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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



78164 to 78168— Continued. 



Eirinsho, Miyazaki Kon. Kvushu, and 

 sent by K. Okamura, November, 1928. 

 Itajii. An evergreen chinquapin much 

 used in Japan for hedges, for which it 

 seems admirably suited. The acorns, al- 

 though small, have a sweet taste when 

 baked like chestnuts, and when boiled or 

 roasted they are sold in Japan for food. 

 This tree is not hardy in the northern 

 United States. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 34642. 



78165 to 78168. Quercus spp. Fagaceae. 



Oak. 



These seeds were collected in Osuzu 

 National Forest, Kawakita, Tsuno Machi, 

 Koyu Gun, Miyazaki Ken, and sent by 

 Mimitsu Eirinsho, November, 1928. 



78165. Quercus acuta Thunb. 



No. 776. Aka gashi [red oak]. An 

 evergreen oak, native to Japan. 



78166. Quercus mtrsinaefolia Blume. 



No. 775. Shira gashi [white oak]. 

 A handsome evergreen oak, which is 

 native to Japan, 30 to 40 feet high, 

 with lanceolate-serrate leaves, 3 to 5 

 inches long, smooth and shining above 

 and covered with a whitish bloom un- 

 derneath. The ovoid acorns, nearly an 

 inch long and one-third covered by the 

 smooth cup, are borne in short spikes. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 74222. 



78167. Quercus sessilifolia Blume. 



No. 774. Tsukubane gashi. An oak, 

 native to Japan, with leathery sessile 

 lanceolate leaves 2 to 4 inches long. 



78168. Quercus stenophylla (Blume) 

 Ma kino. 



No. 777. Urajiro gasM. An oak 

 with narrowly lanceolate long-pointed 

 leaves 2 to 6 inches long. It is native 

 to Japan. 



78169. Euphorbia intisy Drake. Eu- 

 phorbiaceae. 



From Madagascar. Plants collected by 

 Charles F. Swingle, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, and Dr. Henri Humbert, Univer- 

 sity of Algiers, Algeria. Received in 

 November, 1928. 



North of Behara, on the road to Trano- 

 maro, September, 1928. An arborescent 

 succulent, about 12 feet high, native to 

 southern Madagascar in regions of limited 

 rainfall, occasional frost, and varied soil 

 conditions. At one time it was the most 

 important rubber plant of Madagascar, but 

 it is now practically extinct commercially 

 because of the lack of care used in harvest- 

 ing the rubber. It has gray bark, dichot- 

 omous or somewhat whorled branches, and 

 minute scattered leaves. The small incon- 

 spicuous greenish flowers are in very short 

 cymes borne near the tips of the branches. 



78170 to 78177. 



From Berlin, Germany. Plants purchased 

 from L. Spath. Received November 24, 

 1928. 



78170. Malus sp. Malaceae. 



Apple. 



Oekonomierat Echter-meyer. An orna- 

 mental flowering variety. 



78171 to 78177. Prunus spp. Amygdala- 

 ceae. 



78170 to 78177— Continued. 



78171. Prunus baldschuanica Regel. 



A spreading shrub, native of Turke- 

 stan, closely resembling the flowering 

 plum (Primus triloba). The oblong or 

 obovate leaves are acuminate, with 

 rather large teeth. 



78172. Prunus b l i r e a n a moseri 

 Koehne. 



A garden hybrid of the cherry plum 

 with purple leaves and small light- 

 pink flowers. 



78173. Prunus cekasifera woodii W. 

 Wood (P. cerasifera spaethiana W. 

 Wood). 



A form of the cherry plum with 

 leaves which remain dark purple all 

 summer. 



78174. Prunus cerasus semperflorens 

 (Ehrh.) Koch. All Saints cherry. 



A variety of the sour cherry which 

 bears its flowers at the end of short 

 leafy branchlets during the summer. 



78175. Prunus frutxcosa p e n d u l a 

 Dipp. Weeping bush cherry. 



A form of the European bush cherry. 

 It is a bushy shrub about 3 feet high 

 w T ith slender pendulous branchlets, dark 

 glossy green oblong-elliptic leaves an 

 inch long, single white flowers, and 

 dark-red fruits in small umbels. 



78176. Prunus jacquemontii Hook. f. 



A handsome Himalayan flowering 

 shrub up to 12 feet high, with sharply 

 serrate elliptic leaves 2 to 3 inches 

 long, rose-colored flowers two-fifths of 

 an inch across, and juicy red fruits. 



78177. Prunus japonica thcnbergii 

 Koehne. 



A variety of Prunus japonica with 

 cordate long-acuminate leaves having 

 longer and more pointed teeth. 



78178 to 78182. 



From Japan. Seeds collected by R. K. Beat- 

 tie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 December 14, 1928. 



78178, ACANTHOPANAX RICINlFOLIUM 



Seem. Araliaceae. 



No. 779. Collected in the Teshio Sec- 

 ond University Forest, Hokkaido Im- 

 perial University, and sent by Wasaku 

 Ishio, Teshio Second University Forest, 

 Hokkaido Imperial University. Toikan- 

 betsu, Teshio Gun, Hokkaido, November, 

 1928. Harigiri. A tree up to 90 feet 

 high, native to eastern Asia. The large 

 round leaves, sometimes a foot across, 

 are divided into five to seven trian- 

 gular serrate lobes ; the white flowers are 

 in large terminal clusters and are fol- 

 lowed by small black fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 39586. 



78179 and 78180. Picea glehni (Schmidt) 

 Masters. Pinaceae. Saghalin spruce. 



A handsome evergreen tree, native to 

 Japan, up to 120 feet high, with lustrous 

 brown or violet cones. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75405. 



78179. No. 781. Aka ezomatsu. Col- 

 lected in the University Forest, near 

 Toikanbetsu, and sent by Wasaku 



