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55965 to 55971— Continued. 



55966 to 55970. Pykus ussuuiknsis Maxim. 



55966. "(No. 10057 W.) A variety will) small clihlc iruits. T\u->v 

 trees were raised from seeds whicli I pvin-liased at Pukcliin, Pro- 

 vince of Keilci, Cliosen, August 25, 1!)1S." 



55967. "(No. 11254 W.) A variety witli small iiear-shaiH-d u> 

 round fruits. TJicse trees were raised fi-oni sci^ds (((llcfied for ine 

 by T. Ishidoya at Koijo, I'roviiuo of Keiki. ciioscii. in tlu' late au- 

 tumn of 1918." 



55968. "(No. 11260 W.) Ishi-itaxhi. A stone pear collected for me 

 by H. Suzulii at Yaniaual<a, Mount I'uji. .Japan, in rlif late 

 autumn of liJlS." 



55969. (No. n2Gl W.) Pin. It. A llat short-stemm<^l ijoar, col- 

 lected for me by the Yokohama Nursery Co. at Yuyakujo, Man- 

 churia, in the late autumn of 1918." 



55970. "(No. 112G2 W.) Champa U (long pediuicled). A variety 

 collected for me by the Yokolmma Nursery Co. at Mukden, Man- 

 churia, in the late autumn of 1918." 



55971. Pyrus ussxjriensis hondoensis (Kik. and Nak. i Kohdei-. 



"(No. 11266 W.) Yama-nashi. A variety collected for me by tlie 

 Yokohama Nursery Co. at Nagano, Japan, in the hxte autumn of 1918." 



55972 to 55974. 



From Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa. Seeds presented l>y ^^'. N. Martin, 

 Albert Academy, U. B. C. Received November 17, 1922. 



55972. Amaeanthus sp. Amaranthaceae. 



"A green variety used like spinacli." (Martin.) 



55973. CoRCHOEUs olitorius L. Tiliace*. 



This species appears to be important as a vegetable and is cultivated 

 in many tropical countries for that purpose. In Nigeria and Uganda 

 the leaves are used in soups, and in Sierra Leone the plant is used as a 

 potherb. The young and tender leaves are used in salads. (Adapted 

 from Holland, Useful Plants of Nigeria, pt. 1, p. 115.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 52891. 



55974. Syntherisma exius (Kippist) Newbold. Poacea\ Eundi. 



"An annual grats, much resembling crabgrass, grown by Nigerian 

 tribes as a supplementary food grain. This grass, calle<l by natives 

 ' fundi,' is often grown in the millet fields and yields a crop of fine seed 

 which is made into flour for the preparation of a kind of porridge. 

 Fundi was known in Africa in 179S, but it was first brought into England 

 in 1842 by R. Clarke, who describes the grain as about the size of 

 mignonette seed. It is sown in May or .Tune, carefully weeded in August, 

 and ripens in September. The plant grows to a height of IS inches, and 

 the slender stems bend to earth by the weight of the grain. It prefers 

 light or even rocky soil. Clarke says the grain is 'delicious' for food. 

 Fundi was tested at McNeill, Mi.ss., in 1920, and it is believed that it 

 will give from three to five cuttings of hay in a season or a larger 

 amount of pasturage." (C V. Piper.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 52736. 



55975. Phyllostachys aurea Carr. Poacese. Bamboo. 



From Ermitage, Mons, Belgium. Seeds presented by .T. H. do LeHaie. 

 Received November 28, 1922. 



"Height 10 to 15 feet ; stems one-half to 1 inch in diameter, greenish yellow 

 when young, becoming golden with age, erect, stiff; joints much shortened 

 toward the base; branchlets slendei-, greenish yellow, becoming darker yellow 



