70 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40106 to 40138— Continued. (Quoted notes by Rev. C. Noss.) 



40120. "No. 15. Ao-daizu (green), used for kinako and boiled." 

 Aka-kuhi-daizu (red stalk), used for natto and 



Fuku-shiro-daizu (clothing white), used for tofu." 

 Haehi-ri-han-daizu (21 miles), used boiled. The 

 name Haehi-ri-han-daizu involves a curious play on words. Hachi- 

 ri-han means 'eight ri (a ri is 2\ miles) and a half,' which is just 

 a little short of ku-ri. Now, ku-ri means nine ri, and kuri also 

 means chestnut, so the expression in question means that the 

 beans so named are almost equal to chestnuts." 

 40124 to 40127. "Beans are used boiled." 



40124. " No. 19. Yoshiwaradaizu (harlot quarters in Tokyo)." 



40125. "No. 20. Chadaizu (tea, alluding to the color)." 



40126. "No. 21. Kichidaizu (lucky)." 



40127. "No. 22. Kurodaisu (black)." 



40128. Diospyros lotus L. Diospyracese. Persimmon. 



" Mamegaki (bean persimmon). The edible Japanese persimmon is 

 grafted on the stock of this tree." 



40129 to 40134. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Faba- 



cese. Adzuki bean. 



"Beans are made into on (boiled, strained, and mixed with brown 

 sugar) and boiled and mixed with boiled rice to make akameshi (red 

 food)." 



40129. "No. 24. Akaazuki (aka, red; azuki, little bean)." 



40130. "No. 25. Nakateazuki (second early)." 



40131. "No. 26. SJUroazuki (white)." 



40132. "No. 27. Okuteazuki (late)." 



40133. "No. 28. Kataazuki (mottled, figured)." 



40134. " No. 29. Dainagon azuki." 

 40135. Phaseolus coccineus L. Fabacese. 



"No. 23. Daikivodaizu (great light), boiled and made into cakes." 

 40136 to 40138. Pisum spp. Fabaceae. 

 " The pods are boiled in soup with miso." 



40136. Pisum arvense L. Field pea. 



"No. 32. Itaria Osaya (Italian large pod)." 

 40137 and 40138. Pisum sativum L. Pea. 



40137. " No. 31. Nion Saya." 



40138. "No. 30. Nion Kinu Saya (Japan silk pod)." 



40139 to 40201. 



From Kew, England. Presented by the director, Royal Botanic Gardens. 

 Received March 5, 1915. 



40139 to 40153. Berberis spp. Berberidaceae. Barberry. 



40139. Berberis sp. 



Received as Berberis vilmoriniana. 



