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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



76119 to 76170— Continued. 



76167. Nos. 405 to 407. Yoro. A rapidly 

 growing variety producing large sweet 

 nuts the first part of October. This is the 

 best and strongest variety in the Fukuchi 

 orchard. 



76168. Nos. 408 to 410. Teteuchi. A rapidly 

 growing strong tree producing medium- 

 sized nuts of good color the first part of 

 September. 



76169. Nos. 411 to 413. Fukuchi Bon-guri. 

 A seedling originally from Bon-guri, 

 Nos. 294 to 296 [No. 76130]. A rapidly 

 growing tall strong tree producing 

 medium-sized very sweet nuts, brown with 

 white hairs, the first part of September. 

 A good crop is produced every year. 



76170. Nos. 414 to 416. Toyotama-wase. A 

 rapidly growing seedling tree producing a 

 good crop of small dark nuts the first part 

 of September. 



76171. Colocasia sp. Araceae. 



From the Azores. Tubers presented by B. L. 

 Feinstein. of the Tropical Fruit & Produce Co., 

 New Bedford, Mass., through R. A. Young, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March 17, 

 1928. 



The corms of this variety are acrid and require 

 longer cooking than the dasheen. The flesh is 

 moist, rather soft when cooked, and of inferior 

 flavor. The quality is similar to that of the "blue 

 tanyah" of the South Atlantic States. 



76172 to 76182. Cajanus indicus 

 Spreng. Fabaceae. Pigeon pea. 



From San Juan, Porto Rico. Seeds presented by 

 O. W. Barrett, Agricultural Director of the 

 Department of Agriculture and Labor. Re- 

 ceived March 14, 1928. 



Varieties grown locally. 



76172. Americanos. 



76173. Chinos. 



76174. Colmenos. 



76175. Cubanos. 



76176. Indios. 



76177. No. 1758. Man- 

 chados. 



76178. New Era. 

 7617S. Parranetos. 



76180. Pepino. 



76181. San Salvador. 



76182. No. 12. 



76183 to 76190. 



From Brooklyn, N. Y. Seeds presented by the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Received March 

 10, 1928. 



76183. Callicarpa giraldiana Hesse. Ver- 

 benaceae. 



A Chinese shrub 10 feet high, with mem- 

 branous, light-green leaves, cymes of pink 

 flowers, and dense clusters of round berrylike 

 violet fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 63678. 



76184. Citrus taitensis Risso. Rutaceae. 



Otaheite orange. 



A dwarf shrub, probably of hybrid origin, 

 with lemonlike flowers and orange-colored 

 fruits shaped like a lemon, but having a mawkish 

 taste. It is used rarely as a dwarfing stock for 

 other citrus fruits. 



76185. Deutzia schneideriana laxdjlora Ren- 

 der. Hydrangeaceae. 



A handsome free-flowering central Chinese 

 shrub 6 feet high, with oblong-ovate leaves and 

 broad loose panicles of white flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 55087. 



76183 to 76190— Continued. 



76186. Deutzia wilsoni Duthie. Hydrangea- 

 ceae. 



A red-barked shrub, native to central China, 

 with stellate pubescent leaves and loose broad 

 corymbs of white flowers, each nearly an inch 

 in diameter. 



For previous introduction see No. 73435. 



76187. Enkianthus deflexus (Griffith) C. 

 Schneid. Ericaceae. 



A western Chinese shrub or small tree with 

 red branchlets, obovate leaves 1 to 3 inches long, 

 and many-flowered racemes of yellowish red 

 flowers with darker veins. 



For previous introduction see No. 58906. 



76188. Schizandra chixexsis (Turcz.) Baill. 

 Magnoliaceae. 



A woody Chinese climber, up to 25 feet high, 

 with broadly obovate leaves, creamy white or 

 pinkish fragrant flowers, and scarlet fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 73058. 



76189. Viburnum hupehense Rehder. Capri- 

 foliaceae. Eupeh vrburnum. 



A central Chinese shrub about 6 feet high, 

 with coarsely dentate pubescent ovate leaves, 

 small cymes of white flowers and red berries. 



For previous introduction see No. 71255. 



76190. Viburnum taquetii Leveille. Capri- 

 foliaceae. 



A shrub with smooth gray twigs, lanceolate 

 dentate leaves 2 inches long, corymbs of small 

 white flowers, and yellow fruits. Native to 

 Chosen. 



76191 to 76195. Rhododendron spp. 

 Ericaceae. 



From London, England. Seeds collected by Capt. 

 F. Kingdon Ward and presented by Maj. 

 Lionel de Rothschild. Received March 14, 

 1928. 



A collection of rhododendrons from western 

 China. 



76191. Rhododendron macabeanum Watt. 



No. 7724. A tree 50 feet high, with twigs and 

 leaves covered with brown scales. The leathery 

 oblong leaves, 10 to 12 inches long, are in rosettes 

 at the ends of the branches, and the yellowish 

 white flowers, in compact umbels, are 2 inches 

 long. 



76192. Rhododendron mandpurense Balf. and 

 Watt. 



No. 7723. A shrub 10 feet high, with shining 

 oblong leaves 3 to 5 inches long and clusters of 

 large, white flowers 3 to 4 inches in diameter. 



76193. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 7717. 



76194. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 7725. 



76195. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 7731. 



76196 to 76198. Ananas sativus 

 Schult. f. Bromeliaceae. Pineapple. 



From the Philippine Islands. Suckers presented 

 by S. Youngberg, Director of the Bureau of 

 Agriculture, Manila. Received March 14, 1928. 



Suckers grown at the Lamao Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Lamao, Bataan. 



76196. Black Prince. 



76197. Orion. 



76198. Los Bancs. 



