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Glycine hispida. (Fabaceae.) 37062-033, 37074-075, 

 37077, 37080, 37228-325, 37326-356, 37396-404. Seeds of 

 soy beans from various parts of Manchuria and Korea. 

 These introductions include the largest collection of 

 Korean soy bean varieties ever brought to this country, 98 

 varieties with full descriptions and native names being 

 sent in by the American consul at Seoul, Korea. Other 

 collections are from Pyeng-yang, Korea, and from Harbin, 

 Manchuria, and Tientsin, China. All introduced in the 

 effort to bring together all valuable Manchurian and 

 Korean varieties. For distribution later. 



Holcus sorghum. (Poaceae.) 37114-116. Seeds of sor- 

 ghums from Zaria, northern Nigeria. Presented by Mr. 

 K. T. Rae, Department of Agriculture. Three of the most 

 commonly grown varieties introduced for the work of the 

 Office of Forage Crop Investigations in bringing together 

 the best West African varieties. For distribution later. 



Linum usitatissimum . (Linaceae.) 37085-089. Flax seeds 

 from Adis Ababa, Abyssinia. Received through the British 

 Legation, in the absence of an American consul. Five 

 varieties of flax introduced because of the special promise 

 of certain earlier introductions of Abyssinian flax. For 

 distribution later. 



Myrciaria c dulls . (Myrtaceae.) 37094. Seeds of the 

 cambuca from Rio de Janeiro. "A very interesting myrta- 

 ceous fruit, closely resembling in foliage and general 

 character of fruit the jaboticaba. Leaves lanceolate- 

 elliptical, acuminate, deep green above, lighter green 

 beneath, 4 to 5 inches long. Fruits oblate in form, 2 

 inches in width and 1| inches long, sessile, surface 

 smooth, bright orange in color. Skin thin, outer flesh 

 one-fourth inch thick, tough and acid, inner pulp or edi- 

 ble portion surrounding the seed about the same thickness, 

 soft, translucent, juicy, of average subacid flavor, some- 

 what resembling that of Passiflora cdulis . Seed oval, com- 

 pressed laterally, one-eighth inch long. For trial in 

 Florida and California. (Dorsett, Popenoe and Shamel 

 introduction.) For distribution later. 



Phaseolus radiatus. (Fabaceae.) 37078. Seeds of bean - 

 from Tientsin, China. Presented by Dr. Yamei Kin, Pei- 

 Yang Woman's Medical School and Hospital. "Lu to. This 

 makes a better quality of starch than anything else. It 

 is curious that in China the starch obtained from maize 

 or wheat is not valued as much as that made of this bean 

 for laundry purposes. They also make a vermicelli from 

 the starch of this bean, and one can at once distinguish 



