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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



81529 to 81568— Continued. 



81547 and 81548. Osterdamia JAponica 

 (Steud.) Hitchc. Poaceae. 



Japanese lawngrass. 



81547. No. 853. Obtained from plants 

 growing near the station of Kita- 

 karuizawa, at an altitude of about 

 4,200 feet, August 7, 1929. 



81548. No. 899. Prom plants on a 

 mountain top known as Sunset View, 

 near Usuitoge, at an altitude of 

 4,200 feet, August 8, 1929. A grass 

 v^hich makes a short growth, but 

 seeds heavily. 



81549. Poa sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 604. A grass, about 3 feet high, 

 growing along the roadside near Lake 

 Yamanaka, July 23, 1929. 



81550. Prunus buergeriana M i q u e 1. 

 Amygdalaceae. Cherry. 



No. 966. Botanic Garden, Tokyo, July 

 31, 1929. A hardy, much-branched de- 

 ciduous tree becoming 30 feet or more 

 high, with elliptic or oblong, acuminate 

 leaves about 4 inches long, light green 

 beneath. The small white flowers, one- 

 third of an inch across, in slender ra- 

 cemes 3 inches long, are succeeded by 

 small, round, black fruits. Native to 

 northern Japan and Chosen. 



81551 to 81557. Rubus spp. Rosaceae. 



81551. Rubus sp. 



No. 694. Obtained from a dwarf 

 species growing near Lake Yamanaka, 

 July 24, 1929. Flowers large and 

 white. 



81552. Rubus sp. 



No. 860. Obtained from plants grow- 

 ing along a roadside between Kita- 

 karuizawa and Kose, at altitudes be- 

 tween 3.800 and 4.200 feet, August 7, 

 1929. The vines are tall and thorny, 

 the leaves deeplj* lobed, and the fruits 

 bright red and of excellent quality. 



81553. Rubus sp. 



Xo. 872. From vines growing along 

 the roadside between Kitakaruizawa 

 and Kose, at an altitude of 3.800 feet, 

 August 7, 1929. A species with trifo- 

 liolate leaves, which are white under- 

 neath, and small steel-blue fruits. 



81554. Rubus sp. 



No. 885. From tall thorny plants 

 near Kose, August 7, 1929. Fruits 

 bright red. 



81555. Rubus sp. 



No. 887. Plants growing along a 

 road near Kose. at an altitude of 3.800 

 feet, August 7, 1929. Fruits bright 

 red. 



81556. Rubus sp. 



No. 892. Growing along a road near 

 Kose, August 7. 1929. Vines of dwarf 

 runner type with bright-red fruits of 

 good quality. 



81557. Rubus sp. 



No. 896. From plants along the road 

 between Kitakaruizawa and Kose, 

 August 7, 1929. 



31558 to 81560. Trifolium pratense L. 

 Fabaceae. Red clover. 



81558. No. 666. From plants along the 

 road between Gotemba and Fujima, 



81529 to 81568— Continued. 



July 25, 1929. A clover which makes 

 an excellent growth. 



81559. No. 847. From plants along the 

 roadside near Karuizawa, at an alti- 

 tude of 2,800 feet, August 7, 1 929. 



81580. No. 994. From plants on a 



mountain top known as Sunset View, 

 at Usuitoge, at an altitude of 4,200 

 feet, August 8, 1929. 



81561 and 81562. Trifolium repens L. 

 Fabaceae. White clover. 



81561. No. 660. Growing in lava soil 

 along the Mount Fuji trail, Suba- 

 shiri. at an altitude of 2,600 feet, 

 July 24, 1929. 



81562. No. 996. From plants on a 

 mountain top known as Sunset View, 

 near Usuitoge, August 8, 1929. 



81563. Vaccixium sp. Vacciniaceae. 



No. 846. From a mountain near Ka- 

 ruizawa, August 7, 1929. A species pro- 

 ducing almost round, tart fruits of very 

 good quality, which are very large and 

 fine for a wild species. 



81564. Viburnum sp. Caprifoliaceae. 



No. 679. From plants along the trail 

 between Gotemba and Fujima, July 26, 

 1929. Fruits bright red, turning to a 

 very deep purple, almost black when 

 mature. 



81565. Viburnum sp. Caprifoliaceae. 



No. 1101. Hibiya Park, Toyko, Au- 

 gust 11, 1929. A tree 20 feet or more 

 high and about 8 inches in diameter, 

 with broad dark-green leaves and oblong 

 berries, which are black when fully ripe. 



81566. Vicia sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Common vetch. 



No. 1109. Obtained from the Gifu 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Gifu, 

 August 12, 1929. Used as a green ma- 

 nure. 



81567. Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Moench. 

 Fabaceae. Vetch. 



No. 667. From plants along a hill- 

 side on the road between Gotemba and 

 Fujima, July 25, 1929. A very early- 

 maturing variety. 



81568. Zanthoxtlum schixifolium Sieb. 

 and Zucc. Rutaceae. 



No. 974. Botanic Garden, Tokyo, Au- 

 gust 31, 1929. A graceful Japanese 

 shrub or small tree with attractive com- 

 pound leaves and rather conspicuous 

 clusters of greenish or brownish fruits 

 in autumn. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77870. 



81569. Annona pttrpukea Moc. and 

 Sesse. Annonaceae. Soncoya. 



From Mazatenan^o, Guatemala. Seeds 

 presented by Wilson Popenoe, United 

 Fruit Co., Tela. Honduras. Received 

 September 19, 1929. 



A variety producing very attractive fruits 

 5 or 6 inches in diameter, but with fibrous 

 flesh of little character. The gorgeous 

 orange-yellow color of the flesh, however, 

 may make this variety of value for breed- 

 ing purposes. 



For previous introduction see No. 54528. 



