Economic Products of India). The pound leaves and copious racemes of wood is used for making agricultural im- pink flowers. Native to eastern India plements and for other purposes where and Java. toughness and hardness are desired. The tree is large, with long-stemmed, 63769. DIPTEROCARPUS TRINERVIS Blume. heart-shaped leaves and dense racemes Dipterocarpaceae. of small white flowers. Its distribution includes the Malay Archipelago and the No. 136. An East Indian tree de- Philippines. scribed by Baker (Schoolflora voor Java, p. 108) as being 100 feet or more tall, For previous introduction see S. P. I. with elliptical leaves about a foot long No. 61482. and clusters of large red flowers. 63762. BERSAMA USAMBARICA Guerke. 63770. Ficus CHLAMYDODORA Warb. Mo- Bersamaceae. raceae. No. 48. A tropical African tree about No. 171. A stately tree grown largely 50 feet tall, with pinnate leaves 2 feet as a shade tree in parts of tropical or more long and silky white flowers. Africa because of the handsome foliage It should be tried as a shade tree for and brick-red branches. According to extreme southern Florida. Holland (Useful Plants of Nigeria), it bears twice a year abundant crops of 63763. BRIDELIA MICRANTHA (Hochst.) peach-colored figs, which are fairly sweet Baill. Euphorbiaceae. and juicy. No. 52. According to J. H. Holland For previous introduction see S. P. I. (Useful Plants of Nigeria, pt. 4), this is No. 61490. a thorny widespreading tree 20 to 40 feet high, which varies considerably in 63771. FLACOURTIA RUKAM Zoll. and Mor. its height and degree of thorniness. The Flacourtiaceae. small black berries are edible, and the white timber is exceedingly durable and No. 176. A handsome unarmed Malayan resistant to termites. Native to tropical tree with leathery leaves and edible ber- Africa. ries, about the size of cherries, which are said to make excellent preserves. 63764. CANARIUM POLYPHYLLUM Schum. Balsameaceae. 63772. INTSIA BIJUGA (Colebr.) Kuntze (Afzelia bijuga Gray). Caesalpini- No. 63. The edible fruits of this Ma- aceae. laysian tree, according to Der Tropen- pflanzer (vol. 17, p. 147) resemble wal- No. 15. The ipil, as this is known in nuts and yield an oil which can be used the Philippines, is described (W. H. in making margarine and similar prod- Brown, Minor Products of Philippine ucts. Forests, vol. 2) as a tall tree, 100 feet or more in height, with fragrant white 63765. CASUARINA DISTYLA Vent. Casu- and reddish flowers borne in large con- arinaceae. spicuous clusters. The wood is valued No. 76. Unlike many of the better as building material. known casuarinas, this species is usually 63773. LANDOLPHIA STOLZII Busse. Apocy- a small shrub 2 to 3 feet high. It is naceae. common in Tasmania and in parts of southern Australia. No. 206. A number of Landolphias are being introduced from tropical Africa For previous introduction see S. P. I. for testing by department rubber special- No. 61484. ists. This one is described by Thiselton- 63766. COFFEA BUKOBENSIS Zimmerm. Dyer (Flora of Tropical Africa) as a Rubiaceae. Coffee. climbing shrub with small oval leaves, dense clusters of white sweet-scented No. 104. The coffee grown in the vicinity flowers, and fruits resembling small of Bukoba, Tanganyika Territory, was oranges. formerly supposed to be a variety of Coffea arabica, but Zimmermann (Der For previous introduction see S. P. 1. Pflanzer, vol. 4) maintains that it is a No. 61493. separate species and has named it C. bukobensis. The differences are in the 63774. LANDOLPHIA sp. Apocynaceae. venation of the leaves and flower struc- No. 207. The Landolphias are tropical ture. Culturally this species is very African climbers, many of which yield similar to G. arabica. rubber. This unidentified species will be For previous introduction see S. P. I. tested in southern Florida for its rubber- No. 61485. yielding value. APP.IL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 17

63758 to 63783—Continued. 63785. CHRYSOPHYLLUM MONOPYRENUM 63775. LILIUM REGALE Wilson. Liliaceae. Swartz (C. oliviforme Lam., not L.). Regal lily. Sapotaceae. Satin leaf. No. 210. Seeds of the Regal (Royal) From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds lily as grown in Africa, introduced for presented by P. J. Wester. Received department horticulturists. April 13, 1925. For previous introduction see S. P. I. While the fruits of this tree are usually No. 61494. poor for eating purposes, I had brought to me recently a bag of fruits of remarkably 63776 and 63777. MANIHOT GLAZIOVII Muell. Arg. Euphorbiaceae. irood quality. These are distinctly superior Ceara rubber. to many native edible fruits. (Wester,) A tropical American tree of attractive Ceara rubber, obtained from this tree, appearance ; the oval or oblong leaves are is one of the important rubbers of com- silky golden beneath, the flowers are white, merce and' the blue-black fruits are over an inch For previous introduction see S. P. I. long. Nos. 61496 and 61497. 63786. FUNTUMIA ELASTICA (Preuss) 63776. No. 216. Received as Manihot diphtoma, but the seeds do not agree Stapf. Apocynaceae. with that species. Lagos rubber tree. 63777. No. 217. From Accra, Cold Coast Colony, Africa. Seeds presented by W. S. D. Tudhope, 63778. MUSA TEXTILIS Nee. Musaceae. 1'iiector, Department of Agriculture. No. 227. Received April 1G, 1925. A large forest tree which is very widely Abaca seeds to be grown for testing as distributed throughout central Africa and fiber. is the source of Lagos rubber which is of For previous introduction sec S. P. I. excellent quality. No. 61500. For previous introduction see S.P. I. 63779. PACHIRA FASTUOSA (DC.) Decaisne. No.. G10SG. Boinbacaceae. No. 51. A handsome tropical tree na- 63787 to 63797. tive to Mexico, according to the Garden- From Kwangtung Province, China. Seeds ers' Chronicle, vol. 54, p. 325. The flow- collected by F. A. McClure, agricultural ers in their size and color are both excep- explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- tional and attractive, as they measure ceived April 21, 1925. Notes by Mr. about a foot in diameter; the strap- McClure. shaped petals are white, and the large brushlike clusters of stamens are crim- 63787 and 63788. ADENANTHEKA MICRO- son and yellow. The foliage is not un- SPERMA Teijsm. and Binn. Mimosa- like that of the horse-chestnut, but it is ceae. more leathery in texture. 63787. No. S!). February 5, 1925. Sai 63780. PENTAS sp. Rubiaceae. s.7 leak. From trees growing in the mission compound at Tukhing. This No. 238. A shrubby tropical plant, na- is an excellent lumber tree with tive to West Africa, which may have rich-brown wood which is very strong value as a greenhouse ornamental. and hard in spite of its compara- 63781. P T Y c H oco c c u s PARADOX rs tively rapid growth. As an orna- (Scheff.) Beccari. Phoenicaceae. mental it is also desirable, with its Palm. splendid clean-cut leaves and cork- No. 262. A small palm'. 9 to 12 feet screw pods bearing bright-red beans. high, native to New Guinea. The slen- It reaches a considerable size, the der trunk is covered with white hairs. largest specimen in the compound and the feathery leaves are borne at being 40 centimeters in diameter and the summit of the trunk. 15 meters high. 63788. No. 90. February 10, 1925. 63782. RANDIA sp. Ru-biaceae. 8eung sz kak. From Tenguhauen, No. 263. The Randias are tropical near Haulik. on the West River. shrubs or trees, often with showy white Similar to No. 89 [S. P. I. No. or yellowish flowers. The round berries 63787] except that the seeds seem of some species are edible. slightly smaller and darker. Received as Randia sericantlia. 63789. BISCHOFIA sp. Euphorbiaceae. 63783. SCHEFFLERODEXDRON USAMBAREXSE No. 83. February 10. 1925. Kat long, Harms. Fabaccao. Chau fung. Found near Haulik, West River. This tree, like Bischofia javanica, No. 274. A handsome tropical African to which it seems closely related but leguminous tree, described by Harms from which it may be distinguished by (Engler's Botani-sche Jahrbiicher, vol. 30, its smaller leaves and berries, is valued p. 88) as having dense compound foliage as a source of lumber. It is a decidu- and axillary racemes of reddish brown ous tree bearing profusely large dense flowers. pendulous panicles of small, brown, dry 63784. MUSA PARADISIACA SAPIENTUM fruits. (L.) Kuntze. Musaceae. Banana. 63790. BOEHMERIA NiViiA (L.) Gaud. Urticaceae. Ramie, From San Juan, Porto Rico. Suckers pre- No. 92. February 17, 1925. Pak chue sented by O. W. Barrett, agricultural ma. From plants cultivated near Lintan. adviser, Department of Agriculture 'and Ramie, the material used to make the Labor. Received April 9, 1925. very useful summer fabric called grass Colorado Blanco. A Porto Rican variety. cloth, is obtained from this plant. 46980—27 3 18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED

63787 to 63797—Continued. 63799. NEYRATTDIA MADAGASCARIENSIS 63791. BRIDELIA MONOICA (Lour.) Merr. (Kunth) Hook. f. Poaceae. Grass. Euphorbiaceae. From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by No. 80. Sheungtip. February 3, 1925. G. II. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Gar- Pik pok tsai. An attractive small, na- den. Received April 20, 1925. tive tree whose slender drooping branches A large coarse grass, described by J. D. are slightly suggestive of the weeping Hooker (Flora of British India, vol. 7) as willow, .although the sessile leaves are having a solid stem 6 to 8 feet or more elliptic ovate and obtuse. This plant, in height, with smooth soft leaves 1 or 2 widely distributed throughout Kwangtung, feet long and panicles 1 to 3 feet long. is a fair ornamental, although neither its Although native to Madagascar, this grass flowers nor its fruits are conspicuous. is distributed throughout tropical Asia. In its native home the leaves are used for 63792. FRAXINUS CHINENSIS Roxb. Olea- making hats. ceae. Ash. No. 84. February 10, 1925. 8hui lau, 63800 to 63820. Ch'aak paan lau. From two trees From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented growing near a pond on the road to the by Dr. Wl. Kousnetzoff, botanist in charge Tengu Mountain, near llaulik. The of forage and pasture plants, Bureau of lumber, not abundant here, is used by Applied Botany and Plant Breeding. Re- the Chinese to make implements, oars, ceived April 13, 1925. Notes by Doctor etc. Kousnetzoff. 63793. ILEX sp. Aquifoliacoae. 63800 and 63801. AGROPYRON CRISTATUM No. 79. Chue t'in shue, Tsa,u pent/ (L.) Gaertn. Poaceae. Grass. shue, Pak Ian lieung. From an isolated A perennial, thickly cespitose grass, tree growing wild along the road near upright or ascending, native to southern Samshui, on the flood plain of the West Europe and Asia. River. This is a beautiful spreading tree with smooth light-gray bark and 63800. No. 1338. Province of Omsk. glossy dark-green persistent foliage. The thick clusters of red berries are slightly 63801. No. 2113. Minusinsk. Province flattened in shape and considerably of Yeniseisk, District of Siberia. smaller than a garden pea. 63802. AGROPYRON SIBIRICUM (Willd.) 63794. ILEX sp. Aquifoliaceae. Beauv. Poaceae. Grass. No. 81. February 16, 1925. Pak Iwn No. 1340. Province of Omsk. heung. Along the road from Lintan to An upright cespitose perennial grass, Szchim. This tree, leafless, but with up to 16 inches high, with linear leaves. every branch literally hidden in a pro- Native to southern Russia and the Cau- fusion of brilliant red berries, was a casus. most strikingly beautiful object. It stood out very conspicuously in quite a 63803 to 63805. BROMUS INERMIS Leyss. group of its species as being leafless but Poaceae. Grass. heavily loaded with fruits while the A perennial upright European grass, others' still clung to half their foliage which forms a thick mat, with creeping but bearing much less abundantly. rhizomes. The stems are 1 to 3 feet 63795. OKMOSIA CALAVENSIS Azaola. Fa- high. baceae. 63803. No. 1612. Djirgalantou. Mon- No. 91. February 9, 1925. Kai Ngaan golia. From the basin of a river. shut. A striking ornamental from a 63804. No. 1613. Adjin, Mongolia. ravine on Tengu Mountain. This is a From the basin of the Kossogol large tree with black bark, splendid River. foliage, and bearing bright-red seeds. 63805. No. 1342. Province of Omsk. 63796. SOJA MAX (L.) Piper {Glycine hixpida Maxim.). Fabaceae. Soy bean. 63806. ELYMDS DAHURICUS Turcz. Po- aceae. Grass. No. 78. February 16, 1925. A light- green variety from a shop in Lintan and No. 1346. Province of Omsk. said to have originally come from Tung- A tall perennial grass with stout erect koon, on the East River. stems, native to mountainous regions in 63797. VITEX QUINATA (Lour.) F. N. central and eastern Asia. Williams. Verbcnaceae. 63807 and 63808. ELYMUS SIBIRICUS L. No. 99. Kochanghui, on the Little Poaceae. Grass. North River. January 18, 1925. Po A tall perennial grass with heavy kcng, Fool shue. This large tree, 10 pendulous panicles ; native to Siberia. meters high and 50 centimeters in diameter, bears small fragrant purple or 63807. No. 1347. Province of Omsk. lavender flowers in large upright panicles. It: yields a hard wood useful in making 63808. No. 2273. Nikoljsko-Ussurijsk, furniture and boats. Province of Primorskaya. 63809 and 63810. HEDYSARUM GMELINI 63798. MANIHOT GLAZIOVII Muell. Arg. Ledeb. Fabaceae. Euphorbiaceae. Ceara rubber. In localities where this is native it is popular as a forage plant. From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from Vilm'orin-Andrieux & Co. Received April 63809. No. 2285. District of Minu- 23, 1925. sinsk, Province of Yeniseisk. An important rubber-producing plant, 63810. No. 2286. District of Minu- native to Brazil. sinsk, Province of Yeniseisk. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30; 1925 19

Sahvin Divide, southwestern China, at an 63800 to 63820—Continued. altitude of 11.000 feet. The rather small 63811. LESPEDEZA STHIATA (Thunb.) leaves have recurved margins and are gray Hook, and Arn. Fabaceae. beneath. It is an early and profusely flowering species, bearing its blossoms all along No. 2270. Nikoljsko-Ussurijsk, Prov- tbe branches in a very attractive fashion, ince of Primorskaya. and the deep-crimson berries make it handsome in tbe fruiting stage. It appears to 63812 and 63813. MEDICAGO FALCATA L be very hardy in England. Fabaceae. 63812. No. 1327. Province of Omsk. For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 58463. 63813. No. 2111. District of Minu- sinsk, Province of Yeniseisk. 63823 to 63826. 63814. MEDICAGO PLATYCARPA (L.) Trautv. rom Kwangtung Province, China. Collected Fabaceae. by F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, No. 1311. Province of Irkutsk, eastern IJureau of Plant Industry. Received Siberia. April 24, 1925. Notes by Mr. McClure. A Siberian alfalfa of erect habit, with 63823. EURYALE FEROX Salisb. Nympha- yellow flowers and large, flat, black pods. caceae. 63815 and 63816. MEDICAGO SATIVA L. Fa- No. 103. Slriuhing, on the West River. baceae. Alfalfa. Chi sat. Seeds of a hydrophytic plant said to resemble tbe lotus somewhat. It 63815. No. 1783. District of Slav- is covered with short spines, however, gordsk. Province of Omsk. and has very large, floating leaves. The 63816. No. 1784. District of Tatarsk, seeds must be kept moist from maturity Province of Omsk. (September) until planting time (April), or (hey will not grow. They are stored 63817. ONOBRYCIIIS VULGABIS Hill (0. wet in large earthen jars. If used for riciac folia Scop.). Fabaceae. food, however, they are immediately dried, the shell removed, and the starchy No. 2110. District of Minusinsk, Prov- kernels placed on the market. The most ince of Yeniseisk. notable use to which the seeds of this 63818. PIILEUM PHLEOIDES (L.) Karst. plant are put is the feeding of a famous {P. boehmcri Wibel.). Poaceae. Grass. variety of cultivated fish known as man bing long lei ue. These fish are said to No. 211.1. District of Minusinsk, Prov- be characterized by very soft bones, fins, ince of Yeniseisk. and scales, the latter being eaten with tbe llrsli. Tbe Chinese attribute these A perennial, thickly matted grass, na- peculiar qualities of this fish to the fact tive to Europe and western Asia, with that they are fed on the seeds of chi sat. stems 1 to 2 feet high and gray-grcon These seeds are also used for human con- leaves up to 8 inches long. sumption and are considered to be a par- 63819. TRIFOLIUM REPENS L. Fabaceae. ticularly beneficial food. White clover. 63824. STIZOLOBIUM TACHYLOBIUM Piper No. 1842. Harbin, Manchuria. and Tracy. Fabaceae. 63820. VICIA AMOENA Fisch. Fabaceae. No. 101. March 2, 1925. Tax Jcau tsau tfsu. Seeds obtained at the Canton Chris- Vetch. tian College. This plant is a luxuriant No. 2109. District of Minusinsk, Prov- vine and is used in parts of China as ince of Yeniseisk. green manure. It makes a prodigious A perennial, hairy Siberian vetch, with growth. erect stems up to 2 feet high and purplish flowers. 63825. POTHOS sp. Araceae. 63821. MUSA URANOSCOPOS Lour. Musa- No, 120. March 14, 1925. Shck p'o fan ft. Cuttings obtained from the wilds ceue. Banana. near the village of lleunglokauk. This From China. Offshoots collected by F. A. is a pretty creeping plant which covers McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of the granite rocks in moist, shady situa- Plant Industry. Received April 27, 1925. tions. No. 107. March 10. 1925. Slwan pa tsiu, 6?826. (Undetermined.) Poaceae. Shni tsiu. From plants growing on a trash Bamboo. pile near the Hengwan monastery on the No. 105. March 6, 1925. Wack cJiuk. Tengoou Mountain, Kwangtung. The plants Cut lings obtained at the Canton Chris- are iy2 to 2 meters high, with leaves one- tian College. This is a very striking or- half to 1 meter long, bright-red flowers namental bamboo with golden-yellow blooming in the summer, and fruits said to culms, marked vertically with random be very seedy and not edible. The plants narrow stripes of bright green. It reaches do not appear to be cultivated by the Chi- a diameter of 9 or 10 centimeters and a nese around Canton, nor used by them for height of 10 meters when well estab- any purpose. (McClure.) lished. This bamboo is not common, but is seen here and there as an ornamental 63822. BEBBERI s REPLICATA W. W. in the Chinese gardens and monasteries. Smith. Berberidaceae. Barberry. From Wisley, Ripley, Surrey, England. 63827 and 63828. LILIUM spp. Lilia- Seeds presented by Fred J. Chittenden, ceae. Lily. director, Royal Horticultural Society Gardens. Received April 24, 1925. From Harbin, Manchuria. Seeds presented by 1*. Pavlov, president of the natural An evergreen barberry originally collected history section, Manchuria Research So- by George Forrest in thickets on the Shweli- ciety. Received April 28, 1925. 20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

63827 and 63828—Continued. 63830 to 63836—Continued. 63827. LILIUM DAURICUM Ker. 63834. LONICERA sp. Caprifoiiaceae. • A plant about 3 feet in height, with No. 577G. A shrub, 0 to 8 feet high, a smooth or slightly furrowed stem requiring shade and ample water, found which is green or tinned with brown or along streams in the forests. The leaves purple. The 20 to 50 horizontal leaves are dark green, the flowers yellow with are 3 to 5 inches long, and the flowers, large papery bracts, and the fruits are one to five in a cluster and 3 to 5 inches scarlet. It is very floriferous and par- across, are orange-red, slightly spotted ticularly striking when in fruit. with purplish black, and tinged with yellow in the center. The anthers are 63835. LONICERA sp. Caprifoiiaceae. red. No. 5872. A shrub, 2 to 3 feet high, bearing flowers of a purple-plum color For previous introduction see S. P. I. and large blue-black berries. It grows No. 58553. on steeo, sheltered, rocky slopes, in peaty- 83828. LILIUM MARTACON L. soil with rhododendrons, etc. The Martagon lily grows wild from 63836. LONICERA sp. Caprifoiiaceae. central and southern Europe to southwestern Siberia. The stem is 3 to (> No. 6106. A pale-yellow flowered bush feet high, often purple spotted, with or tree, 15 to 20 feet high, with orange- horizontal deep-green leaves 3 to 6 inches scarlet berries. The foliage is pale sea- long rind dull claret-purple flowers, green, almost glaucous. This species is spotted purplish black, with red anthers. found in fairly dry regions, in sandy From 3 to 20 flowers are produced at one soil, and in open meadows or thickets. time, usually in late June and July. 63837 to 63839. From Kwangtung Province, China. Pur- 63829. COIX LACEYMA - JOBI MA - YUEN chased by F. A. McClure, agricultural (Rom.) Stapf. Poaeeae. Adlay. explorer. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- ceived May 7, 1925. Notes by Mr. Mc- From l.iiiniio, P.ataan. Philippine Islands. Cl lire. Seeds presented by S. Youngberg, acting direeror, IUireau of Agriculture, Manila. 63837. COLOCASIA sp. Araceae. Received June 11, 1925. No. 113. Village of Ileunglokeuk. March 14, 1925. Fa t'au oo. This va- La Union. riety, of moderate size and oblong in The mn-yueu, or adlay, has attracted shape, is considered by the Chinese to be considerable attention as a cereal for trop- of excellent quality and flavor. Tubers. ical regions. According to P. J. Wester, 63838. DIOSCOREA L. Dioscorea- it is better than upland rice tor tropical Yam. agriculture in being more drought resistant, ceae. a heavier yi«>]der, and much less expensive No. 116. Village of Ileunglokeuk. to cultivate. The seeds can he used largely March 13, 192,.. Taal hung shne. A in the same manner as corn. red fleshed yam of good quality and flavor. Tubers. 63830 to 63836. j 63839. ZIISZIBEJI sp. Zinziberaceae. From Tibet. China. Seeds collected by No. 114. Village of Ileunglokeuk. Capt. F. Kingdon Ward and presented by March 13, 1925. XJiaan lieung. Culti- Maj. Lionel de Rothschild, London, Eng- vated and used in the village of Ileung- land. Received April 23, 1025. Notes lokeuk as a condim'ent. as is the ginger by Captain Ward. commonly grown around Canton. Rhi- Collected in the Tsangpo Valley during zomes. April and May, 1024. 63840. RUBUS sp. Rosaceae. 63830. IRIS sp. Iridaceae. From Stavanger, Norway. Plants pre- No. 5711). A purple-flowered plant, 0 sented by Thorn If Bryne. Received May inches in height, which grows in sandy 7, 1925.' soil in open alpine pastures at an alti- Paradise lierry. A large red raspberry, tude of 13,000 feet. almost as large"1 as the largest variety 63831. LILIUM sp. Liliaceae. known in cultivation, which is the Knglisli variety, the Royal. {Bryne.) No. 6428. A plant, 2 to 3 feet high, which grows on very steep, well-drained, i>\>v previous introduction see S. P. I. grass-clad slopes in fine sandy soil, under No. 5(5145. pine trees, etc. It bears a single terminal flower. 63841 to 63845. GOSSYPIUM spp, Mal- vaceae. Cotton. 63832. LONICERA sp. Caprifoiiaceae. From Nanking, China. Seeds presented by No. 56S8. A shrub, 6 feet high, which the University of Nanking, through T. grows in thick spruce forests and which H. Kearney, Bureau of Plant Industry. requires ample water and deep shade. Received May 2, 1925. The foliage and fruit are ornamental. The flowers were not seen. 63S41 to 63843. GOSSYPIUM NANKING Meyen. 63833. LONICERA sp. Caprifoiiaceae. The " Chinese " cotton of commerce is, No. 5753. A dwarf twiggy shrub, 1 to according to Watt (Wild and Cultivated 1% feet in height, growing in peaty soil Cottons of the World) an annual or on open slopes among dwarf rhododen- perennial bush, with delicate, sparsely drons. The flowers are small and yellow, branched stems and imperfectly cordate and the berries large, scarlet, and trans- leaves. The irregular-shaped seeds are lucent. densely coated with rufous velvet and APRIL 1 TO JUKE 30, 1925 21

