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38194 to 38205. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum. 



(Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 

 From Sapporo, Japan. Presented by Mr. T. Minami. College of Agricul- 

 ture, Tohoku Imperial University. Received May 13, 1914. Seeds pro- 

 duced in Manchuria last year ; quoted notes by Mr. Minarni. 



38194. "(No. 1.) Kokkoku kinsui (means red glume and thick ear)." 



38195. "(No. 2.) Konen-koryo (means red glutinous sorghum)." 



38196. "(No. 3.) Gai-hansaku (meaning is not clear)." 



38197. "(No. 4.) Shokowaishin-han-koryo (means small yellow 

 dwarf)." 



38198. "(No. 5.) Nen-koryo-ko (means glutinous sorghum which is 

 red)." 



38199. "(No. 6.) Shokokoku-han-koryo (small yellow glume)." 



38200. "(No. 7.) Kokkoku dagan-kohan-koryo (means black glume and 

 red grain, looks like snake's eye)." 



38201. "(No. 8.) Jiokkoku sasui (means black glume and loose ear)." 



38202. "(No. 9.) Chikuyd-scihan-koryo (means bamboo leaf and green 

 grain)." 



38203. "(No. 10.) Kokkoku hakunen-koryo (means black glume and 

 white glutinous grain)." 



38204. "(No. 11.) Kokoku waishin-han-koryo (means black glume 

 and dwarf)." 



38205. "(No. 12.) Kijali(-haku-han-k6ryo (means white grain which is 

 very much liked by swallows)." 



38206 and 38207. 



From Tokyo, Japan. Procured from the Tokyo Plant, Seed & Implement 

 Co. Received May 14, 1914. 



38206. Pkunus serrulata Lindl. Amygdalacese. Flowering cherry. 

 " Young shoots slightly hairy. Leaves broadly ovate or obovate, 2 to 



44. inches long to 11 to 2| inches wide ; wedge shaped or almost rounded 

 at the base, the apex abrupt narrowed to a long point, margins doubly 

 toothed, both surfaces, but especially the lower one, hairy on the midrib 

 and veins; stalk one-fourth to half an inch long; hairy. Flowers in 

 short racemes, sometimes reduced to a fascicle of usually four blos- 

 soms; each flower three-fourths of an inch across, the five petals jagged 

 at the apex, borne on a bristly hairy stalk one-half to three-fourths of 

 an inch long; calyx tube hairy; the lobes ovate triangular; glabrous." 

 (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, under P. 

 pscudocerasus. ) 



Introduced for Use as a stock on which to tost both the fruiting cher- 

 ries and the Japanese double-flowered forms. 

 37207. Pisum sativum L. Fabacese. Pea. 



38208. Medicago sativa L. Fabacese. Alfalfa. 



From Batum, Russia. Presented by Mr. Leslie A. Davis, American consul. 



Received May 1G, 1914. 



"Grown in the Caucasus. I think a better quality is grown in Turkestan 



and that the Turkestan seed is planted in the Caucasus to some extent." 



(Davis.) 



