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76648 and 76649— Continued. 



The Chinese say that this bamboo is distin- 

 guished from No. 247 [No. 67398] by having culm 

 sheaths pubescent and flowered with irregular 

 dark spots. 



76650 to 76677. 



From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented by A. 

 Kol, chief of the bureau of introduction of the 

 Institute of Applied Botany. Received April 

 20, 1928. 



76650 to 76672. Trifolium pratense L. Faba- 

 ceae. Red clover. 



Nos. 76650 to 76666 are from the Shatilovo 

 Experiment Station. 



76650. No. 25. Viatka Government. 



76651. No. 97. Malmysh district, Viatka 

 Government. 



76652. No. 50. Nolin district, Viatka Gov- 

 ernment. 



76653. No. 107. Malmysh district, Viatka 

 Government. 



76654. No. 113. Tchernigov Government. 



76655. No. 123. Kiev Government. 



76656. No. 125. Volyn Government, Ukraine. 



76657. No. 152. Eniseysk Government. Pyr- 

 orsky. 



76658. No. 167. Adygaysky district, Kuban 

 Province. 



76659. No. 192. Tchernigov Government. 



76660. No. 219. Kungur district, Ural Prov- 

 ince. 



76661. No. 220. Kungur district, Ural Prov- 

 ince. 



76662. No. 221. Kungur district, Ural Prov- 

 ince. 



76663. No. 222. Kursk Government. 



76664. No. 226. Fateyssky district, Kursk 

 Government. 



76665. No. 227. Lgov district, Kursk Gov- 

 ernment. 



76666. No. 255. Minusinsk district, Altai 

 Province. 



Nos. 76667 to 76671 are from the Bekassovo 

 Plant-Breeding Station of Forage Crops. 



76667. No. 316S. Altaysky. 



76668. No. 3262. Nosovsky. 



76669. No. 3265. Permsky. 



76670. No. 3266. Podolsky. 



76671. No. 3270. Palashkinsky. 



76672. A central Russian red clover (one cut 

 clover), 1927, growing at the Shatilovo 

 Experiment Station. Originally from the 

 Orel Government. 



76673 to 76677. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vul- 

 gareYUL). Poaceae. Common wheat. 



Winter wheat varieties. 



76673. Kostianum 0237. Saratov Experiment 

 Station. 



76674. Luteseew 0329. Saratov Experiment 

 Station. 



76675. Cooperalorka. 

 Station. 



76676. Ukrainka. 

 Station. 



76677. Stepniatschka. Odessa Experiment 

 Station. 



Odessa Experiment 

 Nironovsk Experiment 



76678 to 76687. 



From Kzyl Orda, Syr Daria, Russia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Jules W. Rewiakin. Received April 

 19, 1928. 



76678. Acer ginnala semenovti (Regel and 

 Herd.) Pax. Aceraceae. Maple. 



A shrubby Turkestan maple with leaves 

 deeply cut into three or five narrow lobes and 

 long-stemmed panicles of yellowish white 

 fragrant flowers. The fruits turn red in ripening 

 in the summer, and the leaves turn red in 

 autumn. 



For previous introduction see No. 42435. 



76679. Caragana turkestanica Komarow. 

 Fabaceae. 



A spiny shrub or small tree, native to Turke- 

 stan, with compound leaves of 6 to 12 ovate 

 leaflets and a profusion of bright-yellow pea- 

 shaped flowers an inch long. 



76680. Malus sylvestris Mill. (Pyrus malus 

 L.). Malaceae. Apple. 



A mixture of various wild forms of the com- 

 mon cultivated apple. 



76631. Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton (P. 

 ocymoides L.). Menthaceae. Perilla. 



Sou tze. An annual Chinese herb the seeds 

 of which are used as bird feed and also to produce 

 an oil used for waterproofing paper. 



For previous introduction see No. 65874. 



76682 to 76684. Prunus spp. Amygdalaceae. 



76682. Prunus cerasus L. Sour cherry. 



Variety montana. The wild form of the 

 generally cultivated sour cherry. 



76683. Prunus domestica L. Garden plum. 



Variety montana. Said to be the wild 

 form of the common garden plum. 



76684. Prunus 

 Koehne. 



mandshurica (Maxim.) 

 Manchurian apricot. 



A small wild tree up to 15 feet high, native 

 to Manchuria, with spreading branches. 

 The ovate-acuminate leaves are sharply 

 doubly serrate, the pinkish solitary flowers 

 are an inch across, and the yellow subglobose 

 fruits are an inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see No. 65649. 



76685. PVRUS HETEROPHYLLA 



Schmalh. Malaceae. 



Regel and 

 Pear. 



A wild Turkestan shrub or small tree up to 

 30 feet high, with ovate leaves varying from 

 nearly undivided to deeply pinnately cut into 

 slender lobes, clusters of white flowers an inch 

 across, and pear-shaped or globose fruits an inch 

 in diameter. 



For previous introduction see No. 73617. 



76686. Tilia Montana Hort. Tiliaceae. 



Lime tree. 



76687. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 

 Tetysou pearl. A variety of pop corn. 



76688. SOLANUM MACROCARPON L. So- 



lanaceae. 



From Luchenza, Nyasaland, Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by L. S. Norman. Received April 21, 

 1928. 



A stout undershrub with a much-branched 

 smooth stem and ovate sinuate-margined leaves 8 

 inches long. The racemose cymes, opposite the 

 leaves, bear blue-purple flowers 1 to 2 inches broad, 

 which are followed by globose yellow fruits the size 

 of an apple. 



For previous introduction see No. 75971. 