63841 to 63845—Continued. 63850 to 63852—-Continued. bear a silky liber, which in all the better from the flesh; flesh golden j7ellow, varieties is white but often shows a tending soft, juicy, little fiber, slightly tendency to become reddish or khaki. lacking in sugar, only slightly stained This cotton is cultivated throughout around pit; pit iy2 inches by 1 inch, tropical Asia. pinkish, very sharply pointed. A freestone. The tree is fast growing, vigor- For previous introduction see S. P. I. ous, and prolific, and the fruits are ex- No. 62595. cellent for table use and could also be 63841. Greenish yellow flowers. used for canning and drying. Ripens at Chico, Calif., about the third week 63842. Hsiao lean Jew an. in August. (Row 18, tree 2, old test nursery.) 63843. Flowers small and white. 63852. Fruits medium sized, 2V2 by 2*4 63844. GOSSYPIUM sp. inches, oval or nearly so, slightly oblique at base; cavity broad, fairly Million Dollar. deep ; suture medium npex with 63845. GOSSYPIUM sp. small point ; skin golden yellow, thick, tough, adhering to flesh, pubescence F 5. very heavy ; flesh golden yellow, tending juicy, firm, tough, rattier flat, lack- 63846 to 63849. ORNITIIOGALTJM spp. ing in sugar, not stained near pit: pit Liliaceae. 1 by l;;i inches extended into a sharp point. This attractive clingstone From Bonnie Vale, Cape Province, South peach, which appears to have promise Africa. Seeds purchased from the Win- for canning, ripens at Chico, Calif., ton Nurseries. Received April 30, 1025. about the third week in August. (Row 18, tree 4, old test nursery.) In South Africa these liliaceous plants are known as " chinkerichees." They have become popular in that country as orna- 63853 and 63854. GARCINIA spp. Clusi- mentals. When dried the flowers retain acoae. their form and color admirably and for this reason can be used as " everlastings." From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by the acting Director of Agri- 63846. ORNITHOGALUM sp. culture, Bureau of Agriculture. Re- Cream colored. ceived May 0, 1925. 63847. OUNITHOGALUM sp. 63853. GARCINIA BINUCAO (Blanco) Choisy. Binukao. Double white. The binukao, a relative of the mango- 63848. OKNITHOGALUM sp. steen, is a handsome tree which is very common- in certain parts of the Philip- Orange colored. pine Islands, notably in Luzon and the Visayan Islands. W. IT. Brown, in Wild 63849. OKNITHOGALUM sp. Food Plants of the Philippines, states White. that the yellowish rounded fruits, nearly 2 inches in diameter, with a very acid pulp and numerous seeds, are eaten with 63850 to 63852. AMYGDALUS PERSICA L. fish by the Filipinos. The small red (Primus persica Stokes). Amygda- flowers are borne in dense clusters. The laceae. Peach. binukao will probably not endure low temperatures, since it comes from a In 1913 seeds of the Shalil peach were tropical region. introduced from the Kurram Valley, North- west Provinces, India. The following seed- For previous introduction see S. P. I. lings, grown at the Plant Introduction Gar- No. 59376. den, Chico, Calif., appear worthy of propa- 63854. GARCIXIA VENULOSA (Blanco) gation and are therefore assigned numbers, April, 1925, for convenience in distribution. Choisy. Like the preceding [S. P. I. No. 63853], 63850. Fruit round to oval, small. 2 the katuri is also a wild Philippine rela- inches in diameter ; cavity of medium tive of the mangosteen. It is described depth, rather broad ; suture shallow ; by P. J. Wester (Food Plants of the skin light yellow, thin, tender, heavily Philippines, p. 105) as a tree about 40 pubescent, "separating easily from the feet high, with large oblong leathery flesh ; flesh golden yellow, medium leaves, which is widely distributed juicy, little fiber, slightly lacking in throughout the Philippines, but not culti- sugar, fair quality, not stained around vated. The round fruits, about 2 inches the pit; pit 1% inches by 1 inch, in diameter, have an acid pulp contain- brown, sharply pointed. A freestone. ing several fiat seeds. The natives eat The tree is large and vigorous and has this fruit with fish, and it would probably proved very satisfactory at Chico as make good preserves. stock. The fruits are good for drying and also for canning. Ripens at Chico, Calif., about the third week in August. 63855. CAREX PUMILA Thunb. Cypera- (Row 18, tree 1, old test nursery.) ceae. Sedge. From New Zealand. Seeds presented by 63851. Fruit nearly round or oval, 2*4 W. C. Coker, University of North Caro- by 2 inches ; cavity of medium depth, lina, through A. S. Hitchcock, Bureau of fairly abrupt, slightly elongated along Plant Industry. Received May 9, 1925. suture; suture distinct, very shallow; apex with very small point; skin Sent by Captain Ellis, State forester of golden yellow, rather thick but tender, New Zealand, who says this is the best sand heavily pubescent, separating easily binder of that country. (Coker.) 22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

63856 to 63866. OLEA ETJROPAEA L. 63869 to 63875. Oleaceae. Olive. From Kwangtung Province, China. Seeds and rhizomes collected by F. A. McClure, From Pescia, Province of Lucca, Italy. agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Plants purchased from E. d'Uliva & Fra- Industry. Received May 7, 1925. Notes telli. Received May 11, 1925. Notes by Mr. McClure. taken from the catalogue of d'Uliva & Fratelli. 63869. PISUM SATIVUM L. Fabaceae. A collection of Italian varieties, not Pea. known in the American trade, introduced No. 119. Village of Heunglokeuk, March for trial in the olive-growing sections of 13, 1925. Maa-k tau, iSuet tau, Chun tau. the United States. Seeds of a sturdy, low-growing, self-supporting vine which produces, in fair 63856. Ascolana. A canning variety cul- aMnulanee, rather large peas of good tivated from time immemorial in As- liavor and quality. The flowers are very coli. It is a constant and abundant ornamental, the lower petal being pale fruiter, with large, dark-green, lightly lavender, the next pair wine red, and undulate leaves. The large fruits are the inner pair pink. This variety, planted almost spherical, with rich, delicate here in November, begins to bear in De- flesh of pleasant flavor; the seed is ccinl)-1!1 or January and continues until small. March. 63870 to 6S375. (Undetermined.) Po- 63857. Aslolani. iuwie. Bamboo. 63858. Dolce del Marocco. A variety with fruits larger than those grown for 63870. (Undetermined.) oil, especially adapted for drying. No. 108. March 14, 1925. Kom clink. A variety growing wild along a small 63859. Enijuiolo. stream in the Chunwong Mountains, near the village of Heunglokeuk, at an 63880. Frantoi. Cultivated for oil. altitude of 300 meters. The young shoots of this bamboo are highly es- 63861. Grappolo. Rather large olives, tvemed by the Chinese of this neigh- produced in clusters. The fruits are borhood. This bamboo, as seen in its rich in oil. native habitat, is rather small in stature, being only 2 to 2.5 meters in 63862. Lecci. A vigorous variety culti- height and 1 to 1.5 centimeters in di- vated for oil. ameter between the lower nodes. Its best shoots are produced on the loose 63863. Mauriiii. An excellent new va- silt loam banks of the stream, but it riety, producing oil of good quality. can not held its own here so well as on the wet sand and gravel at the edge 63864. Raccmo. A prolific variety, dis- of the water, where it produces an im- ease resistant, with ashy green leaves ; penetrable network of rhizomes. It the ovoid fruits are rich in oil. might be used to excellent advantage 63865. Muraioll. A vigorous drought- for preventing erosion in such situa- resistant and disease-resistant variety tions. vJiich yields an abundance of oil of good quality. 63871. (Undetermined.) No. 109, March 14, 1925. Wong 63866. Zantis. kom chuk. Obtained from the wild, at an altitude of o00 meters, in the Chun- wong Mountains, near Heunglokeuk. 63867. BIIASSICA sp. Brassicaceae. A dense grove of this bamboo, whose canes are about 3 meters in height From Kwangtung Province, China. Seeds and 1.5 to 2 centimeters in diameter collected by F. A. McClure, agricultural between the lower nodes, completely explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- conceals the tiny stream, along which ceived May 7, 1925. these rhizomes were growing, for a considerable distance. This variety, No. 118. March 9, 1925. You tsoi. like No. 108 IS. P. I. No. G3870], Seeds collected from plants which had forms its toughest and most impreg- escaped from cultivation, growing along the nable network of rhizomes in the wet bank of the West River near Lohyanchung. sand immediately at the edge of the (McClure.) water, but its finest shoots are produced in the rich-brown loose soil of 63868. NEOGLAZIOVIA VARIEGATA (Ar- the bank near by. The shoots are edible, but the Chinese say that it is ruda) Mez (Billbcrgla variegata necessary to parboil them in order to Schult.). Bromeliacea e. remove the slightly bitter taste. The canes are put to ' a number of uses, From Bahia, Brazil. Plants obtained from particularly to the weaving of garden Dr. II. II. Brown, St. Albans, Vt., through fences. The upper portions of the L. II. Dewey, Bureau of Plant Industry. canes, with their numerous, slender Received May G, 1925. side branches, are bound into brooms The caroa is a plant 4 or 5 feet high, which are widely used locally and are of the same family as the pineapple, and is shipped even as far as Canton. found wild in the caatingas or dry regions of eastern Brazil. The natives extract the 63872. (Undetermined.) fiber for the purpose of making baskets, No. 110. March 14, 1925. Fat t'o ropes, and hammocks, but the quantity ob- chuk, Fat ch-uk. These rhizomes are tained is not sufficient for export. It is from the native vegetation in a ravine now introduced for trial in the southern near Heunglokeuk, in the Chunwong United States by fiber-plant specialists. It Mountains, where this variety had been is also being tested as a possible paper planted. This is another relatively material. small bamboo (2 to 2.5 m'eters high APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 23

63869 to 63875—Continued. 63880 to 63889—Continued. and 2 centimeters in diameter), whose 63880. Due de Manchester. edible shoots are considered a close second in quality to those of No. 108 63881. Gris

63873. (Undetermined.) 63890 to 63894. GOSSYPIUM BAUBADENSE No. 111. Near the village of Ilcung- L. Malvaceae. Cotton. lokeuk. March 14, 1J)L'5. Kan cluik. From Egypt. Seeds presented by It. II. This bamboo is commonly planted on Forbes,* Coinpagnio (lenerale dos Col- the mountain sides and allowed to onies, Kulikoro, French Sudan, French shift for itself among the native vege- West Africa. Received May G, 1925. tation. Under those conditions the plant attains a height of - to .'-> meters Notes by Mr. Forbes. and a diameter of 1.5 to '2 centimeters. The following seeds are from the I.alitien The coarse rod soil in which these Farm. plants wore growing is formed from granite. A thin layer of dark soil 63890. No. 40a. Saka. Fathi. accumulates where the natural vegetation is permanent. The bamboo 63891. No. 40b. Upper Egypt. Flourishes best, of course, where this 63882. No. 40;-. Saka. PiUon. layer is thickest. The young shoots are eaten, being taken just as they 63893. Xo. 4(5d. Saka. Ashmouni. appear at the top of the ground. Its season begins about the middle of 63894. No. -JGe. Saka. Ca.zzouli. April. 63874. (Undetermined.) 63895 to 63900. No. 112. March 13, 1025. This From Tammisto, Malm, Finland. Seeds pre- bamboo was growing near the village sented by .1. O. Saulis, manager of the of llounglokouk, where it is allowed plant-breeding station, through C. R. If) shift for itself among the native Bail, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received vegetation on the steep banks of a May 12, V.V2Z. ravine. The caries roach a height of A collection of local varieties originated 4 meters and a diameter of 2 to 2.5 at Tammisto. centimeters between the nodes in the habitat described, but the variety is 63895 to 63897. AVEXA SATIVA L. Poa- said to become much larger under more coao. Oats. favorable cultural conditions. The young shoots are of excellent quality 63895. Esa. and fair size. Their season begins in 63896. Pelso. April. 63897. Vyto. 63875. (Undetermined.) 63898 and 63899. HOHDEUM DISTICHON [Sent in without notes.] I'ALMELLA Itarlan. Poaceae. 63876 to 63879. PISUM SATIYTJM L. Two-rowed barley. Fabaceae. Pea. 63898. Halikko Xo. .?. 63899. Uurainen. From Wellington. New Zealand. Seeds obtained from F. Cooper, through 1). N. 63900. IIOUDEUM VUI.OAUK PALLIDUM Se- Shoemaker. Bureau of 1'lant Industry. ri nge. J'oaceae. Six-rowed barley. Received May 8, 1925. FAirly 028,1 Locally developed strains. 63901 to 63904. OKYZA SATIVA L. Poa- 63876. Austral. ceae. Rice. 63877. Richard Scddon. From Jorhat. India. Seeds presented by 63878. Tc Aroh a. Dr. S. K. Mitra. Economic botanist to the 63879. Wellington. Government of Assam. Received May 8, 101'5. 63880 to 63889. PISUM SATIVUM L. The following varieties are from the Fabaceae. Pea. Karimganj Farm. From Bretigny sur Orge, France. Seeds 63901. No. S-149. India Sail. obtained from L. Clause, through D. N. 63902. No. S-15G. Nagra Sail. Shoemaker, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received May 8, 1925. 63903. No. S-159. Dudshar. Locally developed strains. 63904. No. S-232. King's Oicn. 24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

63905 and 63906. TRITICUM AESTIVUM 63908 to 63967—Continued. L. (T. vulgare Vill.). Poaceae. to 14 inches in height and weighs Common wheat. about S to 10 pounds. From Tammisto, Malm, Finland. Seeds pre* 63914. BRASSICA sp. sented by J. O. Saulis, manager of the plant-breeding station, through C. R. Ball, No. 2331. A variety which is said Bureau of Plant Industry. Received May to have a diameter of 4 to 6 inches. 12,1925. 63915. BRASSICA sp. Local varieties originated at Tammisto. • No. 2332. SJiansi pe'i Ian (kohl- rabi of Shansi). This seed came 63905. Winter SuJekula. from Shansi Province and is said to 63906. Spring Tammi. grow to S or more inches in diameter. 63907. LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM Mill. 63916. CAXNABIS SATIVA L. Moraceae. Solanaceae. Tomato. Hemp. No. 2885. Paotingfu. March 10, 1925. From Bordeaux, France. Seeds presented by Prof. L. Beille, director, Jardin Bo- 63917 and 63918. CITRULLUS VULGARIS tanique de Talence. Received May 7, Schrnd. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 1925. 63917. No. 2333. Paotingfu. March 10, 1925. Ta hei kuan hsi kua (large Var. ccrasiforme. A yellow-fruited form black-vase watermelon), said to have of the cherry tomato. originally come from Shantung Province. This variety grows from 63908 to 63967. 10 to 15 inches in diameter and 16 From Chihli Province, China. Seeds ob- to IN inches in length; the skin is tained by P. II. Dorsett, agricultural ex- black and the flesh yellow. plorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 63918. No. 2334. Paotingfu. March 10, ceived May 5, 1925. Notes bv Mr. Dor- 1925. A sm'all red-seeded water- sett. melon also said to have originally come from Shantung Province. It 63908. AMYGDALUS PERSICA L. (Primus is a rod-fleshed, yellow-skinned va- persica Stokes). Amygdalaceae. rioty about 8 inches in diameter and Peach. 16 to 20 inches in length. No. 2898. March 14, 1925. T'u t'ao (wild peach) from Lijeulsu, which is a 63919. EUONYMUS sp. Celastraceae. big deciduous fruit-growing section in an No. 2318. En route from Mentoukou immense broad level valley near Pao- to Toli. Niang niang ch'uan (empress tingfu. This variety is also called hand). Obtained from a shrub growing " earth peach " by the natives. It is out of the top of a monk's tomb or used for stock upon which to graft or monument in what is known as Tartar bud the commercial varieties. Cemetery. 63909. BENINCASA IIISPIDA (Thunb.) 63920 and 63921. FAGOPTRUM VULGARE Cogn. Cucurbitaceae. Wax gourd, Hill (F. esculentum Moench). Polyg- onaceae. Buckwheat. No. 2408. Loutai, near Peking. March 17, 1925. A winter variety. 63920. No. 2355. Poyi. March 11, 1925. A locally grown variety. 63910 tb 63915. BRASSICA spp. Brassica- ceae. 63921. No. 2886. Shenchou. March 1.4, 1925. A locally grown variety. Paotingfu. March 10, 1925. 63922. HIBISCUS CANNABINUR L. Malva- 63910. BRASSICA sp, ceae. Ambari hemp. No. 2338. Paotingfu. March 10, 1925. Ching ma (green hemp). A locally grown variety. 63923. HOLCUS SORGHUM L. (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) Poaceae, Sorghum, No. 2413. Loutai. March 17, 1925. A sticky white variety. 63924. HORDEUM sp. Poaceae. Barley. No. 2341. Paotingfu. March 10, 1925. Called " king barley " or " awn' barley." 63925. HORDEUM sp. Poaceae. Barley, No. 2397. Tunkechuang. March 15, 63912. BRASSICA sp. 1925. Called by the Chinese " rice bar- No. 2329. Hsiao pai k'ou pai ts'ai ley." (small white mouth cabbage). A variety, about 12 to"13 inches high and 63926. HORDEUM sp. Poaceae. Barley. with the leaves spreading out," which No. 2411. Loutai. March 17, 1925. is planted in July or earlier. It is These seeds are also called " rice bar- not commonly planted, but is said to ley " by the Chinese. be of very good quality. 63927 and 63928. PANICUM MILIACEUM L. 63913. BRASSICA sp. Poaceae. Proso. No. 2380. Ho t'ao iven pad ts'ai 63927. No. 2400. Loutai. March 17, (walnut-hulled cabbage), commonly 1925. An early variety which is planted here. This variety, the head used mostly for food during the New resembling a walnut hull, grows 13 Year season. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 25

63908 to 63967—Continued. 63908 to 63967—Continued. 63928. No. 2409. Loutai. March 17. 63950. No. 2384. Shenchou. March 1925. Seeds of a sticky variety of . 14, 1925. This variety is small millet. and light green. 63929 to 63934. PHASEOLUS ANGULARIS 63951. No. 2406. Loutai. March 17. (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Fabaceae. 1925. Ch'a tou (tea soy bean). A Adsuki bean. variety having large mahogany- brown seeds. 63929. No. 2348. Paotingfu. March 10, 1925. A small black variety. 63952. SPINACIA OLERACEA L. Chenopodi- aceae. Spinach. 63930. No. 2352. Poyi. March 11, 1925. Small white beans. No. 2337. Paotingfu. March 10, 1925. Paoting po ts'ai (spinach of Paotingfu). 63931. No. 2404. Loutai. March 17, A locally grown variety. 1925. A small bean mottled gray and black. 63953 to 63957. TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. (T. vulgare Vill.). Poaceae. 63932. No. 2405. Loutai. March 17, Common wheat. 1925. A variety having small red beans. 63953. No. 2350. Paotingfu. March 10, 1925. A locally grown winter 63933 and 63934. No. 2412. Peking. wheat. March 17, 1925. A small variety which appears to be a mixture. 63954. No. 2356. Poyi. March 11, 1925. Locally grown winter variety. 63933. A. Light-brown variety. 63955. No. 2387. Shenchou. March 63934. B. Dirty straw-colored variety. 14, 1925. Winter wheat which is 63935 to 63938. PHASEOLUS AUREDS Roxb. locally grown. Fabaceae. Mung bean. 63956. No. 2402. Loutai. March 17, 63935. No. 2351. Paotingfu. March 1925. White wheat, which is said 10, 1925. A locally grown green to make the best flour. variety. 63957. No. 2410. Loutai. March 17, 63936. No. 2354. Poyi. March 11, 1925. Spring wheat. 1925. A locally grown green va- 63958 and 63959. VIGNA SESQUIPEDALIS riety. (L.) Fruwirth. Fabaceae. 63937. No. 2383. Shenchou. March 14, Yard Long bean. 1925. This is another locally grown 63958. No. 2339. Paotingfu. March green variety. 10, 1925. A rather small, reddish, 63938. No. 2398. Loutai. March 17, locally grown bean called by the 1925. A yellow variety. Chinese " vegetable bean." 63939. PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L. Fabaceae. 63959. No. 2401. Loutai. March 17, Common bean. 1925. A terra-cotta colored variety also called " vegetable bean." No. 2336. Paotingfu. March 10, 1925. A large red garden bean imported from 63960 to 63965. VIGNA SINENSIS (Torner) northwestern China. Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea* 63940 to 63951. SOJA MAX (L.) Piper 63960. No. 2342. Paotingfu. March (Glifdtie hispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 10, 1925. A locally grown brown- Soy bean. eyed cowpea. 63940 to 63950. Locally grown varieties. 63961. No. 2343. Paotingfu. March 10. 1925. A pink cowpea mottled 63940. No. 2344. Paotingfu. March pink and white which is said to be 10, 1925. A black variety. locally grown. 63941. No. 2345. Paotingfu. March 63962. No. 2358. Poyi. March 11, 10, 1925. Ch'a tou (tea soy 1925. A locally grown brown-eyed bean). A large dark-brown va- cowpea. riety. 63963. No. 2385. Shenchou. March 14, 63942. No. 2346. Paotingfu. March 1925. A locally grown variety mot- 10. 1925. This is a large green tled brown. soy bean. 63964. No. 2388. Shenchou. March 14, 63943. No. 2347. Paotingfu. March 1925. This is a brown-eyed variety 10, 1925. Small yellow variety. which is locally grown. 63944. No. 2349. Paotingfu. March 63965. No. 2403. Loutai. March 17, 10, 1925. Small green soy bean. 1925. A brown mottled cowpea. 63945. No. 2353. Poyi. March 11, 63966 and 63967. ZEA MAYS L. Poaceae. 1925. Green variety. Corn. 63946. No. 2357. Poyi. March 11, 63966. No. 2399. Loutai. March 17, 1925. A large green soy bean. 1925. An early yellow flint corn. 63967. No. 2407. Loutai. March 17, 63947. No. 2359. Poyi. March 11, 1925. A late yellow flint variety. 1925. This is a rather small black variety. 63968. BATJHINIA BLAKEANA Dunn. 63948. No. 2381. Shenchou. March Caesalpiniaceae. 14, 1925. A small black soy bean. From China. Cuttings collected by F. A. 63949. No. 2382. Shenchou. March McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau 14, 1924. A large deep-green va- of Plant Industry. Received May 20, riety. 1925. 46980—27 4 26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

