﻿18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



44500 to 44517— Continued. 



44501 to 44505. Phaseolus spp. 



44501 and 44502. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight. 



Adsuki bean. 



44501. "No. 13. Small red bean; used for soup." 



44502. " No. 16. Small white bean ; used for boiling." 



44503 to 44505. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Mung- bean. 



44503. "Hairy green bean; used for soup. Planted in June." 



44504. " No. 7. Smooth green bean ; used in soup. Planted in 

 June." 



44505. " No. 8. Smooth brown bean ; used for soup. Planted in 

 June." 



44506. Pisum sativum L. Garden pea. 



"No. 1. Wan; large winter pea. Planted in November." 

 44507 to 44513. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soybean. 



(Glycine hispida Maxim.) 



44507. " No. 2. Large red bean ; used for baking or boiling. Planted 

 in the spring." 



44508. " No. 3. Large black bean ; used for baking and boiling. 

 Planted in the spring." 



44509. " No. 4. Large yellow bean ; used for baking and boiling. 

 Planted in the spring." 



44510. " No. 5. Large blue bean ; used for baking and boiling. Planted 

 in the spring." 



44511. " No. 11. Small yellow bean; used for oil curd and animal 

 feed." 



44512. "No. 12. Tea-colored bean; used for animal feed. Planted h 

 June." 



44513. "No. 17. Used for soup." 



44514. Stizolobium pachylobium Piper and Tracy. 

 " No. 9. Beans used for cooking." 



44515. Vigna sesquipedalis. (L.) Fruwirth. Yard Long bean. 

 " No. 10. Horned bean." 



44516 and 44517. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Cowpea. 



44516. " No. 14. Large Chiang bean; used for soup and boiling." 



44517. "No. 15. White Chiang bean; used for soup and boiling." 



44518. Panicum serratum (Thunb.) Spreng. Poacese. Grass. 



From the Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. I. B. Pole Evans,- 

 chief, Division of Botany, Department of Agriculture, Pretoria. Re- 

 ceived April 12, 1917. 

 " Collected at Kaalfontein, near Pretoria. This grass flourishes on our high 

 veld (4,000 to 6,000 feet) in this neighborhood and is much relished by sheep 

 and cattle." (Evans.) 



44519. Poupartia axillaris (Roxb.) King and Prain. Anacar- 



diaceae. 



From Augusta, Ga. Plants purchased from P. J. Berckmans Co. Received 

 April 13, 1917. 



