JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1928 



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76060. Oryza barthii Cheval. Poa- 

 ceae. Rice. 



From Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Seeds 

 presented by Douglas W. Scotland, Acting 

 Commissioner of Lands and Forests. Received 

 January 26, 1928. 



A perennial rice growing on the banks of the 

 Bum Kittam River, Xongoba Bullom Chiefdom, 

 Bonthe District, Sierra Leone. This rice is known 

 to the Sherbro tribe as Teteki (devil rice), to the 

 Sherbro Mendi tribe as Ngafambei (devil rice), to 

 the Mendis as Ngewombei (God's rice), and to the 

 Bulloms and natives of the Scarries River area as 

 Antecheki (devil rice). The grains are collected 

 and hulled for food by the natives inhabiting the 

 flooded areas on the Bum Kittam River. To 

 harvest the rice the people paddle their canoes in 

 among the rice and shake the ears over the canoe, 

 and, as the grains are easily shed, a canoe full of 

 grains can be obtained in a very short time. The 

 height of the rice depends on the flood level of the 

 water. Stalks sometimes reach a height of 16 feet. 

 The inflorescence and ears always keep above the 

 water level. When the swamps dry out during the 

 dry season the rice invariably is burned by the 

 natives, but this does not destroy the plant as it 

 ratoons freely with the rise of flood waters during 

 the following rains. 



76061 and 76062. 



From Tananarive, Madagascar. Seeds presented 

 by the chief of the agricultural service. Re- 

 ceived January 25, 1928. 



76061. Cajanus indicus Spreng. Fabaceae. 



Pigeon pea. 



A variety grown locally. 



76062. Crotalaria sp. Fabaceae. 



A tropical American shrubby leguminous 

 plant, up to 6 feet high, used as a cover plant in 

 the East Indies. 



For previous introduction see No. 72434. 



76063. Cajanus indicus Spreng. Fa- 

 baceae. Pigeon pea. 



From Eala, Belgian Congo, Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by A. Corbisier-B aland, of the Eala 

 Botanic Garden. Received January 24, 1928. 



A local variety. 



76064 to 76085. Prunus spp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



Japanese flowering cherries growing at the United 

 States Plant Field Station, Glenn Dale, Md. 

 Numbered March, 1928. 



76064 to 76079. Prunus serrulata Lindl. 



Japanese flowering cherry. 



76064. Tree 73. Amanogawa (milky way). 

 Tree up to 25 feet high; bark dark gray; 

 young foliage bronze green; flowers pale 

 pink, semidouble, fragrant, about 1% 

 inches across, in erect clusters of three, 

 blooming about midseason. The upright 

 habit of this form, comparable to that of 

 the Lombardy poplar, makes it of special 

 value for certain garden effects. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 69079. 



76065. Tree 79. Benitoranowo. The young 

 foliage brownish; flowers pink, slightly 

 double, about \Vi inches across, deeper 

 pink at center and around edges, in clus- 

 ters of three to five, blooming compara- 

 tively late. The Japanese name means 

 "large pink flower clusters." 



76064 to 76085— Continued. 



. Tree 82. Botanzakura. Tree of 

 spreading habit; bark brownish; young 

 foliage orange bronze; flowers semidouble, 

 pale pink with darker centers, about 1% 

 inches across, in clusters of three to five, 

 blooming about midseason. The Japanese 

 name means "peony-flowered cherry." 



76067. Tree 105. Fugenzo. Tree large, 

 spreading and up to 25 feet high; probably 

 the most vigorous of the double-flowered 

 forms; young foliage bronze colored; buds 

 deep pink; flowers double, pink, nearly 2 

 inches across, in 2-flowered to 4-flowered 

 clusters, blooming rather late. A variety 

 cultivated by the Japanese since ancient 

 times; the name refers to a Japanese 

 divinity. 



. Tree 51. Gyoiko (imperial). A vig- 

 orous erect tree, 12 to 14 feet high, bearing 

 flowers in great profusion. The semi- 

 double, greenish white flowers, the petals 

 of which are striped darker green with 

 occasional tinges of pink, are about V/i 

 inches in diameter and are produced in 

 clusters of three to five. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67959. 



. Trees 52, 64. Hitoyezakura (single- 

 petal cherry). Tree up to 40 feet high; 

 bark pale gray and smooth; young foliage 

 brownish; flowers pink, single, less than 

 V/i inches wide, blooming midseason. A 

 variety of but little ornamental merit but 

 of possible value as a stock. 



76070. Trees 46, 48. Horinji. Tree of upright 

 spreading habit; bark dark gray; young 

 foliage bronze green; buds deep pink; 

 flowers semidouble, pink with lighter 

 centers, about l£& inches across, in few- 

 flowered clusters, blooming rather early. 

 Named for an ancient temple in Kyoto, 

 Japan. 



76071. Tree 84. Kunrinjoshirotae (best pure 

 white). Tree of spreading habit; young 

 foliage coppery green; flowers white or 

 pinkish, single or slightly double, about 2 

 inches across, in clusters of three or four, 

 blooming about midseason. 



76072. Trees 65, 71. Kwanzan. Tree up- 

 right-spreading in habit, becoming about 

 25 feet high; bark dark brownish gray; 

 young foliage bronze green; buds rose red; 

 flowers deep pink, double, nearly 2 inches 

 across, in clusters of two to five, blooming 

 late. This is considered by some horti- 

 culturists to be the finest of the double- 

 flowering cherries, because of the deep 

 color of the flowers. The name refers to a 

 Japanese mountain. 



For previous introduction see No. 69363. 



76073. Tree 101. Miyako (beauty or pros- 

 perity). Tree upright-spreading; young 

 foliage brown; buds pink; flowers light 

 pink, semidouble, about 1% inches across, 

 in few-flowered clusters, blooming rather 

 late. 



76074. Tree 83. Ohnanden (snowslide or 

 avalanche). Tree upright-spreading; 

 young foliage brown; buds deep pink; 

 flowers double, about 2 inches wide, pink 

 with deeper-colored edges, in pendent 

 clusters of twos and threes. An attractive 

 variety, resembling Kwanzan [No. 76072], 

 but with lighter-colored flowers and not as 

 free blooming. 