No. 122. Hong Kong Botanic Gardens. Islands. It forms dense masses of stems April 4, 1925. Tez king, Hung fa tsz king. which frequently rise to the height of from A beautiful tree 10 meters high, with gray 4 to 6 feet, and the long tapering leaves to buff-colored bark and large deep-green hang over gracefully in curves, from 5 to 8 2-lobed leaves whose shape suggests the feet long and an inch wide at the base. common English name, " camel's foot." The plant is much relished by cattle, being The deep-red flowers of this species are very nutritious and containing saccharin. enormous compared with those of the other The inner portion of the stem a little way species known here (being as much as 7 above the root is soft and crisp and fla- centimeters in diameter), and are borne vored like a hazelnut; the inhabitants of abundantly. They occur in long spikes, the Falkland Islands are very fond of it. opening one floret at a time progressively They also boil the young shoots and eat from the bottom. The species is not known them like asparagus. to have produced fruits here, the pistil dropping from the receptacle with the rest of the flower. Mr. Green, the superintend- 63973 and 63974. PHALARIS BULBOSA ent of the gardens, says he has tried hand Jusl. Poaceae. pollinating without success. The advantage of this species as far as the conditions From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from here are concerned is that it is evergreen, Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received June its foliage being very healthy and verdant 22, 1925. throughout the year, and that its flowers A perennial, tufted grass, 2 to 8 feet open during the "winter months before the high, with shiny leaves about two-fifths of advent of the June bugs (usually in March an inch wide, native to the Mediterranean or April), from whose voracious appetites countries. It is now cultivated in New no ornamental is immune. (McClure.) South Wales, where it appears to be an excellent permanent winter grass for coastal and table-land districts. It is 63969. ORYZA SATIVA L. Poaceae. drought resistant. Seed is difficult to save Rice. on account of shattering. Prom Bangkok, Siam. Seeds presented by 63973. No. 1. Received as Phalaris coer- Phya Sihasakti Snidvongs, Director of ulescens, but sample has been identified Agriculture, through Dr. H. M. Smith, as P. bulbosa. director Siamese Bureau of Fisheries, Received June 15, 1925. 63974. No. 2. A locally grown strain. 63975. PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA L. Phoe- nicaceae. Date palm. 63970 and 63971. SESBAN spp. Faba- From Cairo, Egypt. Offshoots purchased ceae. through Ernest Wright and Mahmoud From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Bey Abaza, director of the horticultural Seeds presented by I. B. Pole Evans, section of the Egyptian Ministry of Ag- chief, division of botany. Received June riculture, at the request of S. C. Mason, 18, 1925. Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 27, 1925. 63970. SESBAN AEGYPTIACUM Poir. The Sam'any date is one of the most A stout shrubby plant, 6 to 10 feet in striking and characteristic varieties of height, which, according to J. F. Rock Lower Egypt, and by the natives it is (The Leguminous Plants of Hawaii, p. counted one of the best. The trees are 154), is native in tropical Asia and very heavy bodied and have longer leaves northern Australia. The yellow flowers, than any other variety I have measured. spotted with purple, are borne in axil- In fruit the Samany is easily the most lary clusters about 4 inches long. In striking and peculiar of all the delta Australia the leaves are much relished varieties. The heavy, compact bunches by livestock, and the wood is used in are borne unevenly on coarse, strong making charcoal for gunpowder. strands, the fruits being about 2y2 inches long and l1/^ inches broad and rather 63971. SESBAN CINERASCENS Welw. oblique. The Samany never becomes a Like the preceding, this tropical Afri- packing date, but is gathered hard ripe can shrub, according to Oliver (Flora of and used in confections or is eaten in the Tropical Africa, vol. 2), has yellow rutab stage. The offshoots command the flowers spotted with purple. It has a highest prices of any variety in Egypt, for graceful habit, with slender branches and the reason that they are in great demand compound leaves composed of 15 to 20 for planting in the gardens of the new pairs of leaflets. The flowers are in lax country and suburban places around Alex- clusters, and the pods are up to a foot andria. The feature that makes the in length. Samany of especial promise is its ability to succeed in the cool, humid climate of the coastal region. (Mason.) 63972. POA FLABELLATA (Lam.) Hook, f. Poaceae. Tussock grass. 63976. BAMBOS sp. Poaceae. Bamboo. From Kew, Surrey, England. Seeds presented by Dr. Thomas V. Chipp, Royal From Algiers, Algeria. Plant collected by Botanic Gardens. Received June 18, David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, 1925. Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April G, 1925. These seeds originally came from the Falkland Islands. (Chipp.) Jardin d'Essais. A beautiful blue- stemmed species which is distinguished by According to Hogg (Vegetable Kingdom, the culm sheaths either being entirely p. 823), this is a coarse grass which grows devoid of ligules ov else the ligules are on peaty soil near the sea in the Falkland very evanescent. (FaircJiild.) APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 27

63977. GENISTA SPHAEROCARPA Lam. 63978 to 63997—Continued. Fabaceae. An Argentinian tree, sometimes as From Morocco. Cuttings collected by much as 90 feet tall, with a rounded David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, habit and attractive fernlike foliage. Bureau of Plant Industry. Received The large blue flowers are in terminal June 24, 1925. panicles a foot long. The wood is valued in Argentina for cabinetwork. From near Demnat. May 31, 1925. A charming drooping desert shrub covered 63988 to 63990. MELICA spp. Poaceae. with delicate brilliant yellow flowers some- Grass. what resembling small orchids. (Fair- 63988. MELICA ALTISSIMA L. child. ) A rather tall perennial European grass, 3 to 4 feet in height, with 63978 to 63997. creeping rhizomes, which forms a loose turf. The leaf sheaths and the backs From Paris, France. Seeds presented by of the leaves are very rough. Prof. D. Bois, Paris Museum of Natural History. Received June 5, 1925. 63989. MELICA CILIATA L. A gray-green perennial grass, with A collection introduced chiefly for test- stolons 4 inches or more long and ing as forage plants. stems up to 3 feet in height. The 63978 to 63983. ASTRAGALUS spp. Fab- leaf blades are narrow, with rough, aceae. bristly margins. Native to rocky places in eastern Europe. 63978. ASTRAGALUS BUBALOCERAS Maire. 63990. MELICA UNIFLORA Retz. 63979. ASTRAGALUS FRIGIDUS A. Gray. A bright-green perennial grass, na- A perennial upright or ascending, tive to shady humid places in eastern entirely unbranched or with very few Europe. The creeping rhizome is about branches. Native to alpine slopes 4 inches long, and the thick lax stems throughout northern Europe and Asia. bear three or four narrow leaves. 63980. ASTRAGALUS GALEGIFORMIS L. 63991. PASPALUM RACEMOSUM Lam. Poa- A perennial upright, slightly hairy ceae. plant 1 to 3 feet high, native to south- A tropical American grass which is best eastern Europe and Asia Minor. adapted to the moist or alluvial soils of the Southern States. It grows from a 63981. ASTRAGALUS GLYCYPHYLLOIDES rootstock, with rather coarse tender DC. stems and leaves, reaching a height of A perennial plant with ascending about 2 feet. It has promise as a hay stems and rather large oval leaflets. or pasture grass. (C. V. Piper, Bureau Native to eastern Europe and Asia of Plant Industry:) Minor. 63992. PHLEUM PHLEOIDES (L.) Karst. (P. 63982. ASTRAGALUS HAMOSUS L. boehmeri Wibel.). Poaceae. Grass. An annual gray-green hairy plant A perennial, gray-green, loosely cespi- with prostrate or ascending stems 8 tose grass, with a short creeping rhizome inches to a foot in length. Native to and stems 1 to 2 feet high. Native to sunny places in the Mediterranean dry stony places throughout central countries. Europe. 63993. POECILANTHE PARVIFLORA Benth. 63983. ASTRAGALUS PONTICUS Pall. Fabaceae. A hairy-«temmed species with dense The lapuchillo, as it is called in its axillary flower heads. Native to south- native home on the Uruguay River, is a ern Russia. tree of great beauty, with its finely di- 63984. ERODIUM CICOXIUM (Jusl.) Willd. vided leaves and small but dense clusters Goraniaceae. of pink flowers. The heartwood is dark brown, very hardy, heavy, and durable. An annual hairy plant, belonging to the geranium family, with stout ascend- 63994. TRIFOLIUM RUBENS L. Fabaceae. ing branches, oval leaves, and purple A perennial clover with a widely creep- flowers. Native to southern Europe and ing rhizome and upright glabrous stems Asia Minor. 1 to 2 feet high. Native to rocky places 63985. ERODIUM MAXESCAVI COSS. Gerani- and thickets in the Mediterranean region. aceae. 63995. TRIFOLIUM SQUARROSUM L. Fab- A perennial plant, belonging to the aceae. geranium family, about a foot and a An upright or ascending robust annual, half high, with narrow leaves G inches with branches up to 30 inches in length, or more in length and rosy purple flowers native to the Mediterranean countries. about 2 inches across. It grows wild in The pink or white flower heads are oval the Pyrenees Mountains. when young, becoming more elongated later. 63986. GAUDIXIA FRAGILIS (L.) Beauv. 1'oaceac Grass. 63996. TRIGOXELLA EXSIFERA Trautv. Fa- baceae. An annual ascending grass, 8 inches to 2 feet high, with thick, roughly hairy An annual leguminous plant, very leaves, confined almost entirely to the closely allied to the fenugreek (Trigo- Mediterranean countries. wrlla foenum-graecum), from which it differs chiefly in having hairy pods and 63987. JACARANDA CHBLOxiA Griseb. Big- the lack of odor in its seeds. Its native noniaceae. country is unknown. 28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

Blanca has proved to possess an unusual 63978 to 63997—Continued. degree of precocity, resistance to drought, 63997. TRIGONELLA HAMOSA L. Pabaceae. and length of fiber and strength which classes it with the Yuma in value to the An annual leguminous plant, native to spinners. While still unimproved suffi- northern Africa and Asia Minor, with ciently to be called a pure cotton, its be- elongated prostrate stems up to 2 inches havior under the dry-land conditions of long. Morocco on laterite silicious soils where the rainfall is only 800 millimeters per 63998 to 64001. year warrants its being thoroughly studied by American cotton breeders. (David Fair- From Sydney, New South Wales. Seeds child, Bureau of Plant Industry.) presented by J. A. Whittet, agrostologist, New South Wales Department of Agri- 64002. GOSSYPIUM sp. culture. Received June 22, 1925. Seeds from the 1923 crop. 63998. ACACIA ANEURA F. Muell. Mimo- saceae. 64003. GOSSYPIUM sp. In New South Wales, where this tall Seeds from the 1924 crop. shrub is native, it is known as the m'ulga, or yarren, and in times of severe 64004. HORDEUM VULOARE PALLIDUM drought it is considered a good source SeiMige. Ponreae. Six-rowed barley. of forage for livestock. The wood is very hard and is valued as timber. From Algiers, Algeria. Seeds presented by ,l)r. L. Trabut. Received June 23, 1925. 63999. ACACIA FEXDULA A. Cunn. Mimo- sa ceae. Orjje Chedret. Collected in the Sahara Desert. April, 1925. (Trabut.) A handsome evergreen tree, native to Australia, where the leaves and young branches are eagerly eaten by cattle and 64005. IRTS PUMILA L. Iridaceae. sheep. In times of drought the myall, as the tree is called in Australia, is fre- From Tiflis, Georgia, Caucasus. Seeds pre- quently cut down and fed to stock, which sented by the director of the botanic gar- seem to thrive on this fodder. Horses den. Received June 30, 1925. do not care for it. Var. violacea. For previous introduction see S. P. I. A dwarf hardy iris with linear leaves 2 No. 62867. to 4 inches long, stomless or nearly so, with bright-blue flowers. It is naUve to 64000. GEIJKIIA PARVIFLORA Lindl. Ruta- southeastern Europe and Asia Minor, and ceae. under cultivation spreads rapidly. The wilga is a tall shrub or a tree, native to the interior of New South 64006 to 64013. MUSA PARADISIACA SA- Wales, where it reaches a height of about 30 feet. It has slender pendulous PIENTTJM (L.) Kuntze. Musaceae. branches, narrow leaves 3 to 6 inches Banana. long, and when well developed has a highly ornamental appearance with sonic- From Honolulu, Hawaii. Suckers pre- thing of the aspect of a weeping willow. sented by Willis T. Pope, horticulturist, It has remarkable drought-enduring quali- Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. ties, and the leaves are often fed to Received May, 1925. sheep, which are very fond of them. 64006. The Brazilian, as it is known lo- For previous introduction see S. P. I. cally, is considered by some authorities No. 62.S65. as the finest variety in the Hawaiian Islands for eating raw. According to 64001. STERCULIA DIVERS [FOLIA Don. Bulletin 7 of the Hawaii Agricultural Sterculiaceae. Experiment Station, page 45, it was introduced into Hawaii from Tahiti A tall evergreen Australian tree with about 1855 and probably is the same as shining green foliage. In New South the variety known in Java as pisang Wales it Is called the " kurrajong." The rajah or "pisang medji, the " dessert leaves are fed to cattle in the arid in- banana." The plant is a vigorous terior lands. This may be the same as grower, 25 to 35 feet high, roots firmly the tree now grown in California under and withstands winds, ratoons freely the same name. and serves as a windbreak for more For previous introduction see S. P. I. delicate varieties. The flower end of No. 49002. the fruit is drawn out into a kind of beak. The skin is yellow, easily separating from the fruit. The variety is 64002 and 64003. GOSSYPITJM spp. Mal- not satisfactory for shipping, because vaceae. Cotton. the fruit falls from the stem. From Rabat. Morocco. Seeds presented by Em. Miege, chief, Service de 1'Experimen- For previous introduction see S. P. I. tation Agricole au Maroc. Received June No. 58447. 23, 1925. 64007. Chamaluco. This variety is de- Sar-sar cotton. According to its discov- scribed as follows in Bulletin 25, De- erer, Mr. Mi^ge. this cotton has been given partamento de Agricultura y Trabajo, the name of the native tribe which has Porto Rico, page 19 : The plant is from been growing it from time immemorial. In 10 to 15 feet in height, with medium- all probability it is a hybrid between sized leaves, and, when grown in fer- Gosffypium pcrurianum and (J. punctutum. tile soil, the bunches of fruit are rather As described by Mr. Miege, in his Noto sur large. There are two types, one with un Cotonnier Marocain, published in the green and the other with gray fruits. Annales du Musee Colonial de Marseille, The greater part of these fruits are series 4, vol. 2, 1924, this is a variety eaten cooked at the time when other which in actual tests in Rabat and Casa varieties are ripe. APKIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 29

64006 to 64013—Continued. 64016 to 64021. VIGNA SINENSIS (Tor- For previous introduction see S. P. I. ner) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. No. 58448. From* Giza, Egypt. Seeds presented by 64008. Chinese. A variety introduced Dr. Tewfik Fahmy, Ministry of Agricul- from Tahiti into the Hawaiian Islands ture. Received May 16, 1925. about 1855 and described in Bulletin Locally developed strains. 7 of the Hawaii Agricultural Experi- ment Station, page 44, as follows : The 64016. Dirrij No. 2. plant is of very low growth, the fruit of good flavor, and the bunch of large 64017. Rust Immune. size. It is an excellent variety for .shipping. 64018. Baladi. 64019. Dirry No. h- For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 58449. 64020. Asmerlx. 64009. Largo. According to J. E. Higgins 64021. Dirry Nos. 3 and 5. (Bulletin 7, Hawaii Agricultural Ex- periment Station), this variety was introduced into Hawaii from Mexico. 64022 to 64029. The plant is of medium height, and From Tashkent. Russia. Seeds presented the fruits, borne in long-stemmed by Hie Tashkent Experiment Station. bunches, have buttery pink flesh of Received May 10, 1925. fair flavor. Locally grown seeds. For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 55250. 64022. HOKDEUM VULGARE PALLIDUM Ser- in ge. Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. 64010. Porto Rico. 64023 to 64026, PHASEOLUS AURETJS Roxb. 64011. Red Spanish. This variety, also Fabaceae. Mung bean. known as Red Jamaica, has red- skinned fruits which are shorter and 64023. No. 1. 64025. No. 3. thicker than those of the Gros Michel, and the bunches are smaller. It is 64024. No. 2. 64026. No. 4. found in the West Indies and Central 64027 to 64029. VIGNA SINENSIS (Tomer) America. Although the fruits have a Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. pleasant flavor, there is a very lim- ited demand for this variety. 64027. No. 1. 64029. No. 3. 64012. Ice Cream. 64028. No. 2. 64013. Iholena, In Bulletin No. 7 of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Sta- 64030 to 64044. tion this is described as a low plant, usually about 0 feet high. The From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Seeds pre- rather stout petioles are light green sented by Dr. Pacheco Leao, director, Bo- with pink margins, and the young tanic Garden. Received May 18, 1925. loaves are slightly bronzed on the 64030. ABUTILOX RAMIFLORUM St. Hil. lower surfaces. The fruits are Malvaceae. loosely arranged, in small bunches, and stand out almost at right angles. This is described by St. Hilaire (Flora The mature fruits are angular, and Brasiliae Meridionalis, vol. 1, p. 199) as black areas appear on the yellow skin a shrubby, densely hairy plant with when thoroughly ripe. The flesh is stems up to 6 feet in height, heart- pink. This is regarded as one of the shaped leaves, and panicles of yellow best native bananas for eating raw or flowers. cooked. 64031. AESCHYNOMENE ELAPHROXYLON (Guill. and Perr.) Taub. Fabaceae. 64014 and 64015. The ambash has light foliage similar to From Kwangtung Province, China. Col- . that of the ordinary acacia, but differs lected by F. A. McClure, agricultural in having very large pealike orange-yel- explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- low flowers. It forms at times a trunk ceived April 20, 1925. Notes by Mr. 10 inches in diameter, and the wood is McClure. exceedingly light, a log 10 feet long weighing only a few pounds. Along the 64014. COLOCASIA ESCULENTA (L.) ScllOtt. upper Nile it is much used in making Araceae. Taro. rafts and huts. It should be valuable in No. 80. Lintan. February 18, 1925. a great many ways. (Note oy H. L. Tsat tsuen u. Tubers of a cylindrical Shuntz under S. P. I. No. 6163$.) variety whose possibilities as to size are 64032. WENDEROTHIA MATTOGROSSENSIS expressed in its name, the " seven-inch (Barb. Rodr.) Piper (Canavalia mat- taro." It is said to be a good yielder and keeps well, and the flavor is excel- togrossensis Malme.). Fabaceae. lent. The Chinese use it in making a A Brazilian vine, described by C. V. delicious dish called U Ha. which is pre- Piper (Contributions from the United pared by shredding the taro and frying States National Herbarium, vol. 20, pt. it in deep fat. 14) as a slender-stemmed herbaceous plant, with oval membranous leaflets, 64015. MARANTA ARUNDINACEA L. Ma- lilac flowers, and densely hairy pods. ra ntaceae. Arrowroot. No. 87. Takhing. February 19, 1925. 64033. CRACCA ADUNCA (Benth.) Kuntze fiJiek clink u. These rhizomes were pur- (Tepforosia adunca Benth.). Fabaceae. chased under the name Kaau sun. This A herbaceous perennial leguminous variety is eaten to a certain extent by plant, with a decumbent hairy stem, the Chinese, but is quite fibrous and to which grows wild in the dry pastures of me not very palatable. Minas Geraes, Brazil. 30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

