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81884 to 81914— Continued. 



81886. Delphinium pylzowi Maxim. 



No. 1146. A larkspur, native to 



China, with a leafy stem, 5-parted 



leaves, and attractive flowers with 



violet sepals and blackish petals. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 62127. 



Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



81887. Fragaria sp. 



No. 1151. From the Sapporo Botanic 

 Garden, Sapporo, Hokushu, August 26, 

 1929. A species said to be grown in the 

 mountain regions at high altitudes. 



81888. Lathtrus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 1155. From the Sapporo Botanic 

 Garden, Sapporo, Hokushu, August 26, 

 1929. 



81889. Loxicera sp. Caprifoliaceae. 



Honeysuckle. 



No. 1159. From the Sapporo Botanic 

 Garden, Sapporo. Hokushu, August 26. 

 1929. A vellow-fruited species. 



81890. Loxicera sp. 



Caprifoliaceae. 



Honeysuckle. 



No. 1161. From the Sapporo Botanic 

 Garden, Sapporo, Hokushu, August 26, 

 1929. 



81891 and 81892. Picrasma qdassioides 

 (Don) Bennett. Simaroubaceae. 



A tree 15 to 25 feet high, with seeds 

 varying from peacock green to purple. 

 Its chief ornamental value consists in the 

 handsome foliage which turns orange and 

 scarlet in the autumn, and the bright-red 

 fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 40188. 



81891. No. 1163. From the Sapporo 

 Botanic Garden. Sapporo, Hokushu, 

 August 26, 1929. 



81892. No. 1181. Along the trail up 

 Moiwavama, near Sapporo, Hokushu, 

 August 28, 1929. 



81893. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 1142. Along roadsides near Sap- 

 poro, Hokushu, August 22, 1929. A 

 species with trifoliolate leaves white un- 

 derneath, and rather large, bright-red 

 fruits. 



81894. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 1164. From a farmers' market at 

 Sapporo, Hokushu. August 26. 1929. A 

 dwarf species, more or less of a runner, 

 with trifoliolate leaves white underneath, 

 and beautiful red fruits of a good flavor. 



81895 to 81897. Sambucus spp. Capri- 

 foliaceae. Elder. 

 From the Sapporo Botanic Garden, 



Sapporo, Hokushu, August 26, 1929. 



81895. Sambucus latipinna Nakai. 

 No. 1156. An ornamental shrub with 



compound leaves made up of three to 

 five broadly elliptic leaflets, small white 

 flowers in a hemispheric cluster, and 

 attractive yellow fruits. Native to 

 Chosen. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 80715. 



81896. Sambucus sieboldiana xantho- 

 carpa Nakai. 



No. 1157. Fruits bright red. 



81884 to 81914— Continued. 

 81897. Sambucus sp. 



No. 1158. Fruits bright pink. 



81898. Panax repens Maxim. Aralia- 

 ceae. 



No. 1184. Woods along the trail up 

 Moiwayama, near Sapporo, Hokushu, Au- 

 gust 28, 1929. A hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennial with an elongated creeping 

 rhizome, digitately 5-parted leaves, and 

 globose, paired, bright-red fruits. 



81899. Soja max (L.) Piper (Glycine his- 

 pida Maxim j. Fabaceae. Soybean. 



No. 1012. From a tofu or bean curd 

 factory in Sapporo, Hokushu, August 30, 

 1929. A variety considered by this fac- 

 tory to be toe best for making tofu ; from 

 5 to 8 bushels are used daijy. The beans 

 are grown in Tokachi Province, the lead- 

 ing soybean section of Hokushu. 



81900 to 81906. Trifolium pratense L. 

 Fabaceae. Red clover. 



81900. No. 1001. Near the railroad 

 station at Asamushi, August 16, 

 1929. 



81901. No. 1002. Along the roadside 

 in the Sapporo Botanic Garden, Ho- 

 kushu, August 19, 1929. 



81902. No. 1003. From a field in the 

 Maruyama Park, Sapporo, Hokushu, 

 August 19, 1929. 



81903. No. 1004. Along a roadside 

 near Kotoni, Hokushu, August 22, 

 1929. 



81904. No. 1005. From a field between 

 Kotoni and Sapporo, Hokushu, Au- 

 gust 22, 1929. This plant was much 

 earlier than otbers and made an 

 abundance of heads much smaller 

 than other plants near by. 



81905. No. 1006. Along the roadside 

 near Shiroishi, Hokushu, August 24, 

 1929. 



81906. No. 1008. From plants on top 

 of Moiwayama, near Sapporo, Hoku- 

 shu, at an altitude of 1,500 feet, 

 August 28, 1929. 



81907. Ulmus japonica S a r g. TJlma- 

 ceae. Japanese elm. 



No. 1192. From the Imperial Botani- 

 cal Garden, Hokushu University, Sap- 

 poro, September 2, 1929. An elm con- 

 sidered as fine a lawn and park tree as 

 the American elm, Ulmus americana. 

 There are some beautiful specimens in 

 the Botanical Garden and campus of the 

 Hokushu Imperial University and along 

 the streets of Sapporo. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76469. 



81908. Vaccixium hirtum smallii (A. 

 Gray) Maxim. Vacciniaceae. 



No. 1162. From the Sapporo Botanic 

 Garden, Sapporo, Hokushu, August 26, 

 1929. A shrub 4 to 6 feet high, with 

 spreading branches, oblong-lanceolate 

 leaves 1 to 3 inches long, and 1-flow- 

 ered to 3-flowered clusters of red cam- 

 panulate flowers followed by blackberries. 

 Native to Japan. 



81909. Vacc'inium sp. Vacciniaceae. 



No. 1168. Growing at an altitude of 

 1.600 feet on Moiwayama, near Sapporo, 

 Hokushu, August 28, 1929. Plants 12 to 

 18 inches high. 



