OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 19 2 9 



37 



82401 to 82403— Continued. 



82401. Crataegus sp. Malaceae. 



Hawthorn. 



No. 17S4. Obtained in the market, No- 

 vember 18, 1929. Iruhin. The native 

 name may mean hawthorn or small fruit. 

 The fruits are medium sized. 



82402. Celastrus articulatcs Thunb. 

 Celastraceae. Bittersweet. 



Xo. 176S. A vine climbing over a -rose- 

 bush along the roadside northwest of 

 Heijo, November 17, 1929. 



82403. So j a max (L.) Piper (Glycine his- 

 jj'ula Maxim.). Fabaceae. Soybean. 



No. 12S2. November 16. 1929. Pura- 

 kon. A variety with medium-sized oval- 

 shaped brown seeds, said to be used for 

 cattle feed when boiled. 



82404 and 82405. Medicago sativa L. 

 Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Italy. Seeds obtained through H. L. 

 Westover, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived December 20, 1929. 



82404. From the Stabilimento Guido Cal- 

 osi, Florence. 



82405. From Fratellia Ingegnolia, Milan. 



82406. Feagaeia hagenbachiana 

 Lange. Rosaceae. Strawberry. 



Prom Paris, France. Plants presented bv 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received De- 

 cember 20, 1929. 



A French strawberry closely related to 

 Fragaria riridis, bur flowering earlier and 

 having all the leaflets petiolate, 



82407. Pistacia vera L. Anacardia- 

 ceae. Pistache. 



From Rahimabad, Persia. Seedlings col- 

 lected by YV. E. Whitehouse, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received December 27, 

 1929. 



No. 174. From the nursery of Cholain 

 Reza Yazdi, November 19, 1929. Seedling 

 trees grown by a Persian pistache grower 

 from selected nuts of large size. 



82408. Bromelia pinguin L. Bromelia- 

 ceae. 



From Rio Piedras, Porto Rico. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Pedro Osuna, Horticulturist, 

 Insular Experiment Station, Department 

 of Agriculture and Labor. Received De- 

 cember 27, 1929. 



A tropical succulent plant, 3 to 4 feet 

 high, with spiny margined leaves that turn 

 red with age. The reddish flowers are in 

 dense panicles, and the acid fruits, the size 

 of plums, yield a cooling juice. Native to 

 the nest Indies. 



For previous introduction see No. 76199. 



82409. Ceiba aesculifolia (H. B. K.) 

 Britt and Baker. Bombacaceae. ' 



From Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera Cruz Mex- 

 ico. Seeds presented by Dr. C. A. Pur- 

 pus. Received December 27, 1929. 



The horsechestnut-leaved pochote is a 

 medium-sized tree 20 to 30 feet high and 

 usually diffusely branched. Its trunk and 

 larger branches bear stout coarse spines. 

 The leaves are palmately compound, with 

 five to seven elliptic or obovate leaflets, 2 



82409— Continued. 



to 8 inches long, usually glaucescent be- 

 neath. The flowers are white at first, but 

 turn brown with age. The petals are 4 to 

 6 inches long, yellow, hairy on the out- 

 side. The seed pods are ellipsoid oblong, 

 5 to 8 inches long, five celled, with five seg- 

 ments about one-fourth of an inch thick, 

 and bearing on the placental membranes 

 white downlike kapok and brown finely 

 roughened seeds, irregularly spheroidal, 

 one-fourth of an inch in diameter. The 

 down, consisting of fine unicellular hairs 

 about an inch long, may serve the same 

 purpose as kapok for filling mattresses, 

 cushions, life preservers, and insulation. 

 This tree is native from Vera Cruz across 

 southern Mexico to southern Jalisco and 

 southward to Guatemala. 



82410 to 82412. Diospyros kaki L. f. 

 Diospyraceae. Kaki persimmon. 



From Keijo, Chosen. Scions collected by 

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

 tural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received December 23, 1929. 



Obtained from trees at the residence of 

 Chinzo Herata on Keijo Shrine, November 

 21, 1929. 



82410. No. 1931. BansJii. A variety 

 bearing rather small flat fruits. 



82411. No. 1932. Banshi. A rather 

 small flat persimmon, supposed to be 

 the same as No. 1931 [No. 82410], but 

 the scions are from a different tree. 



82412. No. 1933. Dangu rana. A rather 

 small round-fruited variety. 



82413 to 82418. Amygdalus persica L. 

 (Piunus persica Stokes). Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Peach. 



From Palestine. Seeds presented by A. 

 Grasovsky, Subinspector of Agriculture 

 and Forests, Southern Circle, Jerusalem. 

 Received December 30, 1929. 



82413. No. 1. Baladi. From Jerusalem. 



82414. No. 2. Baladi. From Motza. 



82415. No. 6. Baladi. From Safed. 



82416. No. 3. Franji. From Nazareth. 



82417. No. 4. Franji. From Artas. 



82418. No. 5. Franji. From Acre. 



82419 to 82446. 



From Chosen. Seeds collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural ex- 

 plorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived December 23, 1929. 



82419. Chrysanthemum morifolium 

 (Ramat.) Hemsl. Asteraceae. 



Mulberry chrysanthemum. 



No. 1745. Obtained at the base of 

 Sbariin Fuji to the south and southeast 

 of Shariin, November 14, 1929. A rather 

 tall-growing wild species with yellow 

 flowers about half an inch in diameter. 



82420. Cocculds trilobus (Thunb.) DC. 

 Menispermaceae. Japanese snailseed. 



No. 1738. Growing near the top of the 

 mountain near the office of the village 

 society at Koka, island of Kokato, Novem- 

 ber 10, 1929. Fruits bright blue. 



82421. Diospyros lotus L. Diospyra- 

 ceae. Dateplum. 