64030 to 64044—Continued. 64030 to 64044—Continued. 64034. DYSOLOBIUM GRANDE (Kurz) Prain. 64042. PAVONIA PANICULATA Cav. Fabaceae. A shrub, described (Cavanilles, Dis A woody climbing plant from the moun- sertationes, vol. 1, p. 135) as about 4 tains of northeastern India, with bright- feet high, having white hairs, heart- green hairy leaves and reddish flowers shaped leaves, and yellow flowers about an inch broad in racemes 6 to 9 about an inch across. Native to Peru. inches long. Probably suited best for growing in southern Florida. 64043. PAVONIA SEPIUM St. Hill. 64035. FLEMINGIA STROBILIFERA (L.) Ait. A Brazilian shrub described by St. Fabaceae. Hilaire (Flora Brasiliae Meridienalis, vol. 1, p. 22")) as 2 to 6 feet high, An erect purple-flowered shrub, 8 to with slender terete branches and oval- 10 feet high, with slender velvety oblong leaves 3 to 4 inches in length. branches and oblong leaves with silky The solitary golden-yellow flowers are lower surfaces. It is native to India. about an inch wide. The flowers are in zigzag racemes 3 to 6 inches long, with large bracts which 64044. PAVONIA SPINIFEX (L.) Cav. nearly hide the flowers. It is tropical in A slender shrub, sometimes 20 feet its requirements and is adapted for grow- high, with hairy oval heart-shaped ing only in the warmest parts of the leaves and handsome large yellow United States. flowers. It is native to southern South America and yields a fiber said 64036. INDIGOFERA SUFFRUTICOSA Mill. (/. to be of fine texture and excellent anil L.). Fabaceae. quality. A bushy shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, with hairy pinnate leaves and yellow pealike 64045 to 64047. PISUM SATIVUM L. flowers. It is commonly cultivated Fabaceae. Pea. throughout the Tropics as a dye plant and is said to be native to tropical From Sydney, New South Wales. See as America. obtained from Anderson & Co., through I). N. Shoemaker, Bureau of Plant In- 64037. MANIHOT GLAZIOVII Muell. Arg. dustry. Received May 25, 1025. E'uphorbiaceae. Ceara rubber. Ceara rubber, obtained from this tree, Locally developed strains. is one of the important rubbers of com- 64045. Green feast. A very prolific early merce. dwarf variety grown extensively for For previous introduction see S. P. I. market purposes. {Catalogue of An- No. 01497. derson cG Co.) 64046. Home Delight. A second early 64038 to 64010. MEIBOMIA spp. Fabaceae. variety, 18 inches to 2 feet in height, 64038. MEIBOMIA GYRANS (L. f.)Kuntze which is strong and vigorous. The (Desmadinin gytans DC). foliage and pods are pale green ; each Telegraph plant. pod bears five to six large peas with a tine marrowfat flavor. In a test this An erect perennial plant, 2 feet or variety produced 30y2 bushels of peas less high, which is said to be useful from a quarter of an acre. as fodder. It is native to moist situations in southern and eastern India. 64047. Richard Seddon. One of the finest of the early dwarf varieties, having a 64039. MEIBOMIA LABUHNIFOLIA (Poir.) height of 20 inches. The pods are Kuntze (Desmodiurn Jaburnifolium large and well filled. (Catalogue of DC). Anderson d- Co.) A white-flowered shrub from the 64048 to 64051. mountainous districts of the tropical Himalayas. The shining green rigid From Dunoas, New South Wales. Seeds leaflets and white flowers may render obtained from II. J. Rumsey, through I). the shrub of ornamental value for the N. Shoemaker. Bureau of Plant Industry. Southern States. Received May'25, 1925. 64040. MEIBOMIA PULCHELLA (L.) Locally developed strains. K u n t z c (Desniodiuin pulclielluni Benth.). 64048 to 64050. Pi SUM SATIVUM L. Fab- aceae. Pea. A red-flowered leguminous shrub with hairy trifoliolate leaves, which 64048. Gmen feast. is native to southern India. The flowers are in spikelike racemes. The For previous introduction and de- plant may have merit a« an ornamen- scription see S. P. I. No. 64045. tal shrub for the Southern States, and possibly also as'forage. 64049. Richard Seddon. For previous introduction ' and de- 64.041. OUMOSIA ARBOUKA (Veil.) Harms. scription see S. P. I. No. 64047. Fabaceae. 64050. Te Aroha. Large dark-green According to Vellozo (Flora Flu mi n- pods. (Rumsey.) ensis, p. 303). this tree has1 arborescent stems, little-branched pinnate leaves, and 64051. LOTUS TETKAGONOLOBUS L. Fab- terminal compound racemes of violet aceae. flowers. The oblong pods inclose round red seed%s marked with black spots. Na- A purple-flowered annual from the east- tive to southern Brazil. ern Mediterranean countries, where, according to Bonnier (Flore Complete de 64042 to 640-14. PAVONIA spp. Malvaceae. France, Suisse, et Belgique, vol. 3, p. 43), APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 31

€4048 to 64051—Continued. more grasslike in habit than the cultivated forms generally. It might give delicacy of it frequents the edges of cultivated fields, form to hybrids. (Fairchild.) roadsides, etc. It is more or less hairy with obovate leaflets. The edible seeds 64058 to 64065. CROTALARIA spp. Fa- are sometimes used as a substitute for coffee, and the plant is often cultivated baceae. as an ornamental. From Kirstenbosch, Cape Province, Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by For previous introduction see S. P. I. Prof. R. H. Compton, director, National No. 56670. Botanic Gardens. Received June 26, 64052 and 64053. HIPPEASTRUM spp. 1925. Amaryllidaceae. Amaryllis. A collection of crotalarias, introduced for testing as cover crops. From Brazil. Bulbs collected by Agnes Chase, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- ceived May 28, 1925. Notes by Mrs. 64058. CROTALARIA CAPENSIS Jacq. Chase. A stout, much-branched South African shrub about 4 feet in height, with 64052. HIPPEASTRUM sp. broadly oval leaves and pure-yellow May 3, 1925. An amaryllis found be- flowers in many-flowered racemes. low the summit of Pontao Crystal, Serra For previous introduction see S. P. I. do Caparao, Minas Geraes, at an altitude No. 59319. of about 8,000 feet. 64053. HIPPEASTRUM sp. 64059. CROTALARIA INCANA L. A tropical American plant about 3 feet A crimson-flowered amaryllis, about 6 high, erect, branched, and somewhat inches long, from the summit of Serra shrubby, and softly gray pubescent. da Gramma, Minas Geraes, at an altitude The yellow flowers are crowded in 12 to of about 6,000 feet. 20 flowered elongated racemes 2 to 8 64054 to 64056. BAMBOS spp. Poaeeae. inches long. This plant occurs in waste places throughout the Tropics and is in Bamboo. flower all the year. From Kwangtung Province, China. Off- For previous introduction see S. P. I. shoots collected by F. A. McClurc, agri- No. 51834. cultural explorer, Bureau of Plant In- dustry. Received June 3, 1925. Notes by Mr. McClure. 64060. CROTALARIA LEIOLOBA Bartling. A species from the mountainous dis- 64054. BAMBOS sp. tricts of northeastern India, and also No. 123. Canton Christian College. distributed throughout the East Indies. January 28, 1925. Taai t'au Urn chuk. It is one of the more robust of the A large bamboo, 6 to 10 meters high and herbaceous species, with fine-silky 6 to 10 centimeters in diameter, which branches and leaves, the latter being is the most commonly and extensively oblong and about 2 inches in length. cultivated variety around Canton. When the plants become established and the For previous introduction see S. P. I. canes reach mature size, they are fer- No. 59320. tilized during January or February with liquid or well-rotted manure. The earth 64061. CROTALARIA RETUSA L. is then banked up around the base of the An annual plant, a foot or more high, clump to a height of about 4 to 6 deci- distributed throughout the Tropics of meters, and when the young sprouts ap- both hemispheres. The flowers, which pear above this they are unearthed by are yellow streaked with purple, are in means of a hoe. This bamboo is a gross terminal racemes. feeder and requires much fertilizer in order to make its best growth. It seems For previous introduction see S. P. I. to be particular as to the soil. No. 51842. 64055. BAMBOS sp. 64062. CROTALARIA SPECTABILIS Roth. No. 124. Canton Christian College. A stout shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, native January 28, 1925. Tiu shi k'au chuk. to India and sometimes cultivated in the A medium-sized bamboo 6 to 8 meters Punjab for the sake of its yellowish pur- high and 3 to 5 centimeters in diameter, ple flowers produced in dense lax racemes whose young shoots are edible. often 20 inches in length. 64056. BAMBOS sp. For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 51839. No. 125. Canton Christian College. January 28, 1925. A very large bamboo, 64063. CROTALARIA STRIATA DC. attaining in fertile, moist soil a height A handsome perennial tropical plant, of 15 meters and a diameter of 12 centi- ultimately about 6 feet high, with spikes meters. The young shoots are edible and of yellow flowers. In Guatemala the very sweet, hence the name T'im chuk. young leaves are eaten boiled with rice or meat, and the plant is considered 64057. GLADIOLUS BYZANTINUS Mill. good forage. Iridaceae. For previous introduction see S. P. I. From Morocco. Seeds collected by David No. 52531. Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 4, 64064. CROTALARIA USAIIAMOENSIS Baker f. 1925. This East African crotalaria has been From1 the cork-oak forest of Mamora, near tested in Java as a green manure, ac- Rabat. April 27, 1925. A slender, delicate cording to P. J. S. Cramer, director of species with purple-red flowers and much the Department of Agriculture, Buiten- 32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

64058 to 64065—Continued. 64066 to 64070^-Continued. zorg. Doctor Cramer states that it has of Ceylon. The silky pinnate leaves are proved very successful as a green manure about a foot in length, and the flowers, when grown in alternation with corn, pale yellow dotted with red, are in lax producing large quantities of vegetation racemes. rich in nitrogen. In the cinchona plan- tations it is very satisfactory, as it en- For previous introduction see S. P. I. dures partial shade and forms a dense No. 59822. low growth which keeps the edges of the terraces together. 64071 to 64074. From Kwangtung Province, China. Seeds For previous introduction see S. P. I. collected by F. A. McClure, agricultural No. 57831. explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 64065. CltOTALARIA VERRUCOSA L. ceived June 30, 1925. Notes by Mr. McClure. An annual leguminous plant, cosmopoli- tan in the Tropics, which reaches a 64071. PISUM SATIVUM L. Fabaceae. height of a foot and a half, with simple Pea. oval leaves, and racemes of showy white No. 147. Ahliuwat, near Taip'ingshi. and blue flowers April 20, 1925. Suet tau, Chun tzu. A For previous introduction see S. P. I. pea grown rather extensively in this No. 51119. region and promising for two reasons : The vines are self-supporting, and the young pods are tender enough to be eaten. 64066 to 64070. I have eaten them and find them de- From Giza, Egypt. Seeds presented by liciously tender and sweet. Mah. Abaza, director, horticultural section, Ministry of Agriculture. Received 64072. RUBUS sp. Rosaceae. June 27, 1925. No. 144. En route from Want'ong to Kongt'uen. April 23, 1925. P'o tsai lak> To be tested as green-manure and cover- Tarn p'o tsai. A wild red berry with a crop plants. flavor somewhat resembling that of a 64066 to 64068. CROTALARIA spp. Fab- blackberry. The fruits do not separate aceae. readily from the receptacle. The brambles are low, being iy2 to 3 feet in height, 64066. CROTALARIA CANDICANS Wight and very spiny. They seem to be growing and Arnott. well on a red subsoil laid bare by erosion. A stiffly erect, much - branched,, 64073. RUBUS sp. Rosaceae. shrubby species, with hairy and somewhat leathery, broadly rounded leaves, No. 145. Near Kongtuen. She p'aau and panicles of small silky yellow laic. A large, globular, loosely organized flowers. Native to southwestern India. wild raspberry which bears white flowers. The fruits separate freely from the recep- For previous introduction see tacle. The low herbaceous brambles ap- S. P. I. No. 59318. pear to thrive well on the sandy soil near streams, where they grow in pro- 64067. CROTALARIA LEIOLOBA Bartling. fusion. A species from the mountainous districts of northeastern India and 64074. TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. (T. vul- also distributed throughout the East gare Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. Indies. It is one of the more robust No. 148. Ahliuwat, near T'aip'ingshL of the herbaceous species, with fine April 20, 1925. Min nak. A locally silky branches and leaves, the latter grown wheat sown broadcast in Septem- being oblong and about 2 inches in ber or October, after the last rice crop length. is harvested (usually during the month For previous introduction see of March), or in time for the lirst crop of rice. It is sown at about the rate of S. P. I. No. 59320. 24 pounds per acre, and soy-bean cake, 64068. CROTALARIA TETRAGONA Roxb. peanut cake, or animal excreta are ap- An erect stiff shrub, often 6 feet in plied as fertilizer. height, which grows wild in the Hima- layas of northeastern India, ascending 64075 to 64083. to an altitude of 3,500 feet. The silky From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. membranous narrow leaves are some- Seeds presented by S. Youngberg, acting times a foot long, and the lemon-yel- director, Bureau of Agriculture. Re- low flowers are produced in lax ra- ceived June 18, 1925. cemes G inches or more in length. 64075 to 64081. Coix LACRYMA-JOBI MA- For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 59321. YUEN (Rom.) Stapf. Poaceae. Adlay. The ma-yuen, or adlay, has attracted 64069. SESBAN ACULEATUM (Schreb.) Poir. considerable attention as a cereal for Fabaceae. tropical regions. According to P. J. A tall-growing annual plant from trop- Wester, it is better than upland rice for ical and subtropical Asia, which is used tropical agriculture in being more there as green manure and also for fod- drought resistant, a heavier yielder, and der. It is a vigorous grower and is said much less expensive to cultivate. The to thrive in semiarid regions. seeds can be used largely in the same manner as corn. For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 58978. 64075. Cebu. 64070. SESBAN SERICEUM (Willd.) DC. 64076. Cotabato. Fabaceae. 64077. Lamao. An unarmed shrubby annual, often several feet in height, native to the plains 64078. La Union Red. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 33

64075 to 64083—Continued. 64090 to 64099—Continued. 64079. La Union White. 64090 to 64092. AGROPYRON spp. Poaceae. 64080. Momungan. Grass. 64090. AGROPYRON CRISTATUM (L.) 64081. Mount Province. Gaertn. 64082 and 64083. HOLCUS SORGHUM L. A perennial thickly cespitose grass, (Sorghum vulgare Pers.). Poaceae. with stout rhizomes, native to south- Sorghum. eastern Europe. 64082. Basso. 64083. Basso Red. 64091. AGROPYRON ORIENTALE (L.) Roem. and Schult. 64084. COSMOS sp. Asteraceae. An annual much-branched grass, Cosmos. prostrate-ascending in habit, native to sandy places in Asia Minor and Tur- From Reading, England. Seeds purchased kestan. from Sutton & Sons. Received February 25, 1925. Numbered April, 1925. For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 61389. Miniature Yellow. A variety with rich- yellow starlike flowers produced in great 64092. AGROPYRON ORIENTALE LASIAN- abundance; the plants form compact THUAI Boiss. hushes about 18 inches high. {Button's Catalogue, 1924.) An annual grass, thickly branched at the base, with numerous mostly « 64085. HIPPEASTRUM sp. Amaryllida- prostrate stems scarcely 8 inches high. Native to Asia Minor and North ceae. Africa. From Brazil. Bulbs collected by Agnes Chase, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 64093. AVENA BARBATA Brot. Poaceae. ceived June 19, 1925. Grass. An annual or biennial grass, up to 30 Serra do Caparao, Minns Geraes. This 1 believe to be the same as the plant seen inches in height. Native to southern at Serra da Gramma [S. P. I. No. 64053], Europe. which had red lilylike flowers 5 to 6 64094. AVENA LUDOVICIANA Durien. Po- inches long, borne iii twos or threes at the aceae. Grass. apex of the scape. The leaves are about 2 inches wide and a foot long, and fleshy, An annual or biennial grass, very simi- like hyacinth leaves. (Mrs. Chase.) lar to Avena sterilis, but smaller. Native to southern Europe. 64086 and 64087. 64095. ORYZOPSIS HOLCIFORMIS (Bieb.) Hack. Poaceae. Grass. From Rabat, Morocco. Bulbs collected by David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, A perennial grass, with a thick short Bureau of Plant Industry. Received rhizome and stems 3 feet or more in June 29, 1925. Notes by Doctor Fair- height. The panicles are a foot or more child. long. Native to southern and southeastern Europe. 64086. DIPCADI SEROTINUM Medic. Lil- iaceae. 64096. ORYZOPSIS PARADOXA YIRESCENS (Trin.) Richter. Poaceae. Grass. A bulbous plant growing about a foot high and producing a slender spike of A perennial densely cespitose grass, salmon-colored flowers shaped much like with rough stems up to 4 feet in height. those of a hyacinth. It forms patches in The spreading panicles are about 8 inches the deep sandy soil of the forest of long. Native to southern Europe and Mamora. Asia Minor. 64087. L E UCOJU M TRICHOPHYLLUM 64097 to 64099. TRITICUM spp. Poaceae. Schousb. Amaryllidaceae. Grass. A graceful bulbous plant, 2 feet high, 64097. TRITICUM CYLIXDRICUM (Host) found in the sandy soil in the forest of Cos. Pass, and Gib. Mamora. This plant, with its white hanging flowers, three or four on each An ornamental annual grass with stiff, stem, gives a delicate touch to the upright stems and narrow leaves. Na- border. tive to dry sandy places in southern and southeastern Europe. 64088 and 64089. SACCHARUM OFFTCINA- 64098. TRITICUM SPELTOIDES (Tausch) RUM L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. Grenier. 1 A bushy grass, branching from the From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Cut- base, with slender erect stems bear- tings presented by Gonzalo M. Fortun, ing rough narrow leaves and stiff director, Estacion Experimental Agro- rather loose spikes of long-awned nomica, through E. W. Brandes, Bureau flowers. It is a native of western of Plant Industry. Received June 8, Asia, found especially in Syria, and is 1925. considered to have been one of the 1 Locally developed strains. species from which the cultivated wheats were derived. 64088. O. O. 210. 64089. C. O. 213. 64099. TRITICUM TRIUNCIALB (L.) Gren. and Godr. 64090 to 64099. A thickly branched annual grass, From Tiflis, Caucasus. Seeds presented by with ascending stems and flat rough the director of the Botanic Garden. leaves. Native to dry places in the Received May 18, 1925. Mediterranean region. 34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

64100. MEDICAGO SATIVA L. Fabaceae. 64109 to 64113—Continued. Alfalfa. 64112. The " Otir-Concur." From the Fi\>m Santiago, Chile. Seeds presented Ivanovskaia Experiment Station. through 11. L. West over, Bureau of Plant 64113. N. .',91. From the Verchnichscala Industry. Received May '2'.), 1925. Experiment Station. Alfalfa seeds received from the Minis- tori o de Industria y Obras Publicas, Esta- 64114 to 64116. eifwi Enolugiea de Chile. {Wcstovcr.) From Capo Town, Cape Province, Union of 64101. CKOTON FLORIBUNDUS S p r e n g. South Africa. Seeds presented by Dr. Rudolph Marloth, through II. L. Shantz, Eupliorbhiceae. lUireau of Plant Industry. Received From Sao Paulo, Brazil. Seeds presented June 8, 1025. Notes by Doctor Shantz. by Amandou Barbiellini. Received May 64114. CVANELLA CAPENSIS L. AmaTylli- l!3, 1925. daciae. Vchune or (Jainxliuiul. A wild tree No. 495. This plant, known in South which produces an almmlance of seeds. Africa as " Raap unitje " or " RaaptoV Th'\se constitute an ideal cheap food for has lilac flowers with yellow anthers ; domestic fowls, ospeciallv chickens. {Bnr- these flowers appear in summer when Urlllm.) the leaves are mostly withered. The conns form an article of food for the 64102. TlUTICUM AEST1VUM L. (T. VUl- natives. (jare Vill.). Poaceue. 64115. ERICA XAXA Salisb. Ericaceae. Common wheat. No. 497. A very small shrubby plant, From Svalof, Sweden. Seeds presented by with procumbent steins and relatively J)r. A. Akerman, Svcriges Utsadosforen- largo yellowish iiowers. This was prob- ing. Received May 28, 1925. ably grown by Doctor Marloth in his gardens at Cape Town. Sammvtsvute. An old unimproved " land " wheat which is still cultivated here and 64116. PSEUDOGALTOXIA P E C II U E L L I there in central Sweden. It is exceedingly winterhardy and of excellent quality, but Kuntze. Liliaceae. has no lodging resistance, is susceptible No. 49G. A bulbous plant, native to co rust, and is of relatively low production. Great Namaqualand and Hereroland. (Akerman.) Tho flowers are green and white, and under normal conditions the plant flowers in a leafless condition just before the 64103 to 64108. ORYZA SATIVA L. Poa- rainy season ; under cultivation the ceae. Rice. leaves often come first, before the flowers. The plant is very poisonous. From Nokkeushimachi, Hokkaido, Japan. Seeds presented by Dr. T. Watanabe, director. Kitaini branch, Hokkaido Agricul- 64117 to 64122. tural Experiment Station. Received May From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by 28, 1925. Notes by Doctor Watanabe. G. II. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Gar- S41G3. No. 1. Kitamiakake. A mass va- den. Received May 19, 1925. riety with awned ears. 64117 to 64119. BOEHMERIA spp. Urti- 64104. No. 2. liosufjof/o No. 5. A pure caceae. line selected in our station, with awnless ears. This variety is rather late 64117. BOEHMERIA PLATVPHYLLA D. in maturing. Don. 641.05. No. .'•>. Bozurokugo Ko. 0. A pure A large shrub or small tree, native to eastern and southern India, which, line selected in our station. according to Watt (Dictionary of the 64106. No. 4. •HaxJmribozu. A fixed hy- Economic Products of India, vol. 1, brid selected in our station. This is p. 481) is said to yield good fiber. our earliest awnh-ss variety. The reddish brown wood is moderately hard. 64107. No. 5. Wanebozu. A mass variety with awnless ears, which is fra- 64118. BOEHMERIA RUGULOSA Wedd. grant when cooked. An early ripening variety. A small tree with gray-brown brunches, which is native in the moun- 64108. No. (>. fiakif/ake. A mass va- tainous districts of northeastern In- riety with red awns and brown hulls. dia. The moderately hard durable reddish wood is used in the manufac- 64109 to 64113. TIUTICUM AESTIVUM L. ture of buckets, boxes, etc. (T. vulgare Vill.). Poaceae. 64119. BOEHMERIA SIDAEFOLIA Wedd. Common wheat. A slender shrubby plant, erect or From Kharkof, Russia. Seeds obtained bushy, with oval hairy leaves ; it is from the All-Ukrainian Seed-Producing native to subtropical regions of north- Association, through J. A. Clark, Bureau eastern India. Several species of this of Plant Industry. Received June 1, genus are valued in India as fiber- 1925. producing plants. Locally developed strains. 64120. CR O T A L A R I A TETRAGONA Roxb. 64109. Koopcratorka. From1 the Odessa Fabaceae. Experiment Station. An erect stiff shrub, often 0 feet in T height, which grows wild in the Hima- 64110. A . 351. From the Udichskaia Ex- layas of northeastern India, ascending periment Station. to an altitude of 3,500 feet. The thin 64111. Semka. silky membranous narrow leaves are APRIL 1 TO JU^E 30, 1925 35

