JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 193 



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$6403 to 86519— Continued. 



86491. No. 4072. CJwtan. Medium- 

 sized, nearly round, glossy yellow, 

 with pale hilum. 



86492. No. 4073. Eoliachigatsu. Me- 

 dium sized, oval, glossy yellow, with 

 large dark-brown hilum. 



86493. No. 4074. Asahi (Sun). Me- 

 dium large, nearly round, glossy 

 yellow, with russet-brown hilum. 



86494. No. 4075. TaUya. (Early Ta- 

 kiya.) Medium sized, oval, light 

 yellow, with pale-brown hilum. 



86495. No. 4076. Tsurunoko. (Young 

 crane.) Large, oval, light yellow, 

 with very light-brown hilum. Used 

 for food.* 



86496. No. 4077. Gindaizu. (Silver.) 

 Medium sized, oval, yellow, with 

 light-brown hilum. 



86497. No. 4078. Tokichi. Medium 

 large, oval, glossy yellow, with 

 brown hilum. 



86498. No. 4079. Shirotama. (White 

 ball.) Medium large, nearly round, 

 glossy yellow, with large russet- 

 brown hilum. 



86499. No. 4080. Yogi No. 1. Medium 

 sized, nearly round, glossy deep yel- 

 low, with large dark-brown hilum. 



865C0. No. 4081. Nishitsugaruzairaishu. 

 Medium sized, oval, glossy yellow, 

 with pale-brown hilum. 



86501. No. 4082. Shiryukii. (Four 

 seeds yellow.) Medium small, round, 

 yellow'-, with pale-brown hilum. 



86502. No. 4083. K a ig en shir oil ana. 



Medium sized, oval, light glossy yel- 

 low, with pale hilum. 



86503. No. 4084. Taniki. Medium 

 large, nearly round, glossy yellow, 

 with large dark-brown hilum. 



86504. No. 4085. Chinko. Medium sized, 

 oval, deep glossy yellow, with russet- 

 brown hilum. 



86505. No. 4086. Akita. Medium sized, 

 nearly round, glossy yellow, with 

 pale hilum. This variety is exten- 

 sively grown in northern Japan. 

 Used for food purposes. 



86506. No. 4087. Eurosaya (black pod). 

 Medium sized, nearly round, glossy 

 deep yellow, with large dark-brown 

 hilum. 



86507. No. 4088. KoUnkatagi. Me- 

 dium large, oval, deep yellow, with 

 large dark-brown hilum. 



86508. No. 4089. Takiya. Medium 

 sized, oval, yellow, with light-brown 

 hilum. 



86509. No. 4090. And. (Brother.) Me- 

 dium sized, nearly round, dark yel- 

 low, with large dark-brown hilum. 



86510. No. 4091. SMrosaya. (White 

 pod.) Medium sized, oval, light yel- 

 low, with pale hilum. 



86511. No. 4092. Niuchan. Medium 

 sized, oval, very light yellow, with 

 pale hilum. 



86512. No. 4093. Sanryuiri. (Three- 

 seeded pod.) Medium sized, oval, 

 light yellow, with dark-brown hilum. 



86513. No. 4094. OuNo.5. Large, oval, 

 yellow (glossy), with brown hilum. 



86403 to 86519— Continued. 



86514. No. 4095. Rikuu No. 26. Medium 

 sized, nearly round, glossy deep yel- 

 low, with pale hilum. 



86515. No. 4096. Rikuu No. 27. Medium 

 small, nearly round, glossy light 

 yellow, with dark-brown hilum. 



86516. No. 4097. Aochi. (Greenland.) 



Medium small, oval, yellowish green, 

 with russet-brown hilum. 



86517. No. 4098. Senoon. Medium 

 small, oval, light yellow, with russet- 

 brown hilum. 



86518. No. 4099. Wase o saya. (Early 

 large pod.) Obtained from the 

 Tokyo Prefecture Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Tachikawa, February 15, 1930. 

 Medium large, oval, yellow, with 

 brown hilum. Used in the Tokyo 

 Prefecture as an early vegetable 

 bean. 



86519. No. 4100. Euro wase. (Early 

 black.) Obtained from the Tokyo 

 Prefecture Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Tachikawa, February 15, 

 1930. Medium sized, black, slightly 

 flattened. Used as an early green 

 vegetable bean in Tokyo Prefecture. 



86520 and 86521. 



From Summit. Canal Zone. Seeds presented 

 by J. E. Higgins. Director. Canal Zone 

 Experiment Gardens. Received March 

 20, 1930. 



86520. Acrocomia sclerocarpa Mart. 

 Phoenicaceae. Macauba palm. 



A graceful, spiny, tropical American 

 palm. 30 to 45 feet high, with a terminal 

 cluster of narrow, pinnate leaves. When 

 mature, the inside of the trunk furnishes 

 excellent starch, equal in quality to that 

 of the cassava plant. The leaves yield 

 strong fiber, utilized by the natives of 

 Paraguay for making hammocks. From 

 the yellowish fruits, about an inch in 

 diameter, an excellent edible oil is ex- 

 pressed. 



For previous introduction see No. 61385. 



86521. Arrabidaea rotundata Bur. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



A woody vine with large panicles of 

 deep rose flowers which make a fine dis- 

 play of color during the dry season on 

 the Pacific slope of the Canal Zone. The 

 compound leaves have two coriaceous 

 ovate leaflets, 2 to 6 inches long, cov- 

 ered with dense white tomentum beneath. 



86522 to 86664. Medicago sativa L. 

 Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From the Union of Socialistic Soviet Re- 

 publics. Seeds presented by the Divison 

 of Alfalfa Investigation of the Turkestan 

 Breeding Station. Tashkent. Turkestan, 

 through H. L. Westover, agricultural ex- 

 plorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived March 21, 1930. 



From the District of Chimkent, Country 

 of Syr-Darya, Kazak. 



86522. No. 1793. Village of Kara-Murt. 



86523. No. 1794. Village of Kara-Murt 



86524 to 86529. From the village of Kara- 

 Murt, to the east of Chimkent. 



86524. No. 1795. 



86525. No. 1796. 



86528. No. 1797. 

 86527. No. 1798. 



