JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 19 34 



104022 to 104056— Continued. 



104044. Butirra Bachelier. 



104045. Butirra d'Amanlis. 



104046. Butirra d'Aprile. 



104047. Charles Cognee. 



104048. Directeur Varenne. 



104049. Docteur Jules Guyot. 



104050. Duchessa Berard. 



104051. La Coscia Precoce. 



104052. La Coscia Tardiva. 



104053. Lardona. 



104054. Moscatello Piccolo. 



104055. Fico. 



104056. Souvenir d'Emile Coue. 



104057 to 104064. Castanea spp. Fa- 

 gaceae. Chestnut. 



From China. Seeds collected by Peter Liu 

 and sent through Owen L. Dawson, agri- 

 cultural commissioner, Shanghai. Re- 

 ceived January 3, 1934. 



104057. Castanea henryi (Skan.) Render 

 and Wilson. 



From Hsiaofeng. 



104058. Castanea henryi (Skan.) Rehder 

 and Wilson. 



From Hsiaohsing, Anhwei Province. 



104059 to 104063. 

 Blume. 



Castanea mollissima 

 Hairy chestnut. 



104059. From Fengchiao, Chekiang 

 Province. A large chestnut. 



or home chestnut, 



104060. CUa Lee, 

 from Nanking. 



104061. Lui An. A locally grown chest- 

 nut from Chekiang Province. 



104062. Tsai Lee, or vegetable chest- 

 nut from Shucheng, Anhwei Prov- 

 ince. 



104063. Kuei Lee, or large chestnut, 

 from Hsinteng, Chekiang Province. 



104064. Castanea segdinii Dode. 



A wild chestnut from Hongchow. 



104065 to 104067. Lespedeza spp. Fa- 

 baceae. Bushclover. 



From Chosen. Seeds presented by Dr. T. 

 Kaburaki, Director, Forest Experiment 

 Station, Keijo. Received January 8, 1934. 



104065. Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. 



Shrub bushclover. 



A bushy perennial which bears a pro- 

 fusion of rose-purple flowers during the 

 early autumn, practically covering the 

 drooping branches which sometimes be- 

 come 6 feet in length. Native to eastern 

 Asia. 



For previous introduction see 101483. 



104066. Lespedeza cyrtobotrya Miquel. 



A shrub about 6 feet high, resembling 

 L. oicolor in habit, with oval-oblong leaf- 

 lets and dense clusters of purple flowers. 

 It is native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 101484. 



104065 to 104067— Continued. 



104067. Lespedeza japonica intermedia 

 Nakai. 



A bushy shrub 6 to 12 feet high, with 

 large elliptic or oblong, obtuse or emar- 

 ginate hairy green leaflets, paler beneath ; 

 and rose-purple flowers half an inch long, 

 in axillary and terminal racemes. The 

 oblong reticulate pod is covered with long 

 hairs and is one-fourth to one-third of an 

 inch long. Native to Chosen. 



104068 and 104069. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by T. Nakai, 

 Botanic Gardens, Science College, Im- 

 perial University, Tokyo. Received Jan- 

 uary 12, 1934. 



104068. Lespedeza homoloba Nakai. Fa- 

 baceae. Bushclover. 



A small shrub with trifoliolate leaves, 

 the leaflets being elliptic or ovate oblong 

 and up to 2 inches long. The pale-purple 

 flowers, half an inch long, are in small 

 axillary racemes. Closely allied to Lespe- 

 deza oicolor, but differing in its more shin- 

 ing leaflets and longer sepals. Native to 

 Japan. 



104069. Lespedeza sendaica Nakai. Fa- 

 baceae. Bushclover. 



A bushclover with elongated branches 

 and ternate leaves, the leaf divisions be- 

 ing ovate oblong and about 1 inch long. 

 The flowers, in small axillary racemes, 

 are purplish with pink standards. Native 

 to northern Japan. 



104070 to 104102. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by J. B. H. 

 Lejeune, Director, Government Experi- 

 mental Station, Kisozi, Ruanda-Urundi 

 Territory, Belgian Congo. Received Janu- 

 ary 10, 1934. 



104070. Acacia podalyriaefolia A. Cunn. 

 Mimosaceae. 



A gray pubescent shrub 4 to 8 feet high, 

 with ovate phyllodes and numerous yellow 

 flowers in long racemes at the ends of the 

 branches. The wood is pinkish in color 

 and nicely marked. Native to Queensland. 



For previous introduction see 48057. 



104071 to 104073. Cajands i n d i c u s 

 Sprang. Fabaceae. Pigeonpea. 



104071. A variety with brownish-pink 



104072. A variety with light-tan seeds 

 marbled with brownish pink. 



104073. A variety with straw-colored 

 seeds. 



104074 to 104076. Crotalaria spp. Fa- 

 baceae. 



104074. Crotalaria pdlva Roxb. 



Collected in Urundi Territory at 

 6,000 feet altitude. A stiffly erect le- 

 guminous shrub 3 to 6 feet high, with 

 numerous paniculate branches. The 

 silky narrow leaves are about 4 inches 

 long, and the flowers, in panicles, are 

 about an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 65699. 



104075. Crotalaria sp. 

 Collected in Buhnama, Kasanga. 



104076. Crotalaria incana L. 



