INVENTORY 



80811 to 80820. 



From Japan. Seeds collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. 

 Received July 8, 1929. 



80811. Astragalus sinicus L. Fabaceae. 



No. 311. Near Gifu, May 31, 1929. 

 A red-flowered Japanese clover used ex- 

 tensively in tbis region. 



80812. Capnoides sp. Papaveraceae. 



No. 192. Growing at an altitude of 

 about 1,500 feet, in shady places near 

 Daikoda, an old temple on the east side 

 of Mount Hiei. not far from Kyoto, May 

 26, 1929. A plant 10 to 18 inches high, 

 with brick-red flowers resembling in shape 

 those of the snapdragon. 



80813. HORDECM VULGARE PALLIDUM Se- 



ringe. Poaceae. Four-rowed barley. 



No. 453. Barley heads from a field 

 near Urawa, June 14, 1929. 



80814. LONICERA CAERULEAEDULIS (Tui'CZ.) 



Kegel. Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckle. 



No. 308. Collected from wild plants 

 on the side of a hill at Kamo Machu, 

 May 28, 1929. A honeysuckle with large 

 bright-red edible oblong fruits of very 

 good quality. 



80815. Osxerdamia japonic a (Steud.) 

 Hitchc. Poaceae. Japanese lawngrass. 



No. 153. Collected from a small park 

 in the center of Tokyo, June 14, 1929. 

 A short grass with very tough, persistent 

 rhizomes which root at practically every 

 joint. 



80816. Phleum sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 310. Kyoto, May 23, 1929. Ke- 

 muto so. A grass used in small dishes 

 with water scenes. The seed is sown 

 on cotton, makes a fine sodlike mat of 

 green, and is quite effective. 



80817. Trifolium sp. Fabaceae. Clover. 



No. 344. Collected from plants on rice 

 paddy ridges in the vicinity of Atsuki, 

 June 25, 1929. A species closely resem- 

 bling ordinary white clover, but the seeds 

 do not appear to be so plump nor so 

 large. 



80811 to 80820— Continued. 



80818 and 80819. Triticum aestivum L. 

 (T. vulgar -e Vill.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat, 



80818. No. 577. Collected on a moun- 

 tain top at an altitude of about 

 3,500 feet, on the trail between 

 Shoji and Kofu, June 28, 1929. 



80819. No. 

 1929. 



600. Shioza Ki, June 30, 



80820. Rubus trifidus Thunb. Rosaceae. 



No. 102. Collected in Hibiya Park, 

 Tokyo, June 7, 1929. Vigorous plants 

 sometimes 10 feet or more high, having 

 green canes without thorns, white flow- 

 ers, and rather dull yellow fruits which 

 are three-fourths of an inch or more in 

 diameter and half an inch Ions when 

 fully ripe, becoming bright yellow. 



For previous 

 58652. 



introduction see No. 



80821 to 80847. Soja max (L.) Piper 

 (Glycine hispida (Maxim.). Faba- 

 ceae. Soybean 



From Japan. Seeds collected by P. 11. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received July 8. 1929. 



Obtained from Dr. Keiji Adachi, Chief 

 Director of the Akita Ken Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, Akita, June 13, 1929. 



80821. No. 426. Originally from the Rikuu 

 Agricultural Experiment Station of the 

 Imperial Japanese Department of Agri- 

 culture and Forestry. Rikuu nijin 

 rokuijou. Seeds straw yellow, nearly 

 round, but apparently mixed as the 

 color of the hilum varies from pale 

 yellow to brown. 



No. 427. Originally from the South 

 Manchurian Railway Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station. Koshurei. Shihrt- 

 r/ai shirobana. Seeds straw yellow, 

 hut apparently a mixed lot, varying in 

 size and color of hilum. 



80823. No. 428. Originally from the Nii- 

 gata Ken Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion. KiusJiirou. Seeds straw yellow, 

 nearly round, medium sized, with dis- 

 tinctive brown hilum. 



1 It should be understood that the names of varieties of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and 

 other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received when 

 introduced by the Office of Foreign Plant Introduction, and, further, that the printing of 

 such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in this country. 

 As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the American trade forecast, and 

 the use of varietal names for them in American literature becomes necessary, the foreign 

 varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be subject to change with a view to 

 bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized horticultural nomenclature. 



It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, seldom 

 mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible iden- 

 tification from' the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these inventories 

 are appearing in this country for the first time, and there are no seed samples or herbarium 

 specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The only identi- 

 fication possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other species of the 

 same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identification, therefore, must 

 necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is any question 

 regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from this office, herba- 

 rium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite identification can 

 be made. 



