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77413— Continued. 



Tampintta. A Philippine morning-glory 

 with large dark-green leaves and large clus- 

 ters of very showy yellow flowers. 



77414. Cycas sp. Cycadaeeae. 



From Kobe, Japan. Plants obtained by 

 Prof. II. II. Harriett. Director, Botanic 

 Gardens and Arboretum, University of 

 Michigan, Ann Arbor. Received August 

 25, 1927. Numbered July, 1928. 



Dwarf cycads put ou the S. S. President 

 Van Bwren for decorating the ship. They 

 are a specialty of the nurserymen at Kobe 

 and seem to be different from the ones com- 

 mon in greenhouses in the United States. 

 They are ornamental palmlike woody plants, 

 with glossy green pinnate leaves, and are 

 native to tropical Asia. 



77415 to 77420. Sjaccharum offici- 

 narum L. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Australia. Cuttings obtained through 

 E. W. Brandes, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received July 12, 1928. 



These varieties were collected in north- 

 ern New South Wales. 



77415. H. Q. 5. 



77416. N. a. l'i. 



77417. A 7 , a. 16. 



77413. Bogcla. 



77419. Mahona. 



77420. Q. SI J. 



77421. Beassica sp. Brassicaceae. 



From Peking, China. Seeds presented by 

 J. E. Ferguson, through W. T. Swingle, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 July 12, 1928. 



P'iao ts'ai. A hitter Chinese cabbage. 



77422. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. 

 Rutaceae. Orange. 



From Rehoboth, Palestine. Bud wood 

 presented by Albert Kaufmann, through 

 A. Friedman. Palestine Jewish Coloniza- 

 tion Association, Jaffa. Received July 

 14, 1928. 



The Jaffa or Shamouti orange of Jaffa, 

 Palestine, is a large oval bright-orange 

 fruit of excellent quality, maturing from 

 October to April. The fruit is practically 

 seedless, the skin usually thick, and the 

 flesh of excellent quality. This variety 

 is the basis of the rapidly developing Pal- 

 estine orange industry. Ninety-five per 

 cent of the fruit is marketed in England. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 7522G. 



77423 to 77432. 



From Chosen. Seeds collected by R. K. 

 Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived July 3, 1928. 



77423. Acer sp. Aceraceae. 



No. G96. Trail southwest of Onseiri, 

 toward Shinkeiji, Outer Kongosan or 

 Diamond Mountains, June 6, 1928. A 

 small attractive maple with good dark- 

 green leaves. 



77424. Aquilegia sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Columbine. 



No. C92. A Japanese columbine with 

 red and yellow flowers, growing among 

 rocks and coarse decomposed granite on 

 the banks of a river at Choanji. Inner 

 Kongosan or Diamond Mountains, May 

 31, 1928. 



77423 to 77432— Continued. 



T7425. Bebbebis amurensis Rupr. Ber- 

 beridaceae. Amur barberry. 



No. 697. A wild barberry growing 

 near the river at Choanji, Inner Kongo- 

 san or Diamond Mountains, June 1, 

 1928. An eastern Asiatic sbrub up to 

 10 feet high, with yellowish gray 

 branchlets, 3-parted spines an inch 

 long, elliptic leaves 2 to 3 inches Jong, 

 10-flowered to 25-flowered pendulous 

 racemes, and bright-red fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 72400. 



77426. (Undetermined.) 



No. OSS. Makaen, near Choanji, 

 Inner Kongosan or Diamond Mountains, 

 June 1, 1928. 



77427. Rodgersia sp. Saxifragaceae. 



No. 091. A Japanese herbaceous per- 

 ennial growing among rocks along the 

 river at Choanji. Inner Kongosan or 

 Diamond Mountains, June 1, 1928. 



77428. Rosa sp. Rosaceae. Rose. 



No. 699. A wild rose growing by the 

 roadside at Atami, Shizuoka Ken, May 

 6, 192S. 



77429 to 77432. Salix spp. Salicaceae. 



Willow. 



77429. Salix sp. • 



No. 689. A small silky-leaved wil- 

 low growing among rocks on the bank 

 of the river at Choanji, Inner Kongo- 

 san or Diamond Mountains, June 1, 

 1928. 



77430. Salix sp. 



No. 690. A slender willow, about 

 25 feet high, growing at Shimpori, 

 Inner Kongosan or Diamond Moun- 

 tains, June 1, 1928. 



77431. Salix sp. 



No. 694. A willow tree, about 30 

 feet high, growing above Fire Dragon 

 Falls, on the trail to Makaen, near 

 Choanji, Inner Kongosan or Diamond 

 Mountains, June 1, 1928. 



77432. Salix sp. 



No. 695. A willow growing near 

 Fire Dragon Falls, on the trail to 

 Makaen, near Choanji, Inner Kongo- 

 san or Diamond Mountains, June 1, 

 192S. 



77433. Prunus capuli Oav. Aroygda- 

 laceae. Capulin. 



From Orizaba, Mexico. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. C. A. Purpus, Zacuapam, Vera 

 Cruz, Mexico. Received July 19, 1928. 



A tropical American tree up to 40 feet 

 high, with lanceolate long-pointed coria- 

 ceous leaves 6 to 8 inches long, stout ra- 

 cemes 4 to 6 inches long of small white 

 flowers followed by nearly black globose 

 edible fruits half an inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see No. 62688. 



77434. SOLANUM MACROCARPON L. So- 



lanaceae. 



From Luchenza. Nyasalancl Protectorate, 

 Africa. Seeds presented by L. S. Nor- 

 man. Received July 13, 1928. 



