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78312 to 78321. 



From Japan. Seeds obtained by R. K. 

 Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived December 27, 1928. 



78312 to 78316. Castanopsis spp. Faga- 

 ceae. 



78312. Castanopsis cuspidata (Tnunb.) 

 Scbottky. Japanese chinquapin. 



Nos. 783 and 784. Collected in tbe 

 Takano National Forest, Takaiyama 

 Mura, Kimotsuke Gun, Kagosbima Ken, 

 and received by Kanoya Birinsbo, 

 Kimotsuke Gun, Kagosbima Ken, No- 

 vember, 1928. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78164. 



78313 and 78314. Castanopsis kawa- 

 kamii Hayata. 



Collected at tbe Rengechi Forest Ex- 

 periment Station, Taicbu Province, 

 Taiwan, at an altitude between 3,000 

 and 4,000 feet, November, 1928. The 

 Japanese name is Okuri kasbi, and tbe 

 Taiwanian (Chinese) name is Toah- 

 yokoratsu. A Japanese tree between 

 75 and 90 feet high. 



78313. No. 789. 



78314. No. 790. The same as No. 789 

 [No. 78313], but from a different 

 lot of trees. 



78315. Castanopsis stellato-s p i n a 

 Hayata. 



No. 791. Collected on Hiiranza, a 

 mountain 15 miles northeast of Kochun, 

 near the southern end of Takao Prov- 

 ince, November, 1928. Togekuri kashi. 

 A Japanese evergreen tree. 



78316. Castanopsis taiwaniana Hay- 

 ata. 



No. 788. Collected at the Rengechi 

 Forest Experiment Station, Taichu 

 Province, Taiwan, at an altitude be- 

 tween 3,000 and 4,000 feet, November, 

 1928. The Japanese name is kuri 

 kashi, and the Taiwanian (Chinese) 

 name is chako. 



78317. Fagds japonica Maxim. Faga- 

 ceae. Japanese beech. 



No. 792. Collected by Seisho Naka- 

 yama in «the Tokyo University Cbichibu 

 Forest, Chichibu Kyokuiku, Saitama Ken, 

 November, 1928. Inu buna. A Japanese 

 tree up to 75 feet high, usually dividing 

 at the base into several trunks. The 

 ovate pointed leaves are 2 to 4 inches 

 long, with slightly sinuate or entire 

 margins, and the triangular nuts are 

 one-fourth to three-fourths of an inch 

 long. 



78318. Fagus sibboldii Endl. Fagaceae. 



Siebold's beech. 



No. 793. 'Collected by Seisho Naka- 

 yama in the Tokyo University Chichibu 

 Forest, Chichibu Kyokuku, Saitama Ken, 

 November, 1928. Buna. A tree, native 

 to Japan, 90 feet high, with rhombic- 

 ovate leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, having 

 shallowly crenate margins. 



78319 to 78321. Quercus spp. Fagaceae. 



Oak. 



78319. Querccs gilva Blume. 



No. 787. Collected in the Nagao Na- 

 tional Forest, Yamada Mura, Kita- 

 muro Gun. Miyazaki Ken, and received 

 from Miyakonojo Eirinsho, Kyushu, 



78312 to 78321— Continued. 



Miyazaki Ken, 

 Ichiigashi. 



November, 1928. 



78320. Quercus sessilifolia Blume. 



No. 785. Collected in the Nagao Na- 

 tional Forest, Yamada Mura, Kitamuro 

 Gun, Miyazaki Ken, and received 

 from Miyakonojo Eirinsho, Kyushu 

 Miyazaki Ken, November, 1928. Tsu* 

 kubane gashi. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78167. 



78321. Quercus stenophylla (Blume) 

 Makino. 



No. 7S6. Collected in the Nagao Na- 

 tional Forest, Yamada Mura, Kitamuro 

 Gun, Miyazaki Ken, and received from 

 Miyakonojo Eirinsho, Kyushu, Miya- 

 zaki Ken, November, 1928. Urajiro- 

 gashi. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78168. 



78322 and 78323. Spathodea spp. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds presented 

 by Harry Jobnson, Johnson Water Gar- 

 dens, Hynes, Calif. Received December 

 20, 1928. 



These two varieties were collected by 

 Otto Degener. 



78322. Spathodea campanulata Beauv. 



A tree, native to tropical Africa, up to 

 70 feet high, with dark-green pinnate 

 leaves 1 to 2 feet long, and large pani- 

 cles of scarlet flowers each 4 inches long. 

 The unopened flowers contain a quantity 

 of water, which has secured for it the 

 name fountain tree in India, where it is 

 cultivated as an ornamental shade tree. 

 The whitish fluffy seeds fill a boat-shaped 

 capsule which is 10 to 12 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 53983. 



78323. Spathodea nilotica Seem. 



A shrubby tree up to 20 feet high, na- 

 tive to the northern part of tropical 

 Africa. The leaves, which are opposite 

 and composed of 9 to 15 leathery leaflets, 

 are covered beneath with dense short 

 hairs, and the scarlet flowers are in short 

 terminal clusters. Both the leaves and 

 flowers resemble those of Spathodea 

 oampanulata. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 58467. 



78324 to 78327. Rubus spp. Rosaceae. 



From Alnarp, Akarp, Sweden. Plants pre- 

 sented by Carl G. Dahl. Received De- 

 cember 3, 1928. 



78324. Rubus glandulosus Bellardi. 



Blackberry. 



A blackberry for which a description 

 is not available. 



78325. Rubus horridus Hartm. 



A blackberry native to Sweden, with 

 angular, very thorny stems, white flowers, 

 and small black fruits. 



78326 and 78327. Rubus plicatus Weihe 

 and Nees. Blackberry. 



78326. From Karup, Denmark. 



78327. Frcm Sunne, Sweden. 



