JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1930 



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.86719 to 86741— Continued. 



86733. No. 4210. Kurosengoku No. 3. 

 (Black 500 bushel No. 3.) A 

 medium small much-flattened oval 

 black bean. 



86734. No. 4211. Kurosengoku. (Black 

 500 bushel. ) A medium-small much- 

 flattened oval black beau with yel- 

 low germ ; originally from the Miya- 

 zaki Prefecture. 



86735. No. 4212. Aohi mame. (Green 

 skin bean.) A medium-small green- 

 ish yellow bean, heavily mottled 

 with brown : hilum brown ; origi- 

 nally from Taiwan (Formosa). 



86736. No. 4213. Izari mame Kinai No. 

 1. (Lame bean, Kinai No. 1.) A 

 medium-small oval much-flartened. 

 yellow bean, heavily mottled with 

 brown. 



86737 to 83739. From the Ibaragi Ken Ag- 

 ricultural Experiment Station. Mito, 

 Japan. February 26, 1930. 



86737. No. 4222. Gosha. A medium 

 sized, slightly flattened, oval yellow 

 bean with light-brown to dark-brown 

 hilum. 



86738. No. 4223. Kimusume Maide 



No. l. A medium-small yellow oval 

 bean with brown hilum. 



86739. No. 4224. Gekka Ibaragi No. 1. 

 A medium-small oval yellow bean, 

 with hilum varying from light 

 brown to slate black. 



86740. No. 4228. Chuzu. (Mouse bean.) 

 Heijo. Chosen, February 27. 1030. A 

 mixture of small yellow and greenish 

 yellow varieties, more or less mottled. 



86741. No. 4229. Manshu dalzu. From 

 the T. Asada Miso Factory, Tokyo, 

 Japan. February 28, 1930. A mixture 

 ot medium-sized yellow-seeded varieties, 

 grown in southern Manchuria ; used in 

 the manufacture of soybean miso. 



86742. Albizzia brownei Walp. Mi- 

 mosaceae. 



From Freetown, Sierra Leone. Africa. 

 Seeds presented by the Director of Agri- 

 culture. Received March 27, 1930. 



A tropical tree up to 30 feet high with 

 bipinnate leaves having shining reticulate 

 ovate to obovate leaflets 1 to 3 inches long. 

 The small flowers, with exserted stamens, 

 are in small heads which are grouped to- 

 gether in broad corymbose racemes 3 to 4 

 inches long. It is native to tropical Africa. 



86743 to 86747. Oeyza sativa L. Poa- 

 ceae. Rice. 



From Mandalay, Burma. India. Seeds pur- 

 chased from D. Rhind. Economic Bot- 

 anist. Received March 28, 1930. 



83743. Emata A 16-34. 



86744. Letywezin B 15-1. 



86745. Theikpan Ngayunwa (15). 



86746. Theikpan Shiceat. 



86747. Theikpan Taungdeikpan. 



86748. Lixum usitatissimum L. Li- 

 naceae. Flax. 



From Sorau N/L, Germany. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the Forschungs Institut. Re- 

 ceived March 28, 1930. 



Soraner Feinflarks. 



86749 and 86750. Rhododendron spp. 

 Ericaceae. 



From Miyaza'ki-shi, Japan. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Mr. B. Miyazawa, Phytotech- 

 nical Institute, Miyazaki College of Ag- 

 riculture. Received March 28, 1930. 



88749. Rhododendron albbechxii Maxim. 



A shrub 3 to 5 feet high with obovate 

 to oblanceolate membranous leaves which 

 turn yellow in autumn. The rotate- 

 campanulate, red-purple flowers, 2 inches 

 across, in clusters of three to five, ap- 

 pear with the leaves. It is somewhat 

 like R. schlippenbachii and is native to 

 Japan. 



For previous introduction see No. 30850. 



86750. Rhododendron brachycarpdm D. 

 Don. Fujiyama rhododendron. 



A shrub 10 to 15 feet high with el- 

 liptic to oblanceolate leaves 3 to 9 inches 

 long, cuneate to auriculate at the base, 

 dark green and reticulated above, and 

 gray tomentose beneath. The broadly 

 funn<dform flowers, about 2 inches across, 

 are white or yellow, striped and flushed 

 pink, and spotted greenish brown. It is 

 native to Japan and Chosen. 



For previous introduction see Nd. 53727. 



86751. So.ja max (L.) Piper (Glycine 

 foispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 



Soybean. 



From Tokyo, Japan. Seeds collected by 

 P. II. Dorsett and W. F. Morse, agricul- 

 tural explorers, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received March 31, 1930. 



No. 3802. Euro mame. A very small, 

 round, black bean with green germ ; used 

 for confectionery purposes. 



86752 to 86754. Olea eueopaea L. 

 Oleaceae. Common olive. 



From Marrakech, Morocco. Cuttings col- 

 lected by Dr. F. T. Bioletti, University 

 of California. Received March 31, 1930. 



86752. Menara. 



86753. Meslale. Said to be a fine large 

 pickling olive. 



86754. Zitoum. 



86755. Tripsactjm laxtjm Nash. Poa- 

 ceae. Guatemala grass. 



From Oaxaca, Mexico. Seeds presented by 

 Emil Makrinius. Received March 31, 

 1930. 



A plant found between 900 and 1,200 

 feet altitude in warm dry situations where 

 it has plenty of light. It grows in clumps 

 which are often 10 to 15 feet high and its 

 stalks are as thick as ordinary corn. The 

 pollenized flowers develop into kernels, ar- 

 ranged in the form of a small ear, which 

 has given the plant the common name of 

 wild corn. The grains, however, do not 

 set in floral bracts, but hang loosely, so 

 that they are easily shaken off. The stalks 

 and leaves of the plant, because of their 

 sweet juice, are much liked by cattle and 

 horses and form a valuable forage when 

 all other grasses are. dried up. 



