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78534 — Continued. 



A variety of tamarind with pods which 

 have flesh of very agreeable taste, tartness, 

 and sweetness, making them very good for 

 eating out of hand. 



For previous introduction see No. 50186. 



78535. Fragaria h a y a t a i Makino. 

 Rosaceae. Strawberry. 



From Mount Arisan, Taiwan. Plants col- 

 lected by R. K. Beattie, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received February 21, 1929. 



No. 851. March 26, 1928. A stolonifer- 

 ous perennial with long-petioled radicle 

 leaves of three rhombic-ovate leaflets ser- 

 rate with the terminal tooth smaller than 

 the others. The flowers have a light-green 

 calyx and obovate-emarginate or cuspidate 

 white petals, and tbe delicious globose red 

 fruits are one-fourth of an inch in di- 

 ameter. Native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see No. 76499. 



78536. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Fab- 

 aceae. Mung bean. 



From St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented bv Maybin S. Baker, Agronomist, 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. Re- 

 ceived February 28, 1929. 



A San Domingo bean which made a 

 larger growth at the experiment station 

 than any other tested there. The seed was 

 originally sent from Porto Rico under the 

 name " San Domingo cowpea." 



78537. ClTHAREXYLUM BERLANDIER1 



Robinson. Verbenaceae. 



From Brownsville, Tex. Seeds presented 

 by Peter H. Heinz. Received March 9, 

 1929. 



An ornamental shrub or small tree, up 

 to 30 feet high, with pendent branches, 

 oblong or rhombic leaves about 4 inches 

 long, and short axillary racemes of small 

 black fruits. It is native to northeastern 

 Mexico. 



78538. Elaeis gttineensib Jacq. 

 Phoenicaceae. African oil palm. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. L. Koch, chief of section for 

 breeding annual crops of tbe General Ex- 

 periment Station for Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived March 9, 1929. 



Dura Aijpe. 



For previous introduction see No. 73956. 



78539. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Charleston, S. C. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. L. C. Critchfleld. Received March 

 11, 1929. 



An Italian tomato with most wonderful 

 keeping properties ; said to keep over a 

 month after ripening on the vine and to 

 be delicious to eat like an apple or orange. 



78540 to 78542. Rhododendron spp. 

 Ericaeoeae. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by Prof. 

 Bungo Miyazawa, Miyazaki College of 

 Agriculture at Miyazaki-Shi, Japan. Re- 

 ceived March 15, 1929. 



78540. Rhododendron oldhamii Maxim. 



A much-branched, partly deciduous 

 red-hairy sbrub 3 to 18 feet high, with 



78540 — Continued. 



thinly leathery oblong-lanceolate dark- 

 green leaves and red flowers 2 inches 

 wide in terminal umbels. Native to 

 Taiwan. 



78541. Rhododendron pdlchrum Sweet 

 (R. phoeniceum smithii Wilson). 



A handsome shrub with spreading 

 hairy branches, elliptic leaves densely 

 hairy beneath, and two to three termi- 

 nal rosy purple flowers 2 inches or more 

 across. A hybrid between R. ledifolium 

 and R. indicum. 



78542. Rhododendron ripense Makino. 



A densely branched evergreen shrub, 

 3 feet or more high, with whorled 

 branches, narrow lanceolate leathery 

 green leaves, and pale-lilac flowers about 



2 inches across, solitary or in twos or 

 threes. Native to Tosa .and Iyo, Japan. 



78543 to 78547. Amygdalus persica L. 

 (Prunus persica Stokes). Amygda- 

 laeeae. Peach. 



From Portici, Italy. Scions presented by 

 Prof. Gaetano Briganti. R. Istituto Su- 

 periore Agrario. Received March 22, 

 1929. 



78543. Terzarola tonda. 



78544. Terzarola col pizzo. 



78545. Giallona di Napoli o Terzarola 

 Cavallara. 



78546. Terzarola riccia. 



78547. San Martino. 



78548. Castanea crenata Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Fagaceae. Japanese chestnut. 



From Japan. Scions obtained by R. K. 

 Beattie. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived March 13, 1929. 



No. 834. From the Okitsu Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. January. 1929. S7U- 

 dare (weeping chestnut) variety pendula. 



78549. Psorai.ea gtjeinzii Harvey. 

 Fabaceae. 



From Kirstenboschj Union of South Africa. 

 Seeds presented by R. H. Compton, di- 

 rector of the botanic garden of the Uni- 

 versity of Stellenbosch, Kirstenbosch. 

 Received March 15, 1929. 



A South Afrcan perennial 1 to 2 feet 

 high, with a woody base, herbaceous 

 branches, sessile leaves each consisting of 

 a single lanceolate folded leaflet an inch 

 long, and small axillary flowers. Of possi- 

 ble use as a forage crop or for green 

 manure. 



78550 to 78558. 



From Orleans, France. Plants purchased 

 from Leon Chenault & Son. Received 

 January 2, 1929. 



78550. Caragana gerardiaxa Royle. Fab- 

 aceae. 



A compact, much-branched shrub about 



3 feet high, native to northwestern In- 

 dia, with densely tomentose twigs, com- 

 pound leaves having 8 to 12 obovate 

 silky leafllets, and ending in a spine 2 

 inches long. The solitary pale-yellow 

 flowers are an inch long. 



78551. Caryopteris tangutica Maxim. 

 Verbenaceae. 



