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55424 to 55441— Continued. 



55435 and 55436. Phletjm spp. Poacejx?. 



Introduced in iMunoctiou with tiniotlij-hreeding experiments. 



55435. Phleum alpinum L. 



" Seeds of wild plants from the Ussuri district, Siberia." 



55436. Phleum pratense L. Timothy. 

 •• From the Nicolsk-Ussurisk Agricultural Experiment Station." 

 Contains some Phleum nlpiniim. 



55437 to 55441. 



Introduced for forage-crop experiments. 



55437. SojA MAX (L.) Piper. Fabacese. Soybean. 

 {Olycine hispida Maxim.) 



" Black soy beans." 



55438 and 55439. Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) Fruwirth. Fabaccsp. 



Yard-Long bean. 



55438. Black variety. 55439. Brown variety. 



55440 and 55441. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. FabaceiP. 



Cowpea. 



55440. Soeds mottled with straw color and light chocolate. 



55441. " From the market." 



55442 and 55443. 



From Foochow, China. Seeds presented by C. R. Kellogg. Received Mav 

 20. 1922. 



55442. Allium odorum L. laliacese. Onion. 



In Japan this onion is cultivated for its leaves, which are eaten as 

 greens ; in the spring the leaves are borne luxuriantly by tlie old bulbs, 

 becoming about a foot in length. ("Adapted from Useful Plants of Japan, 

 Agricultural Society, Tokyo, p. 17.) 



55443. IMet.astoma p.epens Dcsr. Melastoniatacesp. 



"A low perennial shrub which bears beautiful roselike tlowers all 

 summer long. The flowers last only one day, but becau.se of their great 

 number the shrub is always well covered. The fruits are said to be 

 eaten, but have the lack of flavor so common in Chinese fruits." (J. B. 



Norton.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 48718. 



55444. HiRiscus rosa-sinek.sis L. Malvaceae. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Cuttings presented by H. H. Boyle. 

 Manila, through the Bureau of Agriculture. Received May 25. 1022. 



White Gumamela. A white variety of the well-known and exceedingly vari- 

 able Chinese hibiscus. 



55445. Casimiroa tetrameria Millsp. Entarea?. Matasano. 



From Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Seeds presented by G. K. Donald, American 

 consul. Received May 27, 1022. 



A Central American tree about 30 feet in height, with i)ale warty br.incbes, 

 digitate leaves about 8 inclics long, and axilhiry panicles n*" gn>enisli llowors. 

 The edilile fruit, approximately tlip size of an orange, lias a green skin with 

 spiny protulierances sparsely .scattered over the surface; the wlute or yellow 

 flesh is sweet or slightly sour and incloses two or three large black see<ls. 

 (Adapted from Field Museum of Naturnl TJisiory. Chirnt/o, Puhliratious, Bo- 

 tanicnl Series, vol. 1. p. .'lOI.) 