64117 to 64122—Continued. 64126 to 64152—Continued. sometimes a foot long, and the lemon- 64131. No. 2559. Miuyunhsien. March yellow flowers are produced in lax ra- 26, 1925. A small gray variety. cemes 6 inches or more in length. 64132. No. 2563. Kaoliying. March For previous introduction see S. P. I. 27, 1925. A small white bean. No. 59321. 64133. No. 2564. Kaoliying. March 64121. PIERIS OVALTFOLIA (Wall.) D. Don 27, 1925. A small red variety. (Andromeda ovalifolia Wall.). Erica- ceae. 64134 to 64137. PHASEOLUS AUREUS Roxb. Fabaceae. Mung bean. Although this shrub or small tree may prove of value as a semihardy ornamen- 64134. No. 2543. Niulan Mountain. tal because of its racemes of bluish or March 26, 1925. This is a green white flowers, it is used as an insecti- variety. cide in its native country, India, be- 64135. No. 2557. Miyunhsien. March cause of the presence of a poisonous principle in the young leaves and buds. 26, 1925. A green bean. The oblong leathery leaves art' 3 to G 64136. No. 2565. Kaoliying. March inches long. 27, 1925. A hairy variety. For previous introduction see S. I'. I. 64137. No. 2571. Niulan Mountain. No. 60G.~>3. March 31, 1925. These beans are of a dull grayish brown and were 64122. THEMEDA GIOANTEA (Cav.) Hack. separated from the green mung Poaceae. beans sent in under No. 2543 [S. P. A tall erect stout grass. 8 to 1G feet I. No. 64134]. high, wiih very narrow leaves 4 to 8 64138. PisrM SATIVUM L. Fabaceae. Pea. feet long and oblong panicles 1 to 3 feet in length. It is native to eastern No. 2340. Paotingfu. March 10, Asia and is closely related to the kan- 1925. A white field pea. garoo grass of Australia, which is considered a valuable fodder. 64139 to 64145. SOJA MAX (L.) Piper {Glijcinc hispida, Maxim.). Fabaceae. 64123 to 64125. GOSSYPIUM spp. Mal- Soy bean. 64139. No. 2544. Niulan Mountain. vaceae. March 26, 1925. A black soy bean. From Natal, Brazil. Seeds presented by 64140. No. 2546. Niulan Mountain. E. C. Green. Received May 19, 1925. March 26, 1925. A green variety. Selections of Brazilian cotton, probably 64141. Xo. 254.S. Niulan Mountain. hybrids of Gossypium pcruvianum and O. vitifoliuni. March 26, 1925. Yellow soy bean. 64142. No. 2549. Niulan Mountain. 64123. GOSSYPIUM sp. March 26, 1925. A small, green soy A. bean. 64124. GOSSYPIUM sp. 64143. No. 2556. Miyunhsien. March 26, 1925. Yellow soy bean. B. 64144. No. 2560. Miyunhsien. March 64125. GOSSYPIUM sp. 26, 1925. Black variety. C. 64145. No. 2566. Kaoliying. March 27, 1925. Yellow soy bean. 64126 to 64152. 64146 to 64149. TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. From Chihli, China. Seeds obtained by (T. vulgure Vill.). Poaceae. P. II. Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bu- Common wheat. reau of Plant Industry. Received May, 64146. No. 2542. Niulan Mountain. 1925. Notes by Mr. Dorsett. March 26, 1925. A spring wheat. 64126 and 64127. FAGOPYRUM YULOARE 64147. No. 2550. Niulan Mountain. Hill (F. esculentiim Moench). Poly- March 26, 1925. Winter wheat. gonaceae. Buckwheat. 64148. No. 2553. Miyunhsien. March 64123. No. 2552. Miyunhsien. March 2(j, 1925. Winter wheat. 26, 1925. 64149. No. 2554. Miyunhsien. March 64127. No. 2567. Kaoliying. March 26, 1925. Spring wheat. 27, 1925. 64128. HORDEUM sp. Poaceae. Barley. 64150. VICIA FABA L. Fabaceae. Broad bean. No. 2547. Niulan Mountain. March 26, No. 2558. Miyunhsien. March 26, 1925. ~\Yang ta mai (king barley). 1925. Ts'an ton (silkworm bean) or 64129. HORDEUM sp. Poaceae. Barley. English horse bean. No. 2561. Kaoliying. March 27, 1925. 64151. VIGNA SINENSIS (Torner) Savi. "Wang ta mat (king barley). Fabaceae. Cowpea. 64130 to 64133. PHASEOLUS ANGULABIS No. 2551. Miyunhsien. March 26, (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Fabaceae. 1925. A mottled cowTpea. Adsuki bean. 64152. ZEA MAYS LI. Poaceae. Corn. 64130. No. 2545. Niulan Mountain. March 26, 1925. A small black No. 2562. Kaoliying. March 27, 1925. bean. Seeds of a white corn. 36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

64153 and 64154. 64160 and 64161—Continued. From Satyagrahashram, Sabarm'ati, India. 64160. Received as Lolium canadense. Seeds presented by Magaulal K. Gandhi, at the request of Richard B. Gregg, 64161. Received as Lolium brcvicaulis. Abmedabad, Sabarmati. Received June 3, 64162 and 64163. MUSA PARADISIACA 1025. SAPIENTUM (L.) Kuntze. Mnsaceae. 64153. Cucuairs SAT'IVUS L. Cucurbita- ceae. Cucumber. Banana. A long bulky cucumber which has flesh From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Suck- and flavor resembling a muskmelon, ers presented by Gonzalo Fortun, direc- though not so sweet. (Gandhi.) tor, Estacion Experimental Agronomica. Received June 3, 1925. 64154. CUCURBIT A MOSCHATA Duchesne. Cushaw. 64162. Enarw. A dwarf banana which Cucurbitaceae. may be different from the Cavendish Sugar pumpkin (Indian name " Sakkao- variety now being grown in Florida. koi.-i '"). A prolific variety of small pumpkin, round in shape and of a beau- 64163. Congo. This is similar to the tiful reddish color, resembling a half- Enano variety, but it appears to be ripe tomato. As the name suggests, the immune to the Panama disease. It flavor is sweet. It is an earlier bearer bears enormous bunches of fruits than any of the other varieties and is a which sometimes weigh more than good keeper if stored in a dry place. 1.00 pounds. (Fortun.) (Gandhi.) 64164 and 64165. LANDOLPHIA spp. 64155 and 64156. Apocynaceae. From Mexico. Seeds collected by C. R. From Kisantu, Belgian Congo, Africa. Orcutt. Received May 21, 1925. Seeds presented by Frere J. Gillet. Re- ceived June 5, 1925. 64155. FHASEOLUS VULGARIS L. Faba- ceae. Common bean. 64164. LANDOLPHIA KLAINII Pierre. From the market at San Luis Potosi. A tropical African climbing shrub (Orcutt.) which is said (Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. 4, sect. 1) to be the principal rub- 64156. VIGXA SIXENSIS (Torner) Savi. ber-producing plant in the Gabon dis- Fabaceae. Cowpea. trict, French Equatorial Africa. The No. 1749. 1924. Alvarez. Takil. (Or- oblong leathery leaves are glossy green, cutt.) and the hard globose fruits are 6 to 10 inches in diameter. 64157. GOSSYPIUM sp. Malvaceae. For previous introduction see S. P. I. Cotton. No. 63737. From Rabat, Morocco. Seeds presented 64165. LANDOLPHIA OWARIBNSIS Beauv. by Em. Mi6ge, chief, Service de 1'Experi- mentatinn Agricole an Ma roc, through This is described (Wildeman and Gen til, David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Lianes Caoutchoutiferes du Congo, p. 53) Bureau of Plant Industry. Received as an enormous tropical creeper, found May 29, 1925. throughout the Belgian Congo, which attains a length of over 300 feet and a stem A seedling of the native cotton known diameter of about 15 inches. The wedge- as Far-sar; the latter is described under shaped elliptic leaves are 2 to 4 inches S. P. I. Nos. 64002 and 64003. long. While the rubber-producing latex obtained from this species is often of good 64158 and 64159. quality, frequently individual specimens yield latex which is practically useless. From China. Plants collected by F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau For previous introduction see S. P. I. of Plant Industry. Received May 20, No. 58517. 1925. 64166 to 64183. 64158. LIRIOPE GRAMINIFOLIA (L.) Baker (L. spi cat a Lour.). Liliaceae. From Nice, France. Seeds presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Received No. 121. Hong Kong Botanic Gardens. March 4, 1925. Kaal t'sin t'so. A dark- June 3, 1925. green variety which is of low habit and 64166. ARROMA AUGUSTA L. f. Ster- spreads rapidly by rhizomes. It is said culiaceae. to produce fruits only very sparingly. Used extensively in the place of grass in A large spreading shrub, native to trop- situations where the dense shade, shal- ical Asia, with heart-shaped soft-hairy low rooting of some trees, or other con- leaves and dingy-purple flowers. In India ditions prevent the growth of a satis- a fiber is extracted from the twigs which factory grass sod. (MoChire.) is valued for its beauty, softness, and durability. 64159. OPHIOPOGON sp. Liliaceae. 64167. ACER OSMASTONI Gamble. Acer- A tropical, grasslike plant with small aceae. Maple. white or bluish flowers; collected in southeastern China. A large Himalayan maple, described (Kew, Bulletin of Miscellaneous Infor- mation, 1908, p. 446) as a tree up to 100 64160 and 64161. LOLIUM TEMULENTUM feet tall, growing wild in Sikkim, India, L. Poaceae. Darnel. at an altitude of about 7,000 feet. The From Ariana, near Tunis, Tunisia, Africa. leaves, 1 to 3 lobed, are papery and Seeds presented by the chief of the about 5 inches long. Botanical Service. Received March 9, For previous introduction see S. P. I. 1925. An annual European grass. No. 61742. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 37

64166 to 64183—Continued. 64166 to 64183—Continued. 64168. ARAUJIA MEGAPOTAMICA Don. As- 64178. MEIBOMIA PULCHELLA (L.) Kuntze clepiadaceae. (Desmodium pulchellum Benth.). Fabaceae. A shrubby evergreen climbing plant, with opposite leaves and whitish or rosy An erect hairy shrub with trifoliolare bell-shaped flowers. It is native to leaves and spikelike clusters of red Brazil and can be grown under glass or flowers. It is native to southeastern in the open in summer. Asia and is introduced chiefly for testing as a forage plant. 64169. AitcroTis STOECHADIFOLIA Bergius. Asteraceae. 64179. NEPTUNIA OLERACEA Lour. Mimo- saceae. A bushy composite from' the Cape of Good Hope, which according to Harvey According to Ridley (Flora of the Ma- and Sonder (Flora Capensis, vol. 3, lay Peninsula, vol. 1, p. 653), this float- p. 4f)4) has long hairy branches with ing leguminous plant, with white fleshy whitish hairy leaves and large showy stems, is used as a potherb. The bi- orange-colored flower heads. pinnate leaves are 3 inches long, and the flower heads are yellow. 64170. ARGYKOLOBIU.M LINXAEANUM "W«lp. Fabaceae. 64180. ONCOCALAMUS sp. Phoenicaceae. A perennial cespitose half-woody legu- Palm. minous plant, usually 4 to 8 inches high, The members of this tropical African with trifoliolate leaves and terminal yel- genus are climbing palms with long low flowers. It is native to the Mediter- stems and pinnate leaves. ranean regions. 64181. PANCRATIUM COLLINUM COSS. and 64171 to 64173. CITRUS MEDICA L. Ruta- Dur. Amaryllidaceae. ceae. Citron, A bulbous plant from Algeria, de- 64171. Received as Citrus lumia, which scribed by Baker (Handbook of Amarylli- is now referred to as G. niedica. deae, p. 118) as having five or six linear leaves about '1 feet long an't greenish 64172. Lumus Valentino. white fragrant flowers iu 5 to 10 flowered umbels. 64173. Yar. Percttone. 64174. CROTALARIA TETRAGONA Roxb. Fa- 64182. VERNONIA VOLKAMERIAEFOLIA DC. baceae. Asteraceae. A small stout tree with large leaves, An erect stiff shrub, often G feet in about a foot in length, and very nu- height, which grows wild in the Hima- merous whitish flower heads in terminal layas of northeastern India, ascending panicles. The tree is native in the to mi altitude of 3,500 feet. The thin mountainous districts of northeastern silky membranous narrow leaves are India. sometimes a foot long, and the lemon- yellow flowers are produced in lax ra- 64183. ZANTHOXTLUH ALATUM PLANI- cemes 6 inches or more in length. SPINUM (Sieb. and Zucc.j Rehd. and Wils. Rutaceae. For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 59321. According to the Revue Horticole (vol. 85, p. 17), this Japanese shrub is 7 to 64175. ECCREMOCARPUS SCABER Ruiz and 13 feet high, much branched at the base, Pav. Bignoniaceae. sometimes with a short trunk. The dark- brown spreading branches, drooping a lit- A Chilean relative of the Trumpet tle at the tips, bear stout straight spines creeper, which is a shrubby vine with in pairs and evergreen pinnate leaves, crinrson and yellow flowers. It has bi- dark green above and paler beneath. The pinnate leaves and becomes 10 feet or small red fleshy fruits are persistent and more in length. emit a very agreeable aromatic odor when 64176. EUCALYPTUS ALGERIENSIS Trabut. bruised. The shrub should be more ex- Myrtaceae. tensively planted as an ornamental; in addition it makes a very formidable A hybrid between Eucalyptus rostrata hedge. Propagation is by seeds or cut- and E. rudis which has become natural- tings. ized in North Africa and now covers considerable areas of the hills around 64184 to 64195. Algeria. It differs from E. rudis by its smooth trunk and its small flowers with From northern Africa. Collected by David the hemispherical operculuin not beaked, Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau and from E. rostrata by its bnds, which of Plant Industry. Received June 4, are white like those of E. rudis. 1925. Notes by Doctor Fairchild. Eucalyptus rudis flowers in the spring, while E. rostrata flowers in July and 64184. ANCHUSA UNDULATA L. Boragi- August, {Note by David Fair-child under naceae. 8. P. I. No. 62666.) April 27, 1925. Var. lamprocarpa. Seeds of what appears to be one of R. 64177. MEIBOMIA GYROIDES (DC.) Kuntze Maire's new subspecies which is native {Desmodium gyroides DC). Fabaceae. to Morocco. As I saw it on the sand A shrubby leguminous plant, 8 to 10 land, about 14 miles north of Kenitra, feet high, from the warmer parts of the Morocco, it appeared to be a very attrac- central and eastern Himalayas. It has tive flowering perennial which should be hairjr leaves and terminal clusters of red introduced into our gardens and improved flowers. through selection. The dark-purple flowers contrast strikingly with the red-purple For previous introduction see S. P. I. of the stiff inflorescence, which has a No. 61613. great deal of style to it. 38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

64184 to 64195—Continued. 64184 to 64195—Continued. 64185. CAPSICUM ANNUUM L. Solanaceae. tells me it LS well worth growing in our Bed pepper. borders for its large flowers, which in Algiers appear during October and No- Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria. March 12, vember. It produces numerous tubers on 1925. Seeds purchased in the market. I its roots. have not seen this particular variety of the sweet red pepper of Spain since I 64191. LEUCOJUM AUTUMXALE L. Amaryl- 1 was in Mureia, Spain, 25 years ago. Tin lidaceae. Spanish grind it up into a very fine powder and flavor their soups and other April 17, 1025. Seeds collected in the dishes. It is one of the finest flavored forest of Mamora, about 0 miles from varieties and is not the least bit sharp ; Rabat, Morocco. a large spoonful of the ground fruit can An autumn-blooming bulbous plant, be put into a plate of soup or stewed with sometimes called the "autumn snow- chicken. I believe it is also used fresh flake. The threadlike leaves usually ap- in the making of what we in America pear after the flowers ; these are white, call '' pimento." tinged with red, and are borne on a slender scape 3 to 0 inches long. Native 64186. CERINTI-IE GYMXANDRA Gasp. Bo- to the Mediterranean countries and best raginaceae. suited for growing in sandy soil in the April 27, 1025. There are several spe- southern half of the United States. cies of Oerinthe scattered along the coast of northern Africa which differ in the 64192. MYOFORITM sp. Myoporaceae. size and color of the flowers and in the May 3, 1025. Seeds presented by the tint of black-purple which characterizes .lardin d'Essais, Rabat, Morocco, where their large floral bracts. If used in a there are nvany hundreds of yards of border properly it might be a most ef- hedges of thus variety. It was intro- fective plant, furnishing a dark-purple duced into Morocco and has now become background for all sorts of other flower- the principal hedge plant and windbreak ing plants. These seeds were gathered of the whole coast. It is one of the best in the valley back of the old town of plants I have ever seen for hedges down Ouezzan, Morocco, which is about 30 near the sea. but not right on the very miles from the Riff frontier. edge of the surf. It stands clipping admirably well and is an evergreen of a 64187. DIPCADI SEROTINUM Medic. Lilia- pleasing dark-green color. It grows with, the greatest ease from cuttings, makes Forest of Mamora, near Rabat, Mo- a very dense windbreak, and will stand rocco. April 23, 1025. Seeds of a bulb- several degrees of frost without injury. ous plant growing about a foot high It is reported that grasshoppers do not and producing a slender spike of salmon- care for this species. colored flowers which are shaped like those of a hyacinth. It forms patches 64193. ORXITIIOGALUM UNIFOLIUM (L.) in the deep sandy soil of the forest of Ker. Liliaceae. Mamora. Bulbs from the forest of Mamora, near 64188. ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM (L.) A. Rabat, Morocco. April 21, 1025. Rich. Cucurbitaceae. A Portuguese relative of the star of Bethlehem which is described (Curtis's From a roadside near Sidi Bel Abbes, Botanical Magazine, pi. 035) as a little Algeria. March 24, 1025. bulbous plant a foot or less high, with 4 Seeds of the " squirting cucumber," a but on* leaf, which is narrow, concave, perennial trailing vine, native to the and terminated by a long recurved point. Mediterranean countries. It is cultivated The three to five white flowers are as an annual in gardens of the Tem- borne on a scape shorter than the leaf. perate Zone and is a curiosity because of its peculiar habit of violently eject- 64194. RHUS PENTAPHYLLA (Jacq.) Desf. ing its seeds and juice. A drug, ela- Anacardiaceae. terium, is obtained from the juice. In Boulhout, Morocco. April 22, 1025. flower and foliage characters the plant Seeds of a beautiful shrub at present closely resembles the cucumber, and the covered with berries which are just be- fruit is like a small greenish elliptical ginning to ripen. The fruits become in- gourd covered with soft greenish tense red Liter in the season, and the prickles. bark is a source of tannin. 64189. IlELIAXTIIEMUM AEUYPTIACUM Mill. 64195. TRADESCAXTIA sp. Commelinaceae. Cistaceae. The spiderworts are perennial herbs, Forest of Boulhout. near Rabat, Mo- all native to North America and culti- rocco. April 2.'5, 1025. The superb vated in the greenhouse or out of doors, yellow color of this small species at- according to their hardiness, for the sake tracted my attention at once, and al- of their bright flowers, which are blue, though the flowers last only a short time, red, or white, and attractive foliage. they have so delicate a charm about: Cuttings of a North African species. them that I could not resist sending in seeds in order that an attempt should 64196 to 64198. be made to naturalize the species in the oak forests and on the sandy soils of From Avondale, Auckland. New Zealand. southern California. This variety ap- Seeds presented by II. 11. Wright. Re- pears to be common in Algeria and ceived June 5, 1025. Tunisia, as well as here in Morocco. 64196. MERYTA SINCLAIRII (Hook, f.) 64190. IRIS ALATA Poir. Iridaceae. Seem. Araliaceae. Seeds of a low-growing species which A small, very attractive New Zealand grows wild in the wet gumbo soils about tree, described by Laing and Blackwell 60 miles north of Kenitra, Morocco. It (Plants of New Zealand, p. 312) as is a purple-flowered species, and R. Maire about 20 feet high, with shining-green APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 39

64196 to 64198—Continued. S4207 to 64209—Continued. leaves 9 to 20 inches long', and erect 64207. Batangas. panicles of greenish yellow flowers. It probably is adapted for growing only in 64208. Bukidnon. Florida and California. 64209. Lamao White. 64197, PHORMIUM TENAX Forst. Lilia- ceae. New Zealand flax. 64210. POA FLABELLATA (Lam.) Hook, f. Poaceae. Tussock grass. Var. atropurjntreiim. A horticultural variety with reddish purple foliage. From Stanley, Falkland Islands. Seeds pre- The plant has rigid sword-shaped leaves sented by James Reid, forest officer. Re- 6 feet or more in length and a flower ceived June 12, 1925. stalk sometimes 15 feet high, which liears numerous dull-red flowers. Adapted For previous introduction and description for growing outdoors in Florida and see S. P. I. No. 63972. California and as a tub plant farther north. 64211 to 64214. RUBUS spp. Rosaceae. 64198. VITEX LUCENS Kirk. Verbenaceae. From the Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by I*. J. Wester. Received June Puriri. 12. 1925. Notes by Mr. Wester unless A handsome New Zealand evergreen otherwise stated. tree, described by Laing and Black well (Plants of New Zealand, p. 350) as being Collected February 24 to 27, 1025, in the about 60 feet in height, with bright vicinity of Mount Pulog, Benguet Province, glossy green leaves composed of three to Luzon. five leaflets. The pink or red two-lipped flowers, produced more or less continu- 64211. RUBUS ELLIPTICUS J. E. Smith. ously throughout the year, are in axil- Raspberry. lary clusters. The wood is very .strong Adouay. February 27. A very stout and durable and is not injured by damp- shrub which, especially when young, is ness. The roots do not penetrate deeply densely covered with long red hairlike into the ground, so the tree is easily spines. The flowers are white, and the blown over by heavy winds. The tree deep-yellow, almost orange, very juicy, will probably not endure much frost. acid fruits, which ripen earlier on the mountains than in the valley, are col- 64199 to 64205. HOLCUS SORGHUM L. lected by the hill tribes and brought to {Sorghum vulgare Pers.). Poaceae. the markets. (J. F. Rock.) Sorghum. 64212. RUBUS FRAXINIFOLIUS Poir. From Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Union of Raspberry. South Africa. Seeds presented by Jacq. Palanau. A tropical raspberry, de- P. F. Sellschop, School of Agriculture. scribed (P.rown, Wild Food Plants of the Received June 11, 1925. Philippines, p. 63) as a scrambling shrub, with branches 2 to 4 meters long, Locally grown strains. which is very common in the mountains from Luzon to Mindanao, Philippine Is- 64199. Bird Proof. lands. The stems and leaves are armed 64200. Brown Sudan Durra. with sharp spines, and the white flowers are about 2 centimeters across. The 64201. Ordinary Red. bright red berries, 10 to 15 millimeters in diameter, borne in clusters, are fairly 64202. Short Red. juicy and edible, but rather tasteless. 64203. White Coligny. 64213. RUBUS PECTINELLUS Maxim. 64204. White Sudan Durra. Atibu. A trailing plant with small 64205. Yanzu. heart-shaped hairy leaves and weak spines on all parts of the plant. It 64206. CARICA PAPAYA L. Papayaceae. grows at an altitude of 5,000 feet or more, from northern Luzon to Mindanao. Papaya. The berries, three-fifths of an inch in From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Seeds diameter, are bright red, juicy, subacid, presented by Gonzalo M. Fortun, direc- and of excellent flavor and quality. This tor, Estacion Experimental Agronomica. is the choicest species of Rubus in the Received June 10, 1925. Philippines, but it is not in cultivation. Mamey. This is a fine papaya of medium 64214. RUBUS NIVEUS Thunb. Raspberry. size, with red flesh of fine flavor. (Fortun.) Below Cnmp 42, trail to Adouay. Pilay. A bramble found in northern 64207 to 64209. Coix LACEYMA-JOBI MA- Luzon at altitudes ranging from 4,000 to YUEN (Rom.) Stapf. Poaceae. 7,000 feet, with spiny canes up to 7 feet in length. The five to nine foliolate Adlay, leaves are white beneath. The hemi- From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. spherical berries are bluish, subacid. and Seeds presented by S. Youngberg, acting of good flavor. This plant is not culti- Director, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila. vated, but is well worthy of domestica- Received June 23, 1925. tion. The ma-yuen, or adlay, has attracted con 64215. ACACIA GIRAFFAE Willd. Mimo- siderable attention as a cereal for tropical saceae. regions. According to P. J. Wester, it is better than upland rice for tropical agri- From Kirstenbosch, Cape Province, Union culture in being more drought resistant, a of South Africa. Seeds presented by heavier yielder, and much less expensive to Prof. R. H. Compton, director, National cultivate. The seeds can be used largely Botanic Gardens. Received June 12, in the same manner as corn. 1925. 40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

