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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



83777 to 83954— Continued. 



83810. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. 



Mung bean. 



No. 2048. Charokuto. Obtained at a 

 store in Genzan, Chosen, November 26, 

 1929. Mixed green and yellow mung 

 beans used for bean sprouts. 



83811. Physocarpus amurensis Maxim. 

 Rosaceae. Ninebark* 



No. 3147. Prom tbe Imperial Univer- 

 sity Botanic Garden, Hokusbu, Japan. A 

 sbrub about 10 feet high, closely resem- 

 bling the common ninebark, P. opulifol- 

 ius, but the doubly serrate, 3 to 5-lobed 

 leaves are larger, as are also the loose 

 umbels of white flowers. It is a native 

 of Manchuria and Chosen. 



83812. Rhododendron sp. Ericaceae. 



Azalea. 



December 12, 1929. From Chosen. 

 [Received without information.] 



83813. Pybus sp. Malaceae. Pear. 



No. 3116. Bansan Kichi or OJcusati 

 Eichi. From Kiho, Chosen, December 7, 

 1929. Scions from the Narusada fruit 

 farm on river-bottom land not far from 

 Fusan. A very late russet pear ; said to 

 be tbe largest in Japan. 



83814. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. Pear. 



No. 3117. Imamura, From Kiho, Cho- 

 sen, December 7, 1929. Scions from the 

 Narusada fruit farm on river-bottom land 

 not far from Fusan ; large russet Japan- 

 ese pear. 



83815 to 83829. Rhododendron spp. Eri- 

 caceae. Azalea. 



83815. Rhododendron albrechtii 

 Maxim. 



No. 3145. From the Botanic Garden, 

 Imperial University, Sapporo, Hokushu, 

 Japan, December 12, 1929. A decidu- 

 ous shrub 4 to 5 feet bigh with obo- 

 vate leaves 2 to 5 inches long, clus- 

 tered at the ends of tbe purple brown 

 branchlets. The rotate-campanulate, 

 red-purple flowers are about 2 inches 

 across and appear with tbe leaves 

 which turn yellow in the autumn. Na- 

 tive to Japan. 



83816. Rhododendron brachycarpum 

 D. Don. Fujiyama rhododendron. 



No. 3143. From the Botanic Garden, 

 Imperial University, Sapporo, Hoku- 

 sbu, Japan, December 12, 1929. An 

 evergreen shrub about 12 feet high 

 with gray-tomentose branchlets and 

 oblong-lanceolate often auriculate 

 leaves, 3 to 8 inches long, dark green 

 and reticulated above, and covered be- 

 neath with dun-colored tomentum. 

 The broadly funnelform flowers, about 

 2 inches across, are white or yellowish, 

 striped and flushed pink, and spotted 

 with green or brown. It is native to 

 Japan and Chosen. 



83817. Rhododendron s c h l i f p e n- 

 bachii Maxim. Royal azalea. 



No. 3142. From the Botanic Gar- 

 den, Imperial University, Sapporo, 

 Hokusbu, Japan, December 12, 1929. 

 A beautiful deciduous shrub 15 feet 

 high, with large clear pink flowers 

 appearing before the leaves in the 

 spring. Tbe broadly obovate leaves, 

 2 to 4 inches long, are dark green 

 above, paler beneath, and change to 

 yellow, orange, and crimson in the 



83777 to 83954— Continued. 



autumn. Native to Manchuria, Cho>- 

 sen, and Japan. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78411. 



83818. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 1934. From Keijo, Chosen, No- 

 vember 22, 1929. An azalea with 

 medium-sized narrow leaves, from the 

 grounds of the Keijo Government Rail- 

 way Hotel. 



83819. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 1935. From Keijo, Chosen, No- 

 vember 22, 1929. An azalea with 

 rather small narrow leaves, from the 

 grounds of the Government Railway 

 Hotel. 



83820. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 1939. From the Botanical Gar- 

 den, Keijo, Chosen, November 26, 1929. 



83821. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 1940. From the Botanical Gar- 

 den, Keijo, Chosen, November 26, 1929. 



83822. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 1941. From the Botanical Gar- 

 den, Keijo, Chosen, November 26, 1929. 

 Plants growing in a small area in one 

 corner of the garden, which resemble 

 those sent in under No. 1940 [No. 

 83821]. 



83823. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 1942. From Keijo, Chosen, No- 

 vember 26, 1929. 



83824. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 1943. From Keijo, Chosen, No- 

 vember 26, 1929. 



83825. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 1944. From Keijo, Chosen,. 

 November 26, 1929. 



83826. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 1945. From Onseiri, Chosen, 

 November 27, 1929. From a mountain; 

 side near the village. Plants 3 inches 

 high. 



83827. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 1948. From a mountain side 

 near the village of Onseiri, Chosen, 

 November 27, 1929. A plant produc- 

 ing long narrow seed pods, quite dif- 

 ferent from No. 1945 [No. 83826]. 



83828. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 1954. From Kongo Mountain, 

 near Onseiri, Chosen, November 28, 

 1929. An azalea with rather long 

 slender seed pods ; not so common as, 

 No. 1945 [No. 83826]. 



83829. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 2000. From Suigen, Chosen,. 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, De- 

 cember 5, 1929. From plants about & 

 inches high with a small, hairy seed 

 pod and a 5-parted persistent calyx.. 



83830. Rhus sp. Anacardiaceae. Sumac- 

 No. 1962. November 28, 1929. From 

 Onseiri, Chosen. A shrubby sumac which 

 resembles the well-known Rhus copallina 

 of the eastern United States. 



83831 to 83947. Soja max (L.) Piper 



( Glycine hispida Maxim. ) . Fabaceac 



Soybean.. 



