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80501 to 80524— Continued. 



80509. No. 55. Obtained from the Ya- 

 niato Seed Co., Takadacho, Tokyo, 

 April 15, 1929. Furnichi Fugi- 

 mume. A very dark-brown seeded 

 variety of bush bean developed by 

 Professor Furnichi, Tokyo Agricul- 

 tural College, Tokyo. It is said to 

 be used as green beans boiled in the 

 pod, and the beans are also used 

 when dried. 



80510 to 80517. Phaseolus Angulaeis 

 (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Fabaceae. 



Adzuki bean. 



80510. No. 18. Azuki. Obtained in the 

 suburbs of Tokyo, April 11, 1929, 

 and originally grown in Hokushu. 

 A red-seeded variety said to be used 

 chiefly in the manufacture of a 

 jellylike flour for confections. 



80511. No. 19. Sarashi An. Obtained 

 in Nishigahara, Tokyo, April 11, 

 1929, and originally grown in Ho- 

 kushu. A red-seeded variety said 

 to be used in the manufacture of a 

 jellylike flour for confections. 



80512. No. 20. Azuki Dainagon. Ob- 

 tained in Nishigahara, Tokyo, April 

 11, 1929, and originally grown in 

 Hokushu. A red-seeded variety said 

 to be used in the manufacture of a 

 jellylike flour for confections. 



80513. No. 21. Azuki Dainagon. Ob- 

 tained in the suburbs of Tokyo, 

 April 11, 1929, and originally grown 

 in Hokushu. A red-seeded variety 

 said to be used in the manufacture 

 of a jellylike flour for confections. 



80514. No. 22. Usukawa Azuki. Ob- 

 tained in Nishigahara, Tokyo, April 

 11, 1929, and originally grown in 

 Hokushu. A red-seeded variety said 

 to be used in the manufacture of 

 a jellylike flour for confections. 



80515. No. 61. SMro Azuki. From the 

 Tokyo Seed, Plant, & Implement Co., 

 Konon, Tokyo, April 19, 1929. and 

 originally from near Tokyo, Saitama 

 Ken. It is said to be used for mak- 

 ing confections and for flour which 

 is cooked at once and then dried for 

 future use. 



80516. No. 70. Dainagon Azuki. Ob- 

 tained in Shibuya, Tokyo, April 19, 

 1929, and originally from Hokushu. 

 A large red-seeded variety said to 

 be used in making many confections 

 and as a flour. 



80517. No. 210. Dainagon Azuki. From 

 T. Sakata & Co., Yokohama, April 

 26, 1929. A large reddish-brown 

 seeded variety used for making all 

 kinds of confections. 



80518 and 80519. Phaseolus aureus 

 Roxb. Fabaceae. Mung bean. 



80518. No. 26. Yaenari or Ao Azuki. 

 Obtained in Nishigahara, Tokyo, 

 April 11, 1929. A small green bean 

 of the bush type grown in the Tokyo 

 district. It is said to be used for 

 bean sprouts and in making confec- 

 tions. 



80519. No. 56. Yaenari. Obtained 

 from the Imperial Seed Co., Takino- 

 gawa. Tokyo, April 15, 1929, and 

 originally grown in the Tokyo dis- 

 trict. A green mung bean said to 

 be used chiefly for sprouts, but it 



80501 to 80524— Continued. 



is also used as flour in making con- 

 fections. 



80520 to 80523, Vigxa sesquipedalis (L.) 

 Fruwirth. Fabaceae. Asparagus-bean. 



80520. No. 24. Onage Sasage. Ob- 

 tained in Nishigahara, Tokyo, April 

 11, 1929. A light red-seeded variety 

 of the runner type said to be used 

 as string beans when the pods are 

 young. 



80521. No. 25. Turoku Sasage. Ob- 

 tained in Nishigahara, Tokyo, April 

 11, 1929. A light red-seeded variety 

 of the runner type grown in the 

 Tokyo district. It is said to be used 

 as string beans when the pods are 

 young. 



80522. No. 57. Kuro Sanjoku Sasage. 

 Obtained in Nishigahara, Tokyo, 

 April 15, 1929, and originally grown 

 in the Tokyo district. A black- 

 seeded variety said to be used as 

 string beans when the pods are 

 young, and the seeds are also dried 

 and used as baked beans. 



80523. No. 58. Jurcku Sasage. Ob- 

 tained from the Yamato Seed Co., 

 Takadacho, Tokyo, April 15, 1929, 

 and originally grown in the Tokyo 

 district. A red-seeded variety said 

 to have pods 2 feet long, and to be 

 used as string beans when the poda 

 are young. 



80524. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. 

 Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



No. 23. Kintoki Sasage. Obtained from 

 the suburbs of Tokyo, April 11, 1929. A 

 red-seeded variety of the bush type grown 

 in the Bicchu district (Inland Sea). It 

 is said to be used as a string bean when 

 young ; the beans also are used when 

 dried. 



80525 and 80526. 



From Formosa, Argentina. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. Lorenzo R. Parodi. University of 

 Buenos Aires. Received May 25, 1929. 



80525. Ciiloris castilloniana Lillo and 

 Parodi. Poaceae. Grass. 



A stiffly erect grass, 4 to 6 feet high, 

 with linear leaves and a plumelike in- 

 florescence 5 to 8 inches long. It is 

 native to Argentina. 



80526. Panicum paucispicatum Morong. 

 Poaceae. Grass, 



A coarse grass, native to Argentina, 

 which roots at the lower nodes and later 

 ascends to 3 feet. The lanceolate leaves 

 are 4 to 6 inches long by an inch broad, 

 and the flowers are in a loose spike. 



80527 to 80529. Chayota edulis Jacq. 

 (Sechium edule Swartz). Cucur- 

 bitaceae. Chayote. 



From Guatemala. Fruits presented by Wil- 

 son Pepenoe. Research Department of the 

 United Fruit Co., Tela. Honduras. Re- 

 ceived November 26. 1928. Numbered in 

 April, 1929. 



80527. No. 8. A smooth medium-sized 

 green variety. 



80528. No. -11. A large yellowish green 

 variety which is very spiny. 



80529. No. 15. A small white variety. 



