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NOTES ON THE AGRICULTURE, 



The Horn-Cherry of North Manchuria. 

 By B. W. Skvortzow. 



The skin is red, thick with black spots. The nut is absolutely 

 round, 1.5 cm. in length and breadth. 



The third variety (See Fig. 3 in text) has oblong fruits with 

 the stem in the middle of the fruit. The stem is 1.1-1.5 cm. 

 in length; the fruits are 1.4-1.5 cm. in length and 1.2-1.3 cm. 

 in breadth and 0.9-1.1 cm. in thickness. The nuts are oblong 

 with a contracted upper part, 1.3 cm. in length, and 1 cm. 

 in breadth. This variety ripens in the end of September. 



The shrubs of the fourth variety (See Fig. 4 in text) are 

 large in size ; the fruit is large, oblong, angular on one side. The 

 stem is 1-2.2 cm. in length; the fruit is 1.4-1.6 cm. in length, 

 1.1-1.5 cm. in breadth and 0.9-1.1 cm. in thickness. The 

 nut is oblong 1.3-1.4 cm. in length and 0.9-1 cm. in breadth. 

 In the middle of September the fruits of this variety were 

 found sour and bitter to the taste and only in the beginning 

 of October did the bitterness disappear. 



XXXVI. — On Some Wild Vegetables of 

 North Manchuria. 



In one of my previous notes 1 some of these have been 

 described already. The following additional list of these 

 useful plants is given from data gathered during the summer 

 of 1919. 



1. — Metaplexis Stauntonii R. et Schult. A common 

 weed in North Manchuria, It is a climbing plant with 

 cordate leaves and flowers rose in colour : the stalks contain 

 white juice. The fruits are long, green in colour and 9-12 cm. 



1 On the study of the Wild Vegetables of Manchuria. XV. — Notes 

 on the Agriculture, Botany and the Zoology of China. (N.C.B.R.A.S., 

 Vol. L, 1919). 



