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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



80576 to 80629— Continued. 



said to be used as string beans and 

 also dried. 



80612. No. 12. IssJiaku Ingen. From 

 Nisbigabara, Tokyo, April 11, 1929, 

 and originally grown in Hokushu. 

 A light brown-seeded variety of the 

 runner type, said to be used as 

 string beans. 



80613. No. 44. Ao o saya Shirofanc, 

 Sliuyaku gositm. From tbe Imperial 

 Seed Co., Takinogawa, Tokyo, April 

 15, 1929. A large white-seeded va- 

 riety of the bush type, originally 

 grown in the Tokyo district, and said 

 to be used as string beans. 



80614. No. 45. ~Saga Kintoki Ingen. 

 From the Yamatb Seed Co., Taka- 

 dacho, Tokyo, April 15, 1929, and 

 originally grown in the Tokyo dis- 

 trict. A very dark red-seeded vari- 

 ety of the runner type, said to be 

 the Canadian Wonder. It is used as 

 string beans, and the dried beans 

 are used in making sweet bean jam. 



80615. No. 46. Shakugo Sun Ingen. 

 From the Imperial Seed Co., Takino- 

 gawa, Tokyo, April 15, 1929. A 

 light brown-seeded variety of the 

 bush type originally grown in the 

 Tokyo district, said to be used as 

 string beans. 



80616. No. 47. Xagauzura Ingen. From 

 the Yamato Seed Co., j.akadacho, 

 Tokyo, April 15, 1929, and originally 

 grown in the Tokyo district. A 

 cream-colcred variety of tbe bush 

 type mottled with red, used as 

 string beans. 



80617. No. 48. Tsuruari Ooku Naga 

 Ingen. From the Imperial Seed Co., 

 Takinogawa, Tokyo, April 15, 1929. 

 A long-pcdded runner bean with 

 large hat cream-colored seeds 

 mottled with black. It is said to be 

 used as string beans. 



80618. No. 49. Otafnku Ingen. From 

 Nisbigabara, Tokyo, April 15, 1929, 

 and originally grown in the Tokyo 

 district. A large white-seeded va- 

 riety of the bush type said to be 

 used as string beans. The dried 

 beans are used as a dessert after 

 cooking with sirup. 



80619. No. 50. Shiro Tsuro Ingen. 

 From Takadacho, Tokyo, April 15, 

 1929, originally grown in Hokushu. 

 A white runner bean with large flat 

 white seeds, said to be used in mak- 

 ing all kinds of confections, such as 

 sweet bean jam, etc. 



80620. No. 51. Yamato's Omaru Uzura 

 Ingen. From the Yamato Seed Co., 

 Takadacho, Tokyo, April 15, 1929, 

 originally grown in the Tokyo dis- 

 trict. Seeds selected from the 

 Golden Carmine by the Yamato Seed 

 Co. A runner type said to be used 

 as string beans and also in making 

 a sweet jam called kinton. 



80621. No. 52. Qokuwase Fusanari In- 

 gen. From the Imperial Seed Co., 

 Takinogawa, Tokyo, April 15, 1929, 

 and originally grown in the Tokyo 

 district. One of the earliest of tbe 

 bunch beans for forcing in the 

 greenhouse or hotbed. A light 

 brown-seeded variety of the bush 

 type said to be sown late in the fall 

 in hotbeds or greenhouses. 



80576 to 80629— Continued. 



80622. No. 59. SMma TJzura (mottled 

 garden bean). From Sbibuya, 

 Tokyo, April 19, 1929. A cream- 

 seeded variety of the runner type 

 mottled with red. It is used for 

 green beans and also for making 

 bean jam called kinton. 



80623. No. 71. Tora Maru Ingen 

 (round tiger bean). From Shibuya, 

 Tokyo, April 19, 1929, originally 

 grown in Hokushu. A mottled white 

 variety of the bush type, said to be 

 used as dried beans in making a 

 sweet jam or paste. 



80624. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. 



Pea. 



No. 1. Hiroshim Akabana Endo (ear- 

 liest garden pea). Seeds from Kagawa 

 Mura, Saiki Gun, Hiroshima Ken, April 

 5, 1929. Said to be used as the garden 

 pea. 



80625. Solaxum meloxgena L. Solana- 

 ceae. Eggplant. 



No. 95. Shinkoko o naga Nasu (Chi- 

 nese black snake eggplant). Seeds from 

 the Tokyo Seed, Plant & Implement Co., 

 Konon, Tokyo, April 19/ 19^9. Used as 

 the ordinary eggplant. 



to 80628. SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L. 



Solanaceae. Potato. 



Tubers from Tokyo, April 23, 1929. 



80626. No. 106. Variety Early White. 

 The tubers are oblong, small, and 

 of uniform size. 



80627. No. 107. White potatoes ob- 

 tained in the market at Tokyo, said 

 to have been imported from Hoku- 

 shu. 



80628. No. 108. Tubers said to be tbe 

 same as those sent in under No. 107 

 [No. 80627], but from another 

 region. 



3. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopodia- 

 ceae. Common spinach. 



No. 94. Nihon Norenso. Seeds from 

 the Tokyo Seed, Plant & Implement Co., 

 Konon, Tokyo, April 19, 1929. Used as 

 ordinary spinach. 



80630. Clematis goukiana Roxb. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. 



From Gladwyne, Pa. Plants presented by 

 Mrs. J. Norman Henry. Received June 

 5, 1029. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see No. 80119. 



80631 and 80632. 



From Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico. Seeds presented by Dr. C. A. 

 Purpus. Received June 5, 1929. 



80631. Maximilianea vitifolia (Willd.) 

 Krug and Urb. (Cochlospermum Jiibis- 

 coides Kunth). Cochlospermaceae. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, 

 native to Central America, with grape- 

 like leaves and large clusters of bright- 

 yellow flowers sometimes 6 inches in 

 diameter. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77168. 



