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  OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1909. 
  47 
  

  

  26424 
  to 
  26439— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26429. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

   These 
  seeds 
  are 
  from 
  nonastringent 
  fruit. 
  

  

  26430. 
  Euonymus 
  oxyphyllcjs 
  Miq. 
  

   From 
  Botanical 
  Gardens, 
  Sapporo, 
  Japan. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Port 
  Chushan, 
  Korea; 
  alsoJapan. 
  

  

  26431. 
  Fedia 
  scabiosaefolia 
  (Fisch.) 
  Trev. 
  

  

  "Omineshi.'" 
  An 
  ornamental 
  herbaceous 
  perennial 
  from 
  Morioka, 
  Japan. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  provinces 
  of 
  Chihli, 
  Shingking, 
  Kiangsu, 
  Chekiang, 
  

   Fukien, 
  Hupeh, 
  and 
  Kwangtung, 
  in 
  China; 
  Korea, 
  and 
  Japan. 
  

  

  26432. 
  Firmiana 
  simplex 
  (L.) 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight 
  

   "Ao 
  gin." 
  From 
  Morioka, 
  Japan. 
  

  

  26433. 
  Hordeum 
  distichon 
  nudum 
  L. 
  Naked 
  barley. 
  

   " 
  Shiratama" 
  (white 
  grain). 
  Winter 
  barley, 
  procured 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Gentau 
  

  

  Tamada, 
  from 
  Morioka, 
  Japan. 
  

  

  26434. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  coeleste 
  L. 
  Barley. 
  

   " 
  Marumi" 
  (round 
  seed). 
  From 
  Messrs. 
  Aizawa 
  & 
  Co., 
  Sapporo, 
  Japan. 
  

  

  26435 
  and 
  26436. 
  Perilla 
  nankinensis 
  (Lour.) 
  Decais. 
  

  

  26435. 
  White 
  or 
  green 
  leaved 
  variety. 
  

  

  26436. 
  Purple-leaved 
  variety. 
  

  

  Known 
  in 
  Japan 
  as 
  "Shiso;" 
  edible, 
  being 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  condiment 
  in 
  

   cooking 
  and 
  to 
  color 
  pickles 
  in 
  combination 
  with 
  Prunus 
  murae. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  provinces 
  of 
  Kiangsi 
  and 
  Szechwan, 
  China; 
  also 
  

   Japan. 
  

  

  26437. 
  Pithecolobium 
  dulce 
  (Roxb.) 
  Benth. 
  

  

  From 
  Kapiolani 
  Park, 
  Honolulu, 
  Hawaii. 
  See 
  No. 
  23457 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  26438. 
  Sesamum 
  orientale 
  L. 
  Sesame. 
  

   Black 
  seeded. 
  

  

  26439. 
  Zanthoxylum 
  piperitum 
  (L.) 
  DC. 
  

   "San-sho." 
  A 
  condiment, 
  purchased 
  in 
  Hakodate. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Shensi 
  and 
  Shantung, 
  eastern 
  China; 
  the 
  island 
  

   of 
  Port 
  Hamilton, 
  in 
  the 
  Korean 
  Archipelago; 
  and 
  the 
  woods 
  on 
  the 
  mountain 
  

   slopes 
  in 
  central 
  Japan. 
  

  

  26440. 
  Anon 
  a 
  longiflora 
  S. 
  Watson. 
  

  

  From 
  Altadena, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  O. 
  Popenoe. 
  Received 
  December 
  20, 
  

   1909. 
  

   Bud 
  wood 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  tree 
  which 
  produced 
  the 
  seed 
  sent 
  in 
  under 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  

   26298, 
  which 
  see 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  26441. 
  Anona 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Salvador, 
  Salvador, 
  Central 
  America. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  F. 
  Schultz, 
  

   Ancon, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  Panama. 
  Received 
  November 
  23, 
  1908. 
  

   "I 
  obtained 
  the 
  seed 
  of 
  this 
  Anona 
  from 
  a 
  friend 
  of 
  mine 
  whom 
  I 
  met 
  in 
  Panama 
  

   and 
  who 
  mailed 
  it 
  to 
  me 
  from 
  San 
  Salvador, 
  Salvador. 
  When 
  I 
  saw 
  him 
  at 
  Ancon 
  

   he 
  spoke 
  very 
  highly 
  of 
  these 
  'sugar 
  apples 
  ' 
  of 
  his 
  country; 
  beyond 
  his 
  verbal 
  descrip- 
  

   tions, 
  which 
  were 
  very 
  general, 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  guide 
  regarding 
  the 
  identity 
  of 
  the 
  species." 
  

   (Schultz.) 
  

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