The kameel doom of the Transvaal is a valuable timber tree for arid regions in 64221 and 64222—Continued. the warm Temperate Zone, according to 64222. LlLIUM LEUCANTHUM CHLORASTER J. Burtt Davy, formerly director of the Burtt-pavy seed farms at Burttholm, Ve- (Baker) Wilson. Liliaceae. Lily. reeniging. Transvaal. The ripe pods are An unidentified Chinese lily. To be greedily eaten by stock. The tree thrives grown to ascertain its horticultural value. in .sandy soil, attains a large size, and the dark reddish brown Avood is used by the 64223 to 64230. PYRUS spp. Malaceae. natives in making spoons, knife handles, Pear. etc. The following seedlings, grown at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Calif., 64216. CAKICA PAPAYA L. Papayaceae. are from hybrids between one of the Pyrus Papaya. communis types and a Chinese pear, raised by the late Walter Van Fleet in 1907 and From Santiago dc las Vegas, Cuba. Seeds hitherto carried collectively at the Chico- presented by Gonzalo M. Fortun, director, garden under the S. P. I. No. 28497. Num- Estaeion Experimental Agronomica. Re- bered in April, 1925, for convenience in ceived June 13, 1925. distribution. One of the larger papaya types, sent to 64223. PYRUS sp. me by Mario Escobar y Ferrer, of Colonia A medium-sized pear, 3% inches long " Bellamar " Jagucyal. (Fortun.) and 2% inches wide, which is obovate- acute-pyriform, some specimens tending 64217. MEIBOMIA LEIOCARPA (Spreng.) to oblong-pyriform. The thick, tough Kuntze (Desmodiuni leiocarpum skin is light yellow overlain with bronze Don.). Fabaceae. or light pink on the exposed surface and is slightly roughened by numerous largo From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Seeds pre- conspicuous russet dots. The flesh is sented by Carlos 1). Girola, Museo Agri- white, fairly juicy and firm, sweet but cola do" la Sociedad Rural Argentina. insipid. The tree is very prolific and Received June 12, 1925. ripens its fruits at Chico from the middle of August to the middle of Septem- In northern Argentina and southern ber. (Row 42, tree 3, and row 44? Brazil this native leguminous plant is eaten tree 3.) readily by stock, according to Sefior Girol.-i (Boletin del Ministerio de Agricul- 64224. PYRUS sp. tura. liuonos Aires, vol. 25, p. 375). The Fruits medium to large, averaging ?> plant becomes 6 feet; or more in height, inches long and 2% inches wide ; acute- more or less branched, with trifoliolate obovate-pyriform in shape with unequal leaves 2 inches or more long. For use as sides. When ripe the skin is lemon forage the plants arc cut at the level of yellow with a smooth waxy surface and the ground, just before flowering; this numerous russet dots. The flesh is quite practice crfuses the plants to renew their firm and juicy, slightly sweet, but lack- growth most rapidly. ing in flavor. Possibly of use for canning purposes. The fruits ripen at Chico 64218. PANICUM LAEVIFOLTUM Hack. from late in September to late in Octo- Poaceae. Grass. ber. Row 26, tree 4, old test orchard.) From Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South 64225. PYRUS sp. Africa. Seeds presented by H. A. Melle, A medium-sized pear, yellowish green Department of Agriculture, through C. V. and rather rough. The flesh is light IMpor, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- colored, rather coarse in texture, but ceived June IT, 1925. juicy, sweet, and of fair quality. The tree is small and rather slow growing, Sweet grass is an annual, widely dis- bearing, an average crop and showing no tributed over the Transvaal and the Orange evidence of disease. Evidently a fair Free State. Owing to its rapid growth in winter pear. The fruits ripen at Chico cultivated lands, it is regarded as a trouble- about the middle of August. (Row 26, some weed. It is a very rapid grower, tree 8, old test orchard.) heading within six weeks after the seed has germinated, and has a remarkably heavy 64226. PYRUS sp. yield. The mown grass, if properly cured, A medium-sized drooping vigorous tree, "makes excellent hay" of the best palatability, bearing an average crop of medium-sized which during the winter months is eaten pears. The fruits are greenish yellow greedily by stock. (Melle.) and smooth. The flesh is juicy and slightly acid with a trace of astrin- 64219 and 64220. SACCHARUM OFFICINA- gency. This has a possible value as a RUM L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. late winter pear. (Row 26, tree 11, old From Fortuna, Porto Rico. Cuttings pre- test orchard.) sented by .7. Matz, through E. W. 64227. PYRUS sp. Brandes, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- ceived June 24, 1925. Fruits largo and coarse, averaging 12 to 10 ounces in weight, with greenish 64219. B. 6032. 64220. B. 6308. yellow skin, slightly colored where exposed to the sun. The flesh is juicy and 64221 and 64222. fairly sweet, but lacking in flavor. The From Chingkangsan, Hupeh, China. Seeds tree is vigorous, free from blight, and presented by Rev. A. S. Cooper. Received bears a heavy crop of fruit which ripens June 15, 1925. late in September or early in October at Chico, Calif. (Row 28, tree 8, old test 64221. PYRACANTHA sp. Malaceae. orchard.) Firethorn. The firethorns are ornamental shrubs 64228. PYRUS sp. grown chiefly for their bright-red fruits. A very vigorous tree showing as yet This Chinese species is as yet unidentified. no evidence of blight and bearing a heavy APEIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 41

64223 to 64230—Continued. 64231 to 64243—Continued. crop of large obovate pears averaging often 100 feet in height, native to Japan 8 to 10 ounces in weight. The flesh is and the adjacent parts of the Asiatic coarse, granular, juicy, and lacking in mainland. The leaves are up to 15 flavor. (Row 28, tree 10, old test or- inches in length, with dull-green bristly chard.) leaflets. The tree is said to be susceptible to late spring frosts. 64229. PYRUS sp. Fruits medium sized, turbinate, aver- 64236. LARIX DAHURICA Turcz. Pinaceae. Larch. aging 2y2 inches long and 2*4 inches wide, with a fairly smooth surface, A larch from Manchuria and south- slightly roughened in spots by russet eastern Siberia, sometimes as much as 70 patches. The flesh is white, fairly feet in height. In many sections it is juicy and firm, sweet, with a pleasant superior to the common "European larch flavor. A satisfactory dessert pear as a park tree. In the spring the young which ripens early in September. (Row cones are very attractive because of 34, tree 4, old test orchard.) their bright pink color. 64230. PYRUS sp. 64237. MAACKIA AMURENSIS Rupr. Faba- ceae. A pear averaging 7 or 8 ounces in weight, obovate in form, greenish yel- A small tree, native to eastern Asia, low, and heavily dotted. The flesh is very with orange-brown bark, dull-green com- coarse and gritty and would probably be pound leaves, and short erect clusters of of value only for cooking, purposes. The small yellowish white flowers. tree is spreading, open, and vigorous and as yet shows no evidence of disease. 64238. PICEA JEZOENSIS (Sieb. and Zucc.) Fruits ripen in October at Chico, Calif. Carr. Pinaceae. (Row 27, tree 9, old test orchard.) A handsome hardy spruce, native to eastern Asia, which becomes about 70 feet 64231 to 64243. high, with low-spreading branches and a dense pyramidal habit. The leaves are From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented silvery above and rich green beneath, by A. Kol, chief of information and in- and the staminate flowers are orange- troduction, Institute of Applied Botany. crimson. Received June 12, 1925. 64239. PRUNUS MAACKII Rupr. Amygda- 64231. ABIES S I B I R I C A NEPHROLEPIS laceae. Cherry. Trautv. Pinaceae. A Manchurian bird cherry, 40 feet or A tall Siberian fir with a trunk 2 to 4 more in height, with very smooth brown- feet in diameter, dark yellow-green ish yellow bark which peels off like that crowded leaves, and slender brownish of a birch. The leaves are pointed and yellow cones. This is said to be a very very finely toothed, and the white flowers hardy fir, although the young growth is are in short racemes borne on the pre- often injured by late frosts. vious season's wood. 64232. ACANTHOPANAX SENTICOSUM 64240. PRUNUS SALICINA Lindl. Amygda- (Rupr.) Harms. Araliaceae. laceae. Plum. A very spiny shrub bearing palmate- Var. koreana. A horticultural form divided leaves and having at the end of its long shoots small umbels of black of the Japanese plum which will be berries. Grows generally in dense shade, grown to ascertain its horticultural and may prove useful as a park or gar- value. den shrub or as an undergrowth beneath 64241. PYRUS USSURIENSIS Maxim. Mal- tall trees. (Frank N. Meyer, note under aceae. Pear. 8. P. I. No. 20309.) A hardy Chinese pear, some strains of which have shown unusual resistance 64233. ACER TEGMENTOSUM Maxim. to the pear blight. Introduced for hor- Aceraceae. Maple. ticulturists engaged in pear-breeding ex- A small hardy Manchurian maple, very periments. similar to Acer rufinerve. The bright- green three-lobed leaves are about 3 64242. SCHIZANDRA CHINENSIS (Turcz.) inches long and slightly less in width. Baill. Magnoliaceae. A trailing vine of small growth, found 64234. BETULA SCHMIDTII Regel. Betu- among bowlders and rocks. The leaves laceae. Birch. are not unlike those of Actinidia kolo- A Japanese birch, described by C. S. mikta, and the sour red berries are in Sargent (Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, pt. small clusters. Might be of use as a 3, pp. 475 and 476) as a large tree with small porch and trellis vine for the thick branches, found only in the Prov- colder sections of the United States. (Frank N. Meyer, note under S. P. I. ince of Shimotsuke. HondoT , Japan. It grows to be 65 feet tall, w ith a trunk 3y2 No. 36755.) to 7ty> feet thick, and black bark which falls off in thick, rather small plates. 64243. TILIA AMURENSIS Rupr. Tiliaceae. The finely serrate leaves are short A Manchurian linden which according stemmed, and the catkins are narrow, to Schneider (Illustriertes Handbuch der stiff, and erect. Laubholzkunde, vol. 2, p. 374) has a habit similar to that of the small-leaved 64235. FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA Rupr. linden (Tilia cordata Mill.), with ovate Oleaceae. Ash. papery long-pointed leaves which are An Asiatic ash, described by Bean dark "green above and blue-green below. (Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British It is distinguished from the small-leaved, Isles, vol. 1, p. 569) as a handsome tree linden by its coarser dentations. 42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOBTED

64244. LEUCOJUM AUTUMNALE L. Ama- 64245 to 64272—Continued. ryllidaceae. 64256. IRIS sp. Iridaceae. From Morocco. Bulbs collected by David No. 5783. Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 4, 64257. IRIS sp. Iridaceae. 1925. 64258 to 64260. LILIUM spp. Liliaceae. April 17, 1925. Collected in the forest of Lily. Mamora, about 9 miles from Rabat. (Fair- •child.) 64258. LILIUM sp. No. 5809. A lily, with maroon flow- For introduction of seeds and description, ers, which grows 3 to 6 inches high, see S. P. I. No. 64191. in peaty meadows, among dwarf rhododendrons. 64245 to 64272. 64259. LILIUM sp. From Tibet, China. Seeds collected by F. No. 5893. Plant 3 feet high, found Kingdon Ward and presented by Maj. on sheltered banks among shrubs on Lionel de Rothschild, London, England. granite rock and in loamy soil, at an Received May 22, 1925. Notes by Cap- altitude of 13,000 feet. tain Ward. 64260. LILIUM sp. Collected in the Tsangpo Valley during the spring of 1924. No. 6272. 64261 to 64263. LONICERA spp. Capri- 64245. ACER sp. Aceraceae. Maple. foliaceae. Honeysuckle. No. 5832. A tree 20 to 30 feet high, growing in a mixed forest. 64261. LONICERA sp. No. 5775. A bush 6 to 8 feet high 64246 to 64249. BERBERIS spp. Berberid- found in forests. It bears white or aceae. Barberry. pale-cream pendent flowers and hand- 64246. BERBERIS sp. some cherry-red translucent berries which are good to eat. No. 5773. A bush, 6 feet in height, with glaucous foliage which turns pur- 64262. LONICERA sp. ple in the autumn. The flowers are No. 5822. A shrub or small tree up yellow and the berries coral red. to 20 feet high, found in heavily 64247. BERBERIS sp. shaded forests. The leaves are glossy and the flowers maroon colored. The No. 5936. This bush, 6 feet in height, pendent fruits, scarlet and the size of has scarlet foliage during the autumn. small cherries, are produced on pedicels The bright-yellow flOAvers are very nu- which are 2 inches in length. merous, and the berries are scarlet. 64263. LONICERA sp. 64248. BERBERIS sp. No. 5918. A dwarf shrub, 1 foot No. 5962. high, with yellow flowers and blue- black stems and berries. It grows in 64249. BERBERIS sp. peaty soil among dwarf rhododendrons No. 6233. A small shrub. 1 to 1% on alpine meadows. feet in height, growing on sunny 64264. NOMOCHARIS sp. Liliaceae. grassy slopes in peaty soil among No. 6232. A plant 8 to 12 inches high, dwarf rhododendrons. The pendent found on alpine meadows in loam1 and berries are coral red. sand. The flowers were not seen. 64250. CARAGANA sp. Fabaceae. 64265. ONOSMA sp. Boraginaceae. No. 6267. A bush, 2 to 3 feet high, No. 5965. A plant having decumbent growing in alpine regions on open slopes stems and bright-blue flowers which ap- facing the south. The flowers are pear from July to September. It grows pink (?). in pure sand, gravel, or grit In open, dry, sunny situations and should make 64251. CASSIOPE sp. Ericaceae. a good rock plant. Nos. 5663 and 5770. Grows in peaty 64266. POPULUS sp. Salicaceae. Poplar. soil on alpine meadows. No. 5675. A golden poplar tree 100 64252. CLEMATIS sp. Ranunculaceae. feet high, found in villages by the river. No. 6290. 64267. RHEUM sp. Polygonaceae. 64253. COTONEASTER sp. Malaceae. No. 5805. Plant 6 feet high growing among alpine granite bowlders at an alti- No. 6400. tude of 15,000 feet. 64254. ENKIANTHUS sp. Ericaceae. 64268. ROSA sp. Rosaceae. Rose. No. 6254. A shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, No. 5834. A bush, 6 to 12 feet high, found in thickets and on the margins of or scrambling from 15 to 20 feet, found forests. The leaves are scarlet and in thickets, forests, hedges, etc. The orange in the autumn ; the flowers were flowers are rose, hips scarlet and flask- not seen. shaped. 64239 to 64271. SALIX spp. Salicaceae. 64255. ILEX sp. Aquifoliaceae. Holly. Willow. No. 6249. An evergreen undershrub 64269. SALIX sp. about 1 foot high, with scarlet berries No. 5755. A shrub 10 to 15 feet resembling those of the holly. Grows high, with large bright-colored stami- .among- dense shrub growth and bowlders nate and pistillate catkins. Grows in in peaty soil. open situations. APBIL 1 TO JUKE 30, 1925 43

64245 to 64272—Continued. 64273 to 64285—Continued. 64270. SALIX sp. 64283. No. 2657. Szechwan lu ivan tou No. 5870. This dwarf willow, bear- (green field pea of Szechwan), origi- ing large leaves and erect spikes 3 nally from Szechwan Province. inches in length, is creeping in habit. 64284. SOJA MAX (D.) Piper (Glycine M8- 64271. SALIX sp. pida Maxim.). Fabaceae. Soy bean. No. 6239. A shrub a foot or 2 high, No. 2651. Tsung se tou (brown soy with erect spikes about 3 inches long. bean) said to be a product of Chihli Grows on sheltered gravelly slopes Province. and in marshy places. 64285. TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. (T. VUU 64272. THALICTRUM sp. Ranunculaceae. gare Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. No. 5899. A plant 6 to 10 feet high, No. 2648. Pai mai tze (white winter with small leaves and large mauve wheat). Originally from Chinghsien. flowers. Resembles Thalictrum diptero- carpum, but probably the leaves are smaller and the flowers larger. Grows 64286. DAHLIA VARIABILIS (Willd.) in loamy soil in shady places. Desf. Asteraceae. 64273 to 64285. From Lima, Peru. Tuber collected by Wilson Popenoe, agricultural explorer, From' Chihli Province, China. Seeds col- Bureau of Plant Industry. Received lected by P. H. Dorsett, agricultural ex- February 28, 1925. Numbered April, plorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 1925. ceived May 27, 1925. Notes by Mr. Dorsett. This is considered to be the parent of the great majority of cultivated dahlia The following seeds were collected at varieties, and is, as the name indicates, the Botanical Garden. Peking, April 10, very variable in both vegetative and 1925. floral characters. 64273. HORDEUM V U L G A R E NIGRUM (Willd.) Beaven. Poaceae. 64287 and 64288. Six-rowed barley. No. 2658. Feng Tien hei ta mai (black From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Seeds pre- barley of Mukden). This variety is said sented by Dr. Pacheco Leao, director, Bo- to have originally come from Mukden, tanic Garden. Received June 29, 1925. Manchuria. 64287. IiOLCUS SORGHUM VERTICILLI- FLORUS (Steud.) Hitchc. Poaceae. 64274 to 64276. HORDE CM VULGAEB PAL- Tabucki grass. LIDUM Seringe. Poaceae. Locally grown seeds. Six-rowed barley. 64274. No. 2649. Wang ta mai (king For previous introduction see S. 1'. I. barley). This variety appears to be No. 61674. the most commonly grown barley. 64288. MBIBOMIA DISCOLOR (Vogel) 64275. No. 2650. Honan icang ta mai Kuntzo {Desmodium discolor Vogel). (king barley of Honan), said to Fabaceae. have originally come from Honan A shrubby erect hairy plant from Province. southern Brazil, with oval membranous 64276. No. 2659. Eo Kuo ta mai (Rus- leaflets and large panicles of light-blue sian barley), originally from Russia. flowers. 64277 and 64278. PHASEOLUS CALCARATUS Roxb. Fabaceae. Rice bean. 64289 to 64309. 64277. No. 2652. Pai ch'a,ng hsiao tou From Tiflis, Georgia, Caucasus. Seeds pre- (white long small bean). This sented by the director of the Botanic variety is said to be a product of Garden. Received June 30, 1925. Chihli Province. 64289. ABIES SPECTABILIS Lambert (A. 64278. No. 2660. Tsung so ch'ang hsiao ivebbiana Lindl.). Pinaceae. Fir. tou (long brown small bean). These were selected from the small white An Asiatic fir, which, in its native bean, No. 2652 [S. P. I. No. 64277], home in the Himalayas, becomes at times and may prove to be a different 150 feet in height, according to Bean strain. (Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 128). The dark-green =64279 to 64283. PISUM SATIVUM L. Fa- leaves are arranged in two opposite series baceae. Pea. so as to leave a V-shaped opening along the top ; the individual leaves are 1 to 2 64279. No. 2653. Eo Kuo pai lean tou inches long. The cones, about 5 inches (white field pea of Russia), said to long, are violet-purple at first, becoming have come originally from Russia. brown. It is probable that this fir will 64280. No. 2654. Szechwan pai wan prove hardy only in the southern United tou (white field pea of Szechwan). States. A product of Szechwan. 64290. ACER DIVERGENS Koch and Pax. 64281. No. 2655. Feng Tien pai wan Aceraceae. Maple. tou (white field pea of Mukden), According to Koch (Engler's Botan- said to have come originally from ische Jahrbiicher, vol. 7, p. 234), this Mukden, Manchuria. maple, native to the Caucasus, is prob- 64282. No. 2656. Te Kuo lu wan tou ably a tree ; the bark is ash brown. The (green field pea of Germany). Orig- leathery dark-green leaves are pale be- inally from Germany. neath and five lobed. 44 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED

64289 to 64309—Continued. 64289 to 64309—Continued. 64291. ACER HYRCANUM Fisch. and Mey. Tiflis (vol. 14, 1909), inhabits brack- Aceraceae. Maple. ish swamps. It is less than 2 feet tall, and the flowers are either sky- A southern European maple of com- blue or yellowish. pact habit, about 25 feet high, with bright-green 5-lobed leaves, greenish yel- 64300. IRIS TASCHIA Hort. low flowers, and samaras about an inch long. A horticultural variety. 64292 to 64294. CORNUS spp. Cornaceae. 64301. IRIS WINOGRADOWI Fomin. Dogwood. A Caucasian iris. 64292. CORN us AUSTRALIS Meyer. 64302. JUNIPERTS ISOPHYLLOS Koch. A close relative of the common Euro- Pinaceae. Juniper.. pean dogwood (Cornus sanguined). It An oriental jumper described by Koch differs in minor characters only, and is (Linnea, vol. 22. p. 304) as a shrubby native to Asia Minor and the Caucasus. free, with light-brown bark and ovate The European dogwood is a shrub 12 leaves. It differs from JuiUperus pseudo- feet high, with dark-red branches, pale- xabina in being smaller and having keeled green leaves, dense cymes of greenish leaves. white flowers, and black fruits. 64303 to 64306. PAEOMA spp. Ranun- 64293. CORNUS IBERICA IlOl't. culaceae. Peony- A horticultural variety. 64303. PAEONIA ABCHASICA Hort. 64294. COIINUS KOBNIGI C. Schneid. A horticultural variety. A dogwood native to Transcaucasia, 64304. PAEOMA MLOKOSEWITSCHI LO- described by Schneider (Illustriertes makin. Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 2) as a shrub 10 feet or more in height, According to Curtis's Botanical upright in habit and closely related to Magazine (pi. 8173), this is a herba- the common European dogwood (Cornus ceous perennial peony, with dark blu- s anguine a). The branches are purple- ish green biternate leaves with red brown, the leaves shining green, and nerves and margins. The yellow flow- the fruits are black. ers are 4 to 5 inches across, with numerous stamens and purple stigmas. 64295. CUPRESSUS TORULOSA Don. Pina- This peony, considered the handsomest ceae. of the yellow-flowered forms, is native to the central Caucasus. Var. comeyana. A tall pyramidal cypress, 150 feet or less high, with 64305. PAEONIA TRITERNATA Pall. pendulous branches and deep-green leaves arranged irregularly. It is indigenous A tall herbaceous peony, with car- to the Himalayas, and will probably he rot-shaped roots, which resem'bles- hardy only in the southern United States. Paeonia eonilUna, but differs in having rounded leaves, green stems, and 64296. FAGUS ORIENTALIS Lipsky. Faga- rose-colored or whitish flowers. It is- ceae. Beech. native to southeastern Europe. A tall handsome beech with a pyrami- 64306. PAEOMA WITTMANNIAXA Ilart- dal habit, which is distributed through- wiss. out the Caucasus. The leaves are oblong A herbaceous perennial peony 2 to to elliptic, with entire margins. The 3 feet high, with biternate leaves 4 wood is considered excellent for making to 8 inches long and flowers about 4 furniture, tools, barrels, etc. This beech inches across. The flowers are soli- should be tried in the Southwest as a tary, pale yellow, greenish or nearly timber and shade tree. white. Native to the Caucasus. 64297 to 64301. IRIS spp. Iridaceae. 64307. PINUS ELDARICA Medw. Pinaceae- 64297. IRIS CARTHALINIAE Fomin. Pine. A Caucasian iris, described (Moni- An erect pine 40 to 50 feet high, na- teur du Jardin Botanique de Tiflis, tive to southern Europe and western 1909) as having a thick rhizome and Asia, and closely related to the Aleppo four or five flowyered stems nearly 3 pine (Pinus lialepensis). It differs from feet high. The sword-shaped leaves the latter in having longer, more rigid are about two-thirds of an inch wide, leaves which are a deeper green. and the flowers are light blue. In its native country the plant grows in 64308. PTEROCARYA FRAXINIFOLIA (Lam.) damp places. Spach. (P. caucasica Meyer). Jug- landaceae. 64298. IRIS CAUCASICA Hoffni. A handsome spreading tree 60 feet or A rather dwarf iris described by less in height, with attractive dark- Baker (Irideae, p. 45) as having about green pinnate leaves about a foot long. six bright-green very narrow leaves 3 Its native land is the Caucasus, and it to 6 inches long, a short stem, and will probably not be hardy north of pale or bright-yellow flowers which ap- Massachusetts. pear in March or April. It is native from1 Asia Minor to Turkestan, ascend- 64309. REICHARDIA DICHOTOMA (Bieb.) ing to 6,000 feet above sea level. Freyn. Cichoriaceae. 64299. IRIS MUSULMANICA Fomin. A perennial herbaceous composite, 2 to 3 feet high, native to Asia Minor, An iris from the vicinity of Elisa- with a rosette of spatulate radical bethpol, Caucasus, which, according to leaves and very small stem leaves. The the Moniteur du Jardin Botanique dc white flowers are in rather large heads. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 45

