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21667 to 21683— Continued. 



21673. Fagopyrum sp. Buckwheat. 



"(No. 213, Oct. 4, 1907.) Ku ch'ao. A green buckwheat which grows 

 2| to 4 feet high ; used for making cakes. This buckwheat is an impor- 

 tant crop in the higher mountains (5,000 to 8,000 feet), where it is cul- 

 tivated during the summer months; in the Yangtze Valley and in the 

 mountains up to 3,000 feet. It is sown in the twelfth moon (January) 

 and reaped in the fourth and fifth moons. In the neighborhood of Ichang 

 it is often cultivated as a catch crop in the early autumn." (Wilson.) 



" Translated the word ' Ku ch'ao ' means ' early sown.' " (Oarleton.) 



21674. Fagopyrum sp. Buckwheat. 



"(No. 214.) Hwa ch'ao. A red buckwheat which grows 1 to 2 feet 

 high; used for making cakes. Fields of this pink buckwheat scattered 

 over the mountain sides constitute when in flower one of the prettiest 

 sights imaginable." (Wilson.) 



"The word 'Hwa ch'ao' means 'late sown.'" (Carleton.) (For fur- 

 ther description, see S. P. I. No. 21673.) 



21675. R.UBUS INNOMINATUS. 



■ "(No. 92.) Sweet or semisweet bramble, 4 to 12 feet. Stems not very 

 prickly, clothed with short, soft pubescence. Leaves 3 to 5 foliate, termi- 

 nal leaflet often trilobed: under side pale and clothed with short, soft 

 pubescence. Calyx glandular or eglandular. Fruit paniculate, red, of 

 good size and fine flavor ; panicle often a foot long. Common in thickets 

 up to 4,000 feet everywhere in western Hupeh. In fruit very ornamental 

 and should, I think, prove a useful plant to the breeder on account of its 

 immense panicles. It is the same as Rubus leuntzeanus, Hemsl." 

 (Wilson.) 



21676. Andropogon sorghum. Sorghum. 



"(No. 260.) A cereal growing 6 to 12 feet high. Pellicles reddish black. 

 Cultivated in valleys and low hills to the south of Ichang." (Wilson.) 



21677. Andropogon sorghum. Sorghum. 



"(No. 260a.) A cereal growing 6 to 12 feet high. Pellicles black or 

 nearly so. Commonly cultivated in the valleys around Ichang." ( Wilson.) 



21678. Andropogon sorghum. Sorghum. 



"(No. 202.) A cereal growing 8 to 12 feet high. Pellicles dull red or 

 reddish chestnut. Widely cultivated on the alluvial flats between Shasi 

 and Yochow, and more especially around Shasi. It was from the last- 

 named place that the seeds were obtained. 



" In this part of the Yangtze Valley the sole use of sorghum (kao-liang) 

 is for making wine and spirits. I can find no record of its being used for 

 food even by the peasants." (Wilson.) 



21679. Ligusticum sp. (?) 



"(No. 262.) Tu Jwa. Herb 3 to 5 feet high. Flowers white, in large 

 corymbs. Commonly cultivated in the mountains of western Hupeh above 

 4,000 feet. Roots used in medicine; said to possess stomachic, tonic, car- 

 minative, expectorant, and lenitive properties." (Wilson.) 



21680. Ligusticum sp. (?) 



"(No. 262a.) Tu hoa. Similar to No. 262 (S. P. I. No. 21679) but with 

 much smaller corymbs and in all probability a different species. Its 

 properties are the same, and I can not find that any distinction is made 

 in the drug shops here. 



" The Imperial maritime customs valuation of Tu hoa is 700 haikwan 

 taels per picul. Large quantities are exported down the river from 

 Ichang." (Wilson.) 

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