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82447. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vul- 

 gare Vill. ) . Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Russia. Seeds collected by A. J. 

 Brunian. Received December 26, 1929. 



From the Chongar Peninsula, a small 

 peninsula in the Azof Sea, north of the 

 Crimea. August, 1929. Krimka Chongarka. 

 A winter wheat of the variety Krimka 

 which was brought to Chongar from the 

 Crimea about seven or eight years ago. It 

 has apparently become thoroughly accli- 

 mated to the severe winters and extremely 

 dry summers of Chongar. The name 

 Krimka Chongarka is suggested for the rea- 

 son that the variety has become quite dis- 

 tinct from the original Krimka. 



82448 to 82467. Triticum aestivum L. 

 (T. vulgare Vill.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Sydney. New South Wales. Australia. 

 Seeds presented by J. T. Pridham. plant 

 breeder of the Cowra Experiment Farm 

 of the Department of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived November 1, 1929. 



82448. Au8*ie. 



82449. Bcna. 



82450. Bobin. 



82451. Boolaroo. 



82452. Boonoo. 



82453. Bredbo. 



82454. BurriU, 



82455. Canberra. 



82456. Canimbla. 



82457. Ducliess. 



82458. Exquisite. 



82459. Gluyas. 



82460. Gresley. 



82461. Marshall's No. 3. 



82462. Xabawa. 



82463. Ranee. 

 82484. Union. 



82465. Wandittd. 



82466. Waratah. 



82467. Tandilla King. 



82468. Dioscorea septemloba Txmnb. 

 Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 



From Keijo. Chosen. Tubers collected by 

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

 tural explorers. Bureau' of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received December 23, 1929. 



No. 1929. November 21, 1929. The tu~ 

 bers received were irregularly subglobose 

 and weighed slightly more than a pound 

 each. The flesh of this yam is fine grained 

 and very white and when cooked might 

 easily pass for a white potato of excep- 

 tionally high quality. 



82469. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vul- 

 gare Till.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From - Heijo. Chosen. Seeds collected by 

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

 tural explorers. Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received December 23, 1929. 



No. 1785. November 18, 1929. Poubiru. 

 Said to be a spring wheat. 



82470 to 82488. 



From Chosen. Seeds presented by T. 

 Watanabe, Forest Experiment Station, 

 Keijo. Received December 26, 1929. 



82470. Abies holophylla Maxim. Pina- 

 ceae. Needle fir. 



From Kyosen. A tall, handsome fir, 

 eventually 100 feet or more high, with 

 stout spreading or ascending branches 

 and dark-green foliage. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66257. 



82471. Acer pseudo-sieboldianum Koma- 

 rov. Aceraceae. Maple. 



From Hosen. A small maple, native 

 to Manchuria, with cordate leaves di- 

 vided into 9 to 11 lanceolate serrate 

 lobes, and corymbs of purple flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78399. 



82472. Acer triflorum Komarov. Acera- 

 ceae. Maple. 



From Hosen. A tree up to 25 feet 

 high, with glabrous brancblets. The 

 leaves are made up of three oblong-lan- 

 ceolate leaflets with entire or coarsely 

 toothed margins, and the flowers, in 

 groups of three, are followed by densely 

 pubescent fruits having wide-spreading, 

 nearly straight wings nearly 2 inches 

 long. Native to Chosen and Manchuria. 



82473. A.LNDS HIRSUTA SIBIRICA (Fisch.) 



C. Schneid. Betulaceae. Alder. 



From Keijo. A handsome tree, native 

 to Siberia. 60 feet high, of broad-pyram- 

 idal habit and vigorous growth, with 

 broadly ovate leaves, about 5 inches long, 

 which are dark green above and glaucous 

 beneath. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76050. 



82474. Betula davurica Pall, 

 ceae. 



Betula- 

 Birch. 



From Keijo. A tree up to 60 feet 

 high, with widespreading branches and 

 purplish-brown flaky bark. The broadly 

 wedge-shaped leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, 

 are dark green above and have serrate 

 margins. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78400. 



82475. Corxus coreana Wanger. Corna- 

 ceae. Dogwood. 



From Heizan. A tree, native to 

 Chosen, up to 60 feet high, with red- 

 dish-brown branchlets, dark-green, elliptic 

 leaves 3 to 6 inches long, loose clusters 

 of small white flowers, and black fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78401. 



82476. Corxus offccinalis Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Cornaceae. 



Japanese cornelian-cherry. 



From Hosen. A shrub or small tree 

 up to 30 feet high, closely resembling the 

 common cornelian-cherry, Cornus mas. 

 The ovate to elliptic leaves are 2 to 6 

 inches long -and have largo axillary tufts 

 of brown hairs on the under side. The 

 umbels of small yellow flowers are fol- 

 lowed by oblong scarlet fruits. Native 

 to Japan. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 56024. 