64310 to 64339. 64310 to 64339—Continued. From Harbin, Manclvuria. Seeds collected 64322 to 64329. PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L. by P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Common bean. Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 64322. No. 2790. May 5, 1925. A June 19, 1925. Notes by Mr. Dorsett. white garden bean with blotches of 64310. CAXXARIS SATIVA L. Moraceae. pink about the hilum, from Te- yuanyung, Harbin. It is used as Hemp. a vegetable cooked with kaoliang. No. 2802. Pniston, Harbin. May 5, 1925. From the market; said to be lo- 64323. No. 2793. May 5, 1925. A cally grown stock. large mottled variety reported to be from locally grown stock. 64311. FAGOPYRUM VULGARK Hill (P. ea- culentum Moench). Polygonaceae. 64324. No. 2796. May 5, 1925. A white garden bean used largely by Buckwheat. the Japanese. No. 2865. May 12, 1925. Obtained from a grain dealer in the Chinese sec- 64325. No. 2801. Pniston, Harbin. tion. May 5, 1925. A deep-pink or red garden bean obtained in the mar- (64312. *HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L. Astera- ket, reported to have come from1 ceae. Sunflower. locally grown stock. No. 2800. Pniston, Harbin. May 5, 64326. No. 2863. May 12, 1925. A 1925. A large sunflower obtained in the purple-flowered garden bean ob- market: said to be from stock growing tained from a grain shop in the near Harbin. Chinese section ; reported to have come from stock grown in the 64313. LlNUM USITATISSIMUM L. Lina- vicinity of Harbin. Flax. ceae. 64327. No. 2864. May 12, 1925. No. 2803. May 5. 1925. Presented by Huang yun tou, or Wu yueh hsien A. Pmelrieff, flax expert of the Chinese yun tou (yellow garden bean, or Eastern Railroad. fifth month ripening bean). Ob- 64314 and 64315. NICOTIANA TABACUM L. tained from a seed shop in the Solanaceae. Tobacco. Chinese section. 64328. No. 2867. May 12, 1925. 64314. No. 2862. May 12, 1925. A Ghiao tan yun tou, or Hua yun round-leaved Russian tobacco ob- tou, (bird-egg bean, or flowered tained from a seed shop in the Chi- garden bean). Obtained from a nese section. seed shop in the Chinese section. 64315. No. 2863%. May 12, 1925. A '. No. 2872. May 12, 1925. long-leaved Chinese variety grown in A long brown bean known as the vicinity of Harbin. " pole bean from Japan " ; obtained from a grain dealer in the Chinese -64316 to 64329. PHASEOLUS spp. Faba- section of the town and said to ceae. have come from stock grown in the 64316 to 64319. PHASEOLUS ANGULARIS vicinity of Harbin. (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Adsuki bean. 64330 and 64331. PISUM SATIVUM L. 64316. No. 2794. May 5, 1925. A Fabaceae. Pea. small red bean said to be from local stock. 64330. No. 2797. May 5, 1925. A white variety from locally grown 64317. No. 2870 May 12, 1925. A stock. small white bean obtained in the Chinese section in a grain shop; 64331. No. 2858. May 11, 1925. Uo reported to have come from stock Kuo \u wan tou (green field pea of grown in the vicinity of Harbin. Russia). This variety, said to have come from locally grown stock, orig- 64318. No. 2871. May 12, 1925. inally came from Russia. Una Hsiao tou (flowered small bean), obtained from a seed shop 64332. RAPHANUS SATIVUS L. Brassi- in the Chinese section; said to caceae. Radish. have come from stock grown in No. 2866. May 12, 1925. A large the vicinity of Harbin. round bright-red radish obtained from a 64319. No. 2873. May 12, 1925. A seed man in the Chinese section. These small bluish or black mottled bean radishes are sometimes as much as 8 to obtained from a grain dealer in 10 inches in diameter. the Chinese section and said to be 64333 to 64336. SOJA MAX (L.) Piper from stock grown in the vicinity (Olycine hispida Maxim). Fabaceae. of Harbin. Soy bean. 64320. PHASEOLUS AUREUS Roxb. 64333. No. 2792. May 5, 1925. Yellow Mung bean. soy beans called in the Harbin mar- No. 2791. May 5, 1925. A green ket " round bean." These are the mung bean known as " lucky bean " ones principally used in the manu- and used for making vermicelli and for facture of oil. sprouts. 64334. No. 2795. May 5, 1925. Jih Pin ta hei tou (large black soy bean 64321. PHASEOLUS COCCINEUS L. of Japan), from stock grown in the Scarlet Runner bean. vicinity of Harbin. This variety No. 2861. May 11, 1925. Jih Pin seems as large as or larger than ta pal tou (large white bean from any other soy bean we have seen. Japan), from locally grown stock. They are boiled with milk and sugar. 46 SEEDS AKD PLANTS IMPOETED

64310 to 64339—Continued. 64340 to 64420—Continued. 64335. No. 2798. May 5, 1925. Green- 64346. BRASSICA sp. Brassicaceae. seeded soy bean from1 locally grown Mustard. stock. No. 2920. May 15, 1925. Received 64336. No. 2859. May 11, 1925. A from R. C. Flory, Liaochou, Shansi. Mr. black soy bean, green inside, sup- Flory reports this mustard as being very posed to be from locally grown commonly used for seasoning and for stock. making plasters, c;tc. 64337. VICIA FABA L. Fabaceae. 64347. CANNABIS SATIVA L. Moraceae. Broad bean. Hemp. No. 2860. May 11, 1925. A rather No. 2915. May 15, 1925. Received small brown broad bean obtained in the from R. C. Flory, Liaochou, Shansi, market in the Chinese section ; reported which he reports is a very common to be from locally grown stock. Known variety. as " silkworm bean." 64348 to 64350, CAPSICUM ANNUUM L. 64338 and 64339. VIGNA SESQUIPEDALIS Solanaceae. Red pepper. (L.) Frnwirth. Fabaceae. Yard Long bean. 64348. No. 2905. May 14, 1925. Eo Kuo ta tun chin chiao (large Rus- 64338. No. 2868. May 12, 1925. Hsien sian sweet pepper), obtained from a ton chiao (long pod thread bean), seed denier in the Chinese section obtained from a grain dealer in the of Harbin. When ripe the fruits Chinese section. are red and 3 to 3J,£ inches in 64339. No. 2869. May 12, 1925. A diameter. small black bean, used as a vege- 64349. No. 2906. May 14, 1925. Hung table ; from the Chinese section. chang chin, chiao (red long, pepper), from locally grown stock. Obtained 64340 to 64420. from a weed " dealer in the Chinese From1 Manchuria. Seeds collected by P. II. section of Harbin. The fruit when Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of ripe is red and about 4 inches long. Plant Industry. Received June 25 and 64350. No. 2907. -May 14, 1925. Yang 26, 1925. Notes by Mr. Dorsett. chi chiao chin chiao (goat horn pepper), from locally grown stock, 64340. ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS L. Apia- obtained from a seed dealer in the ceae. Dill. Chinese section of Harbin. No. 2984. Harbin, May 14, 1925. Bo Kuq liuei hsiang (Russian fennel). This 64351. CHAETOCHLOA ITALICA (L.) Scribn. variety, from locally grown stock, grows (Setaria italica, Beauv.). Poaceae. about 3 feet in height. Used for sea- Millet. soning soups and meats. No. 2917. May 15, 1925. Yellow mil- 64341. APIUM GRAVEOLENS L. Apiaceae. let received from R. C. Flory, Liaochou, Celery. Shansi. No. 2908. May 14, 1925. Chinese 64352. CHRYSANTHEMUM CORONARIUM L. celery from locally grown stock. These Asteraceae. seeds were secured from a seed dealer in the Chinese section of Harbin. Used to No. 2891. May 14, 1925. Teng hao fry with meat. (cone artemisia). Locally known as " chrysanthemum salad." The leaves and 64342. AVENA NUDA Hoejer. Poaceae. petals of some chrysanthemums are eaten Naked oats. in China as a vegetable. No. 2912. May 15, 1925. Chiao mai 64353. CITRULLUS VULGARIS Schrad. Cu- (bird wheat). Seeds received from R. C. curbitaceae. Watermelon, Flory, Liaochou, Shansi, who says they are quite common on the hills around No. 2901. Harbin. May 14, 1925. Tai Liaochou. li hung hsi kua (red-fleshed watermelon). The skin is striped light and dark green ; 64343. AVENA SATIVA L. Poaceae. Oats. the fruit is round and 10 to 12 inches in diameter. No. 2979. May 19, 1925. Ling ta mia (oats or ling barley). Manchurian oats 64354 and 64355. CORIANDRUM SATIVUM procured in a grain shop in the Chinese L. Apiaceae. Coriander, section of Harbin, and said to have come from locally grown stock. This variety 64354. No. 2884. May 14, 1925. Kao may be of Russian origin. yen sui (high coriander) obtained from a seed shop in the Chinese sec- 64344. BRASSICA JUNCEA (L.) COSS. tion of Harbin. The leaves and Brassicaceae. Chinese mustard. small leaf stems are chopped into No. 2909. May 14, 1925. Ghieh ts'ai fine pieces and used in seasoning he ta (rooted mustard). Obtained from soups and meats. This variety is a seed dealer in the Chinese section of said to grow like a shrub, being Harbin ; from locally grown stock. Used about 5 feet high, while the other mostly for m'aking pickles. variety, No. 2885 [S. P. I. No. 64355], said to have come originally from 64345. BRASSICA sp. Brassicaceae. Shantung, grows only about a foot Mustard. high. No. 2910. May 14, 1925. A Chinese 64355. No. 2885. May 14, 1925. Ai leafy mustard from locally grown stock, yen sui (short coriander) obtained used as greens and in making salted from a seed shop in the Chinese sec- vegetables. Obtained from a seed dealer tion of Harbin. This variety grows in the Chinese section of Harbin. about 1 foot high. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 47

64340 to 64420—Continued. 64340 to 64420—Continued. 64356. CORYLUS sp. Betulaceae. Hazel. 64367. FAGOPYRUM VULGARE Hill (F. esculentum Moench). Polygonaceae. No. 2934. May 15, 1925. Manchurian Buckwheat. hazel obtained from the market in the Chinese section of Harbin, said to have No. 2923. May 15, 1925. R. C. Flory, come originally from Nientzeshan, about of Liaochou, Shansi, who presented these 75 miles north of Harbin. The shell is seeds, says that they are common up on very thick, and the kernel is small but the hills. They are made into flour and of very good quality. used as food by the people. 64357 and 64358. CUCUMIS MELO L. CU- 64368. HOLCUS SORGHUM L. (Sorghum curbitaceae. Melon. vulgcme Pers.). Poaceae. Sorghum. No. 2913. May 15, 1925. Hung kao- 64357. No. 2887. May 14, 1925. Hu 1 pi tsui kua (tiger skin brittle liang (red kaoliang). Received from melon) obtained in the Chinese sec- R. C. Flory, Liaochou, Shansi. He re- tion of Harbin. This melon, eaten ports that this material is commonly mostly when boiled, is about 4 inches grown. in diameter and 6 to 7 inches in length. 64369 and 64370. HORDEUM VULGARE PAL- LIDUM Seringe. Poaceae. 64358. No. 2893. Harbin. May 14, Six-rowed barley. 1925. Eo Kuo tien kua (Russian melon). Mr. Skvortzow tells us 64369. No. 2931. May 15, 1925. R. C. that this is a hybrid between the Flory, Liaochou, Shansi, who pre- Russian and Chinese varieties. The sented this material, gives the fol- fruit, about 6 inches in diameter and lowing note: Not very common in 1 foot or more in length, is yellow this vicinity but seen frequently in and green. the market. 64370. No. 2977. May 19, 1925. Chi 64359 to 64361. CUCUMIS SATIVUS L. CU- Lin ta mai (barley of Kirin, Man- curbitaceae. Cucumber. churia) obtained from a seed shop in the Chinese section of Harbin. 64359. No. 2888. May 14, 1925. Pai 1 pi tsai kua (white-skinned cucum- Said to be from locally grown stock. ber) ; a locally grown product. The 64371 to 64373. LAGENARIA LEUCANTHA fruit is 12 to 18 inches in length (Duchesne) Rusby. Cucurbitaceae. and is used as a vegetable boiled Gourd. with meat. 64371. No. 2902. Harbin. May 14, 64360. No. 2889. Harbin. May 14, 1925. Hsiao ya hulu (small orna- 1925. Kuai chang huang kua (early mental gourd). The fruit is about ripening long cucumber), from lo- 4 inches in length. cally grown stock. The fruit is a foot or more in length and is green 64372. No. 2903. Harbin. May 14, inside. 1925. Ta ya hulu (large ornamental gourd), which grows 12 64361. No. 2890. May 14, 1925. Eo inches long. From locally grown Kuo huang kua (Russian common cu- seed. cumber), grown generally about Har- bin. It is from 5 to 6 inches long. 64373. No. 2904. May 14, 1925. Ta hulu (big gourd), from locally 64362 and 64363. CUCURBITA MAXIMA DU- grown stock. This variety, used ehesne. Cucurbitaceae. Squash. for making dippers, was obtained from a seed dealer in the Chinese 64362. No. 2896. Harbin. May 14, section of Harbin. 1925. Wo kua (big pumpkin gourd). The yellow fruit is cut into small 64374. LENTILLA LENS (L.) W. F. Wight pieces, boiled, and eaten as a vege- (Lens esculenta Moench). Fabaceae. table. LentiL 64363. No. 2921. May 15, 1925. Nan No. 2830. May 15, 1925. Hsiao pien kua (white pumpkin), commonly tou (small flat bean). Received from grown by the farmers. Received R. C. Flory, Liaochou, Shansi. from R. C. Flory, Liaochou, Shansi. 64375 to 64377. PANICUM MILIACEUM L. 64364 and 64365. CUCURBITA PEPO L. Cu- Poaceae. Froso. curbitaceae. Pumpkin. 64375. No. 2897. Harbin. May 14, 64364. No. 2895. Harbin. May 14, 1925. Kuai mei tze (sticky millet), 1925. Eo Kuo hsi hulu (Russian from locally grown stock. The Chi- vegetable marrow). This pumpkin, nese make flour for bread out of this of Russian origin, grows about 5 variety. inches in diameter and 12 to 18 64376. No. 2918. May 15, 1925. Men inches in length. ku tze (glutinous millet), received 64365. These seeds, which are brown, from R. C. Flory, Liaochou, Shansi. were included in the lot sent in un- He reports that this material is der Mr. Dorsett's No. 2921 [S. P. I. commonly used for food. No. 64363]. 64377. No. 2919. May 15, 1925. Mei 64366. FAGOPYRUM TATARICUM (L.) Gaertn. tze (Tsa millet), received from R. C. Polygonaceae. Flory, Liaochou, Shansi, who gives the following report: This variety is No. 2924. May 15, 1925. K'u chiao not so common as the above [S. P. L mai (bitter buckwheat), received from No. 64376]. If the rains come late R. C. Flory, Liaochou, Shansi, which he in the summer this can be planted reports as not being very common and and it will mature, whereas the which is made into cake flour. common millet would not. 48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOBTED

64340 to 64420—Continued. 64340 to 64420—Continued. 64378 to 64404. PHASEOLUS spp. Faba- 64399. No. 2978-F. ceae. 64400. No. 2978-G. 64378. PHASEOLUS ANGULARIS (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Adsuki bean. 64401. No. 2978-H. 64402. No. 2980. May 19, 1925. No. 2929. May 15, 1925. Hex hsiao Pai yun tou (white garden bean), tou (black or mottled small bean), re- said to be from locally grown ceived from R. C. Flory, Liaochou, stock. This variety, obtained in Shansi. He says this variety is used the Chinese section of Harbin, is as food, and he things it is also made a rather small white bean which into bean curd. somewhat resembles our navy 64379. PHASEOLUS AUREUS Roxb. bean. Mung bean. 64403. No. 2981. May 19, 1925. A No. 2914. May 15, 1925. Accord- yellowish brown mottled bean with ing to R. C. v Flory, of Liaochou, a creamy base, obtained in the Shansi, who presented this variety, the Chinese section of Harbin. name is Lu tou (green bean). It is 64404. No. 2985. Harbin. May 19, commonly used as food and is espe- 1925. Chiang mi tou (white rice cially used to produce sprouts. bean or small white bean), which is said to have come from locally 64380. PHASEOLUS COCCINEUS L. grown stock. It is smaller than Scarlet Runner bean. the one under No. 2980 [S. P. I. No. 2899. Harbin. May 14, 1925. No. 64402]. K'an hun tou (large-flowered bean). This variety produces large lavender 64405 to 64407. PISUM SATIVUM L. Faba- and bluish black brans and large pink ceae. Pea. flowers. 64405. No. 2892. Harbin. May 14, 1925. Eo Kuo wau tou (Russian 64381 to 64404. PHASEOLUS VULGARIS garden pea), said to be very good L. Common bean. as a fresh vegetable. This variety, 64381. No. 2886. May 14, 1925. from locally grown stock, is said to Hsiao huang yun ton (small yel- be used also as a field pea. low garde)) bean) obtained from 64406. No. 2932. May 15, 1925. Ac- a seed dealer in the Chinese sec- cording to R. C. Flory, of Liaochou, tion of Harbin. This is a rather 1 Shansi, who sent this material to us, small brownish yellow bean from these field peas, or " round beans," stock said to be locally grown. as the Chinese call them, are not We understand that this is not very common. They are sometimes used very much as a green bean grown on hills. but is grown for the vseed. 64407. No. 2982. May 19, 1925. A 64382 to 64392. May 15, 1925. P'a small variety, said to have come hsien tou (string bean). These from locally grown stock, obtained seeds, which were badly mixed, from a grain dealer in the Chinese were received from R. C. Flory, section of Harbin. Liaochou, Shansi. According to Mr. Flory, they are very common. 64408. RICINUS COMMUNIS L. Euphor- biaceae. Castor bean. 64382. No. 2916. No. 2898. May 14, 1925. A small 64383. No. 2916-A. light and dark gray-brown mottled cas- 64384. No. 2916-B. tor bean obtained from a shop in the Chinese section of Harbin. Said to be 64385. No. 2916-C. from locally grown stock. 64386. No. 2916-D. 64409 to 64414. SOJA MAX (L.) Piper (Glycine hispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 64387. No. 2916-E. Soy bean. 64388. No. 2916-F. 64409. No. 2922. May 15, 1925. A small black bean, received from R. 64389. No. 2916-G. C. Flory, Liaochou, Shansi, who says 64390. No. 2916-H. that it is commonly grown and is used as an animal feed. 64391. No. 2916-1. 64410 to 64413. May 15, 1925. Re- 64392. No. 2916-J. ceived from R. C. Flory, and according to him they are common and 64393 to 64401. May 10, 1925. Huang very often used to make bean curd. chiao tau ta tou (yellow bird-egg bean), from locally grown stock, 64410. No. 2925 Yellow soy beans. obtained in the Chinese section of Harbin. These seeds were very 64411. No. 2926. Soy beans of a badly mixed. rather dark-green color. 64393. No. 2978. Creamy white 64412. No. 2927. A light-green va- streaked with brown. riety. 64394. No 2978-A. 64413. No. 2928. A brown soy bean which is nearly round. 64395. No. 2978-B. 64414. No. 2983. May 19. 1925. A 64396. No. 2978-C. small black soy bean, said to be from 64397. No. 2978-D. locally grown stock, obtained from a grain dealer in the Chinese section 64398. No. 2978-E. of Harbin. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925

