JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1921. 55 



54350 to 54353— Continued. 



54351. Panicum muticum Forsk. 



"An annual or i)ereunial, semiaquatic grass 1.5 meters (5 feet) in 

 height. Native to Egypt and Arabia." (Gossweiler.) 



54352. Panicum sp. 



"An erect annual up to 2.5 meters (8 feet) in height." {Gossweiller.) 



Received as Panicum synnertonii, but the seeds received are not this 

 species. 



54353 to 54384. 



From Chengtu, Szechwau, China. Seeds presented by P. M. Bayne, through 

 J. Burtt Davy, Cambridge, England. Received September 19, 1921. 



The only notes received with this shipment vpere the native names of the 

 various seeds in Chinese characters. These were translated by Dr. T. Tanaka, 

 of the Office of Crop Physiology and Breeding Investigations. 



54353. Akebia lobata austealis Diels. Lardizabalacese. 

 "(No. 20.) Eight-month kua." 



54354. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiacese. Beet. 

 "(No. 60.) Thick-skinned vegetable." 



54355. Brassica juncea (L.) Cass. Brassicacese. Chinese mustard. 

 "(No. 58.) Blue (green) vegetable." 



54356. Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Gagn. Brassicaee£e. Pai ts'ai. 

 "(No. 59.) Large Pai ts'ai." 



54357. Brassica sp. Brassicaceae. 



"(No. 50.) Water lily, flower white (some special name; can not be 

 white-flowered water lily from etymology)." 



54358. Brassica sp. Brassicacese. 

 "(No. 52.) Pink oil vegetable seed." 



54359. Brassica sp. Brassicacese. 

 "(No. 61.) Large-headed vegetable." 



54360. Cacaba erosa (L.) Kuntze. Fabacese. Yam bean. 



(Pachyrhizus ang\ilatus Rich.) 



"(No. 21.) Earth kua fruit." 



54361. Cannabis sativa L. Moracese. Hemp. 

 "(No. 95.) Hua ma tsu. Fire hempseed." 



54362. Crotalaria sp. Fabacese. 

 "(No. 91.) Noisy-bell herb." 



54363. Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn. Poacese. Millet. 

 (Setaria italica Beauv.) 



"(No. 88.) Pink valley seed." 



54364. Fagopyrum vulgare Hill. Polygonacese. Buckwheat. 

 "(No. 63.) Cmao tsu." 



54365. Helianthus annuus L. Asteracese. Sunflower. 

 "(No. 22.) Sun-pointing ki (very common name for sunflower)." 



54366. HoLcus sorghum L. Poacese. . Sorg'hum. 

 (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 



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(No. 100.) Greasy fruit. 



