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81639 to 81660— Continued. 



No. 1072. From a farmer's field near 

 Obihiro, September 21, 1929. A very 

 early, prolific variety with greenish- 

 yellow seeds and tawny hairs. 



81655 and 81656. Trifolium pratense L. 

 Fabaceae. Red clover. 



81655. No. 1052. Obtained along the 

 roadside where red clover was grow- 

 ing very abundantly, near Obihiro, 

 September 19, 1929. 



81656. No. 1077. From plants in 

 waste places near the table-land of 

 Tokachi. Experiment Station, near 

 Taisbo Mura, September 22, 1929. 



81657. Vaccinium sp. Vacciniaceae. 



No. 1341. Obtained in Odomari. Sak- 

 halin Island, September 12, 1929. A 

 species about 8 inches high, bearing large 

 clusters of small, bright-red berries with 

 white pulp : they resemble cranberries in 

 flavor. The berries are candied, made 

 into jam, sweet paste, or brandy, and are 

 also made into a sauce much like cran- 

 berry sauce. 



81658. Vicia cracca L. Fabaceae. 



Cow vetch. 



No. 1056. From plants growing along 

 the river bank near Obihiro, September 

 20, 1929. / 



81659. Vicia sp. Fabaceae. Vetch. 



No. 1303. Obtained along a roadside 

 near Koetoi, September 10, 1929. 



81660. Vitis sp. Vitaceae. Grape. 



No. 1357. Obtained in Asahigama, Sep- 

 tember 14. 1929. A wild species with 

 good-sized bunches of large, deep-purple 

 fruits containing rather large seeds. 



81661. Rhododendron sp. Ericaceae. 



Azalea. 



From Japan. Seeds obtained by R. K. Beat- 

 tie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 28, 1920. 



No. 852. A red-flowered species collected 

 in the wild at Saka Ue Mura, Kuga Gun, 

 Yamnguchi Ken, bv S. Havashi, September 

 25, 1929. 



81662. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



Jamberry. 



From Dublin, Ireland. Plants presented by 

 W. S. Gosset, Dublin, through H. D. 

 Locklin, Western Washington Experiment 

 Station. Puyallup, Wash. Received Oc- 

 tober 30, 1929. 



The originator. W. S. Gosset, crossed 

 the Logan with the Yellow Antwerp rasp- 

 berry and selected tbis from among the 

 seedlings. The variety has the Logan 

 habit of growth and propagates from "the 

 tips, and the whole growth is only about 

 one-third to one-half that of the Logan. 

 The fruit is also smaller, and is said to be 

 sweeter and especially fine when not 

 cooked. After cooking it is very much like 

 the Logan. 



81663 and 81664. Mangifera indica L. 

 Anacardiaceae. Mango. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Plants 

 presented by S. Youngberg, Director, Bu- 

 reau of Agriculture, Manila. Received 

 October 30, 1929. 



81663. Seiiora on Pahutan. 



81664. Seiiora on Pico. 



81665 to 81669. 



From Japan and China. Seeds collected by 

 P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricul- 

 tural explorers. Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received in October, 1929. 



81665. Lilium cordifolium T h u n b. 

 Liliaceae. Lily. 



No. 1420. From the Botanic Garden, 

 Hokushu Imperial University, Sapporo, 

 Japan, October 2, 1929. A lily, native 

 to Japan, 3 to 4 feet high, with pendu- 

 lous leaves 12 to 18 inches long and 

 wide and a raceme of 4 to 10 fragrant 

 white flowers often 6 inches long. These 

 seeds were received as Lilium glehni, 

 which is said to differ very slightly from 

 typical L. oordifolium. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75677. 



81666. Lilium dauricdm Ker. Liliaceae. 



Candlestick lily, 

 No. 1413. From the Botanic Garden, 

 Hokusbu Imperial University, Sapporo, 

 Japan, October 2, 1929. A plant about 3 

 feet higb, with a smooth or slightly fur- 

 rowed stem which is green or tinged with 

 brown or purple. The 20 to 50 hori- 

 zontal leaves are 3 to 5 inches long, and 

 the flowers, one to five in a cluster and 3 

 to 5 inches across, are orange red, 

 slightly spotted with purplish black and 

 tinged with yellow in the center ; the 

 anthers are red. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 7S605. 



81667. SOJA max (L.) Piper (Glycine his- 

 pida Maxim..). Fabaceae. Soybean. 

 No. 1374. Obtained from Lukashik & 



Sons, Wuchang Road, Tientsin, China, 

 September 27, 1929. An early yellow 

 variety known as Selection I. V. V. Crou- 

 shoul, said to ripen in the vicinity of 

 Harbin within 90 to 100 days. 



81668. Trifolium pratense L. Faba- 

 ceae. Red clover. 



No. 1377. Obtained along a roadside 

 near the seacoast in the vicinity of the 

 Ainu village of Shiraoi, southern Ho- 

 kushu, Japan, September 29, 1929. 



81669. (Undetermined.) 



No. 1375. From plants along the road- 

 side near Koetoi, Hokushu, Japan, Sep- 

 tember 10, 1929. 



81670. Uvaria sp. Annonaceae. 



From Isabela, Luzon, Philippine Islands. 



Seeds presented by P. J. Wester, Bureau 



of Agriculture, Manila. Received October 



26, 1929. 



A small ornamental tree with a dark- 

 green, dense crown, and red, edible fruits 

 about an inch long. 



81671. AxiGOZANTHOS MAXGLESII D. 



Don. Amaryllidaceae. 

 From Perth, Western Australia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Miss Helen Ogden. Received 

 October 29, 1929. 



An amaryllidaceous plant native to the 

 Swan River country of southwestern Aus- 

 tralia. It bears scorpoid racemes, nearly a 

 foot long, on stout, woolly, bright-red 

 stems. The lustrous green, tomentose 

 flowers, 3 inches long, are tubular in bud, 

 but split nearly to the base on opening, with 

 the tips recurved, and bear the yellow 

 stamens on the curve. 



For previous introduction see No. 51344. 