64340 to 64420—Continued. 64422 to 64428—Continued. 64415. SPINACIA OLERACBA L. Chenopodi- soils of the near desert for six months aceae. Spinach. at least, and then, in the early spring, when the rains come, to send up their No. 2900. May 14, 1925. Locally slender leaves and delicate flower stalkff grown Chinese spinach, obtained from a with one to three white, almost trans- shop in the Chinese section of Harbin. lucent, nodding flowers. Found by Gra- ham Fairchild on the outcropping of 64416. TRITICDM AESTIVUM L. (T. vul- rocks called the Socrat en Nemra, near gare Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. Boulhaut, northern Morocco. No. 2911. May 15, 1925. Received from R. C. Flory, Liaochou, Shansi. 64422. NARCISSUS sp. 64417 to 64419. VIGNA SINENSIS (Torner) Bulbs. Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 64423. NARCISSUS sp. 64417. No. 2916-K. May 15, 1925. Seeds. Received from R. C. Flory, of Liao- chou, Shansi, and according to him 64424. NARCISSUS sp. Amaryllidaceae. they are very common. These bulbs were collected on the 64418. No. 2916-L. May 15, 1925. mountain near Ouezzan. Received from R. C. Flory, Liaochou, Shansi, who says they are very com- 64425. ORNITHOGALUM UNIFOLIUM (L.) mon. Ker. Liliaceae. 64419. No. 2984. May 19, 1925. Ma According to Prof. R. Maire, this is an chian tou (mottled cowpea), from lo- attractive species and worthy a place in cally grown stock, obtained from a the amateur's collection. It occurs wild grain dealer in the Chinese section of in the region around Marchang and near Harbin. The cowpeas are creamy Rabat, Morocco. at the base and have brownish red A tender bulbous plant, native to the markings. Mediterranean region, with greenish 64420. ZEA MAYS L. Poaceae. Corn. flowers. It is about 6 inches high. No. 2933. May 15, 1925. A small- 64426. ROMULEA BULBOCODIUM (L.) Se- grained yellow corn received from R. C. bast. and Mauri. Iridaceae. Flory, Liaochou, Shansi. He says this Bulbs from1 the plateau between Oujda is plentiful as food for both man and and Taza, Morocco. The Arab boys and beast. The people use it as a cake flour. women dig the tiny corms, which are good to eat and rather sweet, and tie them into bundles. The baked clay soil 64421. CITRUS sp. Rutaceae. in this region is peppered with little From Simla, India. Plants presented by rosettes made by the slender grasslike H. E. J. Peake, Khaltoo Fruit Orchards, leaves. Solan Brewery. Received May 6, 1925. For previous introduction see S. P. I. A wild lemon, indigenous to the Simla No. 63482. Hills, which is ideal as a citrus stock. 64427 and 64428. ROMULEA BNGLERI Be- (Peake.) quinot. Iridaceae. The Romulea is somewhat like a small- 64422 to 64428. flowered crocus. Prof. R. Maire saysr From Morocco. Bulbs and seeds collected that this is one of the best. by David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, According to Engler's Botanische Jahr- Bureau of Plant Industry. Received bticher (vol. 38, p. 324), the violet June 29, 1925. Notes by Doctor Fair- flowers of this bulbous plant are borne child. singly or in few-flowered clusters on 64422 and 64423. NARCISSUS spp. Ama- scapes about 20 inches high. The leaves, ryllidaceae. which are longer than the scape, are- flattened cylindrical. A beautiful species accustomed to re- main dormant as bulbs in the scorching 64427. Bulbs. 64428. Seeds. INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES Abies koreana, 63676. Benvwasa hispida, 63909. siMrica n'ephrolepis, 64231. BerbeHs spp., 64246-64249. spectabilis, 64289. rcplicata, 63822. weobiana. See A. spectaMUs. Berria ammonilla, 63761. Abroma augusta, 64166. liersama usambarica, 63762. Abutilon ramifiorum, 64030. Berseem. See Trifolium alexandrinum. Acacia aneura, €3998. Betula schmidtii, 64234. giraffae, 64215. Billbergia variegata. See Neoglaziovia pendula, 63999. variegata. Acanthopanax senticosum, 64232. Binukao. See Garcinia binucao. Acer sp., 64245. Birch. See Betula schmidtii. diver gens, 64290. Bischofla sp., 63789. hyrcanum, 64291. Boehmeria nivea, 63790. osmastoni, 64167. platyphylla, 64117. tcgmentosum, 64233. rugulosa, 64118. Adenanthera microsperma, 63758, 63787, sidaefolia, 64119. G37S8. Bouea burmanica. See B. oppositifolia. Adlay. See Goix lacryma-jobi ma-yuen. oppositifolia, 63586. Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, 64031. , Bouf/ainvillea warszewiczii, 63554. Afzelia bijuga. See Intsia bijuga. Bra'saica spp., 63867, 63910-63915, 64345, Agropyron cristatum, 63800, 63801, 64090. 64346. orientate, 64091. juncea, 64344. orientale lasianthum, 64092. Bridelia micrantha, 63763. sibiricum, 63802. monoica, 63791. Albizzia adianthifolia, 63759. Broad bean. See Vicia faoa. ohinensis, 63582. Bromus inermis, 63803-63805. fastigiata. See A. adianthifolia. Buckwheat. See Fagopyrum vulgare. stipulata. See A. chinemsis. Buddleia alternifolia, 63677. Alfalfa. See Medicago sativa. Alpinia spp., 63551, 63691, 63755. Gallicarpa giraldiana, 63678. Amaryllis. See Hippeastrum spp. Galycophyllum candidissimum3 63628. Amygdalus persica, 63850, 63852, 63908. Canarium pimela, 63622. Anchusa undulata, 64184. polyphyllum, 63764. Andromeda ovalifolia. See Pieris ovali- Canavaiia mattogrossensis. See Wen&ero- folia. thia mattogrossensis. Andropogon serratus, 63690. Cannabis sativa, 63916, 64310, 64347. Anethum graveolens, 64340. Capsicum annuum, 64185, 64348-64350. Anthyllis 'vulneraria, 63589. Caragana sp., 64250. Apium graveolens, 64341. Carex pumila, 63855. Apple. See Mains spp. Carica papaya, 64206, 64216. Apricot. See Primus armeniaca. Carpinus turczaninovii, 63679. Araujia megapotamica, 64168. Gassiope sp., 64251. Arctotis stocchadifolia, 64169. Castor bean. See Ricinus communis. Argyrolobium linnaeanum, 64170. Casuarina sp., 63668. Arracaeha. See Arracacia xanthorrhiza. distyla, 63765. Arracacia esculenta. See A. xanthorrhiza. Catjang. See Vigna cylindrica. xanthorrhiza, 63580. Celastrus hindsii, 63623. Arrowroot. See Maranta arundinacea. Celery. See Apium graveolens. Ash. See Fraxinus spp. Cerintha gymnandra, 64186. Astragalus bubaloceras, 63978. Ghaetochloa italica, 63700, 64351. frigidus, 63979. Cherry. See Prunus maackii. galcgiformis, 63980. Manchu. See P. tomentosa. glycyphylloidcs, 63981. pin. See P. pennsylvanica. hamosus, 63982. Chrysanthemum coronarium3 64352. ponticus, 63983. Chrysophyllum monopyrenum, 63583, 63785. Arena barbata, 64093. oliviforme. See O. monopyrenum. ludoviciana, 64094. Citron. See Citrus medica. nuda, 64342. Citrullus vulgaris, 63701, 63917, 63918, ftativa, 63895-63897, 64343. 64353. Citrus sp., 64421. Bamboo. See Bambos spp. afMrantium, 63550. undetermined, 63693-63699. medica, 64171-64173. Bambos spp., 63976, 64054-64056. Clematis sp., 64252. Banana. See Musa spp. Clover. See Trifolium spp. Barberry. See Berberis spp. Coffea spp., 63604, 63767. Barley. See Hordeum spp. bukobensis, 63766. Baryxylum dasyrachis, 63760. excelsa, 63602, 63751. Bauhinia blakeana, 63968. laurentiij, 63603. Bean, adsuki. See Phaseolus angularis. robusta. See G. laurentii. common. See P. vulgaris. Coffee. See Coffea spp. mung. See P. aureus. Coix lacryma-jobi ma-yuen, 63829, 64075- rice. See P. calcaratus. 64081, 64207-64209. Scarlet Runner. See P. coccineus. Colocasia sp., 63837. Yard Long. See Vigna sesquipedalis. esculenta, 64014. Beech. See Fagus orientalis. Coriander. See Coriandrum sativum. 50 APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 51 Coriandrum mtivum, 64354, 64355. Oarcinia binucao, 63853. Corn. See Zea mays. venulosa, 63854. Cornus australis, 64292. Oaudinia fragilis, 63986. iberica, 64293. Oeijera parviflora, 64000. koenigi, 64294. Genista sphaerocarpat 63977. Oorylus sp., 64356. Ginger. See Zinziber sp. chinensis, 63680. Gladiolus byzantiniis, 64057. Cosmos sp., 64084. Gleditsia australis. See G. fera. Cotoneaster sp., 64253. tera, 63625. Cotton. See Gossypium spp. Glycine hispida. See Soja max. Cotula cinerea, 63670. Gooseberry. See Ribes sp. Cowpea. See Vigna sinensis. Gossypium spp., 68844, 63845, 64002, 64003, Cracca adunca, 64033. 64123-64125, 64157. Crotalaria candicans, 64066. barbadensc, 63890-63894. capensis, 64058. hirsutum, 63553. incana, 64059. nanking, 63841-63843. leioloba, 64060, 64067. obtusifolium africanum, 63727, 63728. retusa, 64061. punctatum, 63729. spectabilis, 64062. Gourd. See Lagenaria leucantha. striata, 64063. Granadilla, purple. See Passiflora edulis. tetragona, 64068, 64120, 64174. Grass. See Agropyron spp. usaramoensis, 64064. Andropogon serratus. verrucosa, 64065. Bromus inermis. Croton floribundus, 64101. Elymus spp. Cucumber. See Cucumis sativus. Gaudinia fragilis. Cucumis melo, 63702-63713, 64357, 64358. Koeleria setacea. sativus, 64153, 64359-64361. Melica spp. Cucurbita maxima, 64362, 64363. Neyraudia madagascariensis. moschata, 63671, 63714. 64154. Oryzopsis spp. pepo, 64364, 64365. Panicum, laevifolium. Vupressus torulosa, 64295. Phleum phleoides. Cushaw. See Cucurbita moschata. Syntherisma sp. Cyanella capensis, 64114. Triticum cylindricum. Dahlia variabilis, 64286. speltoides. Darnel. See Lolium, temulentum. triunciale. Deguelia dalbergioidcs, 63768. tabucki. See Holcus sorghum verticil- Derris dalbergioides. See Deguelia dalber- liftorus. gioides. tussock. See Poa flabcllata. Desmodium discolor. See Meibomia dis- Hazel, Corylus sp., 64356. color. Hedysarum gmelini, 68809, 63810. gyrans. See M. gyrans. Helianthemum aegyptiacum, 64189. gyraides. See M. gyroides. Helianthus annuus, 04312. laburni folium. See M. labumifolia. tubcrosus, 63522-63541, 63606, 63739, leiocarpum. See M. leiocarpa, 63740, 63754. pulchellum. See M. pulchella. Hcmiptelea davidii, 63681. Dcsmos chinensis, 63624. Hemp. See Cannabis sativa. Dill. See Anethum graveolens. ambari. See Hibiscus cannabinus. Dioscorea alata, 63838. Hibiscus cannabinus, 63922. Diospyros kaki. 63500-63521. Hippeastrum spp., 64052, 64053. 64085. sinensis, 63555, 63556. Holcus sorghum. 63715-63717, 63923, Dipcadl serotinum, 64086, 64187. 64082, 64083, 64199-64205, 64368. Dipterocarpus trinervis, 63769. sorghum verUcilliflorus, 64287. Dogwood. See Cornus spp. Holly. See Ilex spp. Dysolobium grande, 64034. Honey locust. See Gleditsia fera. Ecballium clatcrium, 64188. Honeysuckle. See LonAcera spp. Eccrcmocarpus scaber. 64175. Hordeum spp., 63924-63926. 64128, 64129. Eleocharis tuberosa, 63549. distichon palmella, 63898, 63899. Elymus dahuricus 63806. vulgare nigrum, 64273. sibiricus, 63807, 6380S. vulgare pallidwn, 63900, 64004, 64022, Enkianthus sp., 64254. 64274-64276, 64369, 64370. Erica, nan a, 64115. Ilex spp., 63793. 63794, 64255. Eriobotrya japonica, 63557-63559. rotunda, 63626. Erodium ciconium, 63984. Indigofera anil. See I. suffruticosa. manescavi, 63985. endecaphylla, 63605. Eucahfptus alc/eriensis, 64176. suffruticosa, 64036. trabuti, 63581. Intsia bijuga, 63772. Euonymus sp., 63919. Iris spp., 63830. 64256. 64257. Euryale ferox, 63823. alata, 64190. Fagopyrum esculentum. See F. vulgare. carthaliniae, 64297. tataricum, 64366. caucasica, 64298. vulgare, 63920, 63921, 64126, 64127, musulmanica, 64299. 64311, 64367. pumila, 64005. Fagus orientalis, 64296. taschia, 64300. Fenugreek. See Trigonella foenum-graecum. winogradowi, 64301. Ficus chlamydodora, 63770. Jacaranda chelonia, 63987. nitida, 63560. Jerusalem artichoke. See Helianthus tu- Fir. See Abies spectabilis. berosus. Firethorn. See Pyracantha sp. Juglans sp., 63588. Flacourtia rukam, 63771. Juniper. See Juniperus spp. Flax. See Linum usitatissimum. Juniperus isophyllos, 64302. New Zealand. See Phormium tenax. Flemingia strobilifera, 64035. Kaki. See Diospyros kaki. Fragaria spp., 63571, 63651-63661, 63663- Kidney vetch. See Anthyllis vulneraria. 63665, 63667. Koeleria setacca, 63672. Fraxinus chinensis, 63792. mandshurica, 64235. Lactuca sativa, 63752. Funtumia elastica, 63786. Lagenaria leucantha, 64371-64373. 52 SEEDS A1"D PLANTS IMPORTED

Landolphia sp., 63774. Oryza sativa, 63901-63904, 63969, 64103- klainii, 63737, 64164. owariensis, 64165. 64108. parvifolia, 63738. Orijzopsis holciformis, 64095. stolzii, 63773. paradoxa virescens, 64096. Larch. See Larix dahurica. Pachira fastuosa, 63779. Lariat daluirica, 64236. Paconia abchastica, 64303. dahurica principis-ruprechlii, 63682. mlokoseioitschi, 03684, 64304. eurolcpis, 63683. triternata, 64305. Lens esculcnta. See Lentilla lens. Kittmanniana, 64306. Lentil. See Lentilla lens. Palm. Seo Oncocalamus sp. Lentilla lens, 04374. Viycliococcus paradoxus. Lespedeza striata, 63811. date. See Phoenix dactylifera. Lettuce. See Lactuca sativa. Pancratium, collinuni, 64181. Leucojum autumnalc, 64191, 64244. Pundanus sp., 63030. trichophyllum, 64087. Panicum laevifoliwm, 64218. Lilac. Soe Syrinr/a sweginzow-ii. miliaceum, 63927, 03928, 04375-04377. Lilium- spp., G3831, 64258-64260. Papaya. See Carica papaya. vroccum, 63496. Paspalum raccmosuin, 03991. dauricum, 03827. Passiflora edulis, 03001. leucantlium chloraster, 04222. I'avoDia paniculata, 64042. martagon. 63S28. scpium, 64043. regale, 63775. spinifcx, 04044. Lily. Soe Li'ium spp. Pen. See Pisum sativum. regal. Sec Lilium regale. 1'oach. See Amygdalus persica. Linum usitatissimum, 64313. Tear> . Soe Pyrus spp. Lirbopc givm in (folia, 04158. ] cltophorum dasyrachis. See Baryxylum spi'cata. Sec L. grarnini folia. (lasi/rachis. Loliuni lemulcntiim. 04160, 64161. Pent as sp., 03780. Lonicera spp., 63832-63830, 64261-64263. IVony. Soe Paeonia spp. Loquat. See Eriobotrya japoniea. Pepper, red. See Capsicum annuum. Lotus tctragonolobus, 64051. Phalaris bulbosa, 03973, 03974. Lycopcrsicon esculcnium, 63907. Phaseolus angularis, 03929-63934, 64130- Maackia amurensis, 64237. 64133, "64310-64319, 64378. Malus sijlvcstris, 63741-63749. aureus. 63634. 63635, 63718, 03935- Manihot glaziovii, 63776, 63777, 63798 63938, 64023-64026, 04134-04137, 64320, 64379. 64037. calcaratus, 64277, 64278. Maple. Soe Acer spp. coccineus, 64321, 64380. Maranta arundinacea, 64015. vulgaris, 63939, 64155, 64322-64329, Medieago falcata, 63812, 63813. 64381-64404. platycarpa, 63814. PhleAim boehmeri. See P. phleoides. sativa. 63815, 63816, 64100. phleoides, 63818. 63992. Meibomia discolor, 64288. Phoenix dactylifera, 63975. gyrans, 64038. Phormium tenax, 64197. gyroides, 64177. Picea jezoensis, 64238. Urburnifolia, 64039. Pieris ovalifolia, 64121. leiocarpa, 64217. Pine. See Pinvs eldarica. pulchella, 64040, 64178. Pinus eldarica, 64307. Melica altissima, 63988. Pirocydonia winkleri, 63689. ciliata, 63989. Pisum sativum, 63547, 63548, 63561- uniflora, 63990. 63570, 63572-63579, 63869, 63876- Melon. See Cucumis melo. 63889, 64045-64050, 64071, 64138,. Meryta sinclairii, 64196. 64279-64283, 64330, 64331, 64405- Millet. See Chaetochloa italica. 64407. Musa paradisiaca sapientum, 63784, 64006- Plum. See Prunns salicina. 64013, 64162, 64163. Poa flabcllata, 63972, 64210. textilis, 63778. Poecilanthe parviflora, 63993. uranoscopos, 63821. Poplar. See Populus sp. Mussaenda sp., 63627. Populus SP., 64266. Mustard. See Brassica spp. Potato. See Solanum tuberosum. Chinese. See [i. juncea. Pothos sp., 63825. Myoporum sp., 64192. seemanni, 63756. Myroxylon senticosum, 63629. Proso. See Panicum miliaceum. Prunus armeniaca. 63607-63609. Narcissus spp.. 64422-64424. maackii, 64239. Neoglaziovia variegata, 63868. pennsylvanica, 63735. Neptunia oleracea, 64179. persica. See Amygdalus persica. NeHum oleander. 63552. salicina, 64240. Neyraudia madagascarien-sis, 63799. tomentosa, 63750. Nicotiana tabacum, 64314, 64315. Pseudogaltonia pechuelii, 64116. Nomocharis sp., 64264. Psychotria elliptica, 63631. Oats. See Arena spp Pterocarya caucasica. See P. fraocinifolia. Olea curopaea, 63856-63866. frax'inifoUa, 64308. Oleander. See Nerium oleander. Ptychococcus paradoxus, 63781. Olive. See Olea europaea. Pumpkin. See Cucurbita pepo. Oncoba spinosa, 63498. Puriri. Se.e Vitex lucens. Oncocalamus sp., 64180. Pyracantha sp., 64221. Onobrychis viciaefolia. See O. vulgaris.. Pyrus chinensis X communis, 64223-64230. vulgar is, 63817. ussuriensis, 64241. Onosma sp., 64265. Radish. See Raphanus sativus. Ophiopogon sp., 64159. Ramie. See Boehmeria nivea. Orange, sour. See Citrus aurantium. Randia sp., 63782. Ormosia arborea, 64041. Raphanus sativus, 64332. calavensis, 63795. Raphiolepis indica, 63632. Ornithogalum spp., 63846-63849. Raspberry. See Rubus spp. unifolium,, 64193, 64425. Reichardia dichotoma, 64309. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1925 53

Rheum sp., 64267. Tilia amurensis, 64243. Rhus pentaphytla* 64194. Tobacco. See Nicotiana tabacum. Ribes sp., 63736. Tomato. See Lycopersicon esculentum. Rice. See Oryza sativa. Tradescantia sp., 64195. Ricinus communis, 64408. Trifolium alexandrinum, 63669. Romulea bulbocodium, 64426. pratense, 63^585, 63590-63595, 63673, engleri, 64427, 64428. Rosa sp., 64268. repens, ' 63545, 63596-63600, 63675, foliolosa X rugosa, 63685. 63819. Rose. See Rosa spp. rubens, 63994. Rubber, Ceara. See Manihot glaziovii. squar^rosum, 63995. Rubber tree, Lagos. See Funtumia elastica. Trigonella ensifera, 63996. Rubus spp., 63666, 63840, 64072, 64073. foenum-graecum, 63722. ellipticus, 64211. hamosa, 63997. fraxinifolius, 64212. Triticum aestivum, 63723, 63905, 63906, niveus, 64214. 63953-63957, 64074, 64102, 64109- pectinellus, 64213. 64113, 64146-64149, 64285, 64416; Saccharum offlcinarum, 63546, 63610-63621, cylindricum, 64097. 63732, 63733, 64088, 64089, 64219, 64220. speltoidesj 64098 Salix spp., 64269-64271. triunciale, 64099. Satin leaf. See Chrysophyllum monopyre- vulgare. See T. aestivum. mim. Undetermined, 63692-63699, 63757 63826, Saxifraga purpurascens, 63662. 63870-63875. Schefflerodendron usambarense, 63783. Schizandra chinensis, 64242. Vernonia volkameriae-jolia3 64182. Sclerocarya birrea, 63499. Vetch. See Vicia amoena. Sedge. See Carex pumila. Viburnum americanum, 63734. Sesban aculeatum, 64069. henryi, 63686. aegyptiacum, 63970. hupehense, 63687. cinerascens, 63971. utile, 63688. sericeum, 64070. Vicia amoena, 63820 Setaria italica. See Ghaetochloa italica. faba, 64150, 64337. Smila® sp., 63633. Vigna cylindrica, 63646-63648. Soja maw, 63587, 63636-63642, 63719- sesquipedalis, 63958, 63959, 64338, 63721, 63796, 63940-63951, 64139-64145, 64339. 64284, 64333-64336, 64409-64414. sinensis, 637£4, 63725, 63960-63965, Solanum tuberosum, 63490-63495, 63542- 64016-64021, 64027-64029, 64151, 63544. 64156, 64417-64419. Sorghum. See Holcus sorghum. Vitex lucens, 64198. Sorghum vulgare. See Holcus sorghum. negundo incisa, 63649. Soy bean. See Soja maw. quinata, 63797. Spinach. See Spinacia oleracea. trifolia, 63650. Spinacia oleracea, 63952, 64415. Voandzeia subtcrranea, 63731. Squash. See CucurJnta maxima. Sterculia diversifolia, 64001. Walnut. See Jugluns sp. Stizolobium deeringianum, 63643. Watermelon. See Citrullus vulgaris. pachylobium, 63824. Wax gourd. See Benincasa hispida. Strawberry. See Fragaria spp. Wcnderothia mattogrossensis, 63032. Sugar cane. See Saccharum offlcinarum. Wheat, common. See Triticum aestivum. Sunflower. See JSelianthus annuus. Willow. See Sallx spp. Syntherisma sp., 63730. Xylosma senticosum. See Myroxylum Syringa swegxnzowii, 63584. senticosum. Taro. See Golocasia csculenta. Telegraph plant. See Meibomia gyrans. Yam. See Dioscorea alata. Tephrosia adunca. See Cracea adunca. Zanthoxylum alatum planispinum, 64183. Terminalia chebula, 63644, 63645. Zea mays, 03726, 63966, 63967, 64152, Thalictrum sp., 64272. 64420. Themeda gigantea, 64122. Zelkova davidii. See Ilemiptelea davidii. Thunbergia grandiflora, 63497. Zinzibcr sp., 63839. ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE August 22, 1927

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