APEIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1930 



19 



87402 to 87407— Continued. 



87406. Teifolium peatense L. Fabaceae. 



Red clover. 



From the 1929 harvest. 



87407. Tkifolium kepens L. Fabaceae. 



White clover. 



From the harvest of 1929. 



87408 to 87430. Oeyza sativa L. Poa- 

 ceae. Rice. 



From Canton, China. Seeds presented by 

 Koo Kwai Fan, in charge of farm crops, 

 Lingnan Agricultural College, through 

 F. A. McClure, Lingnan University. 



Varieties of Chinese rice, from the 1929 

 harvest, from various localities in Kwang- 

 tung Province. 







Ling- 





1 







Ling- 







F.P.I. 

 No. 



F.A.M. 



No. 



nan 

 Agr. 

 Col. 

 No. 



Romanized name 



Crop 



F.P.I. 



No. 



F.A.M. 

 No. 



nan 

 Agr. 

 Col. 



No. 



Romanized name 



Crop 



87408 



1055 



2 



In chui hung 



Early. 



87421 



1068 



105 



Paak hok sz miu 



Late. 



87409 



1056 



4 



Xoh chaap 



Late. 



87422 



1069 



i 107 



Ngan nga chim 



Do. 



87410 



1057 



5 



Karri shaan chim 



Early. 



87423 



1070 



111 



Paak hok yau chim 



Do. 



87411 



1058 



8 



Paak hok so chim 



Late. 



S7424 



1071 



112 



Hung t'au so chim 



Do. 



87412 



1059 



18 



Yeung uen chim 



Early. 



87425 



1072 



116 



Shong kong chim 



Do. 



87413 



1060 



24 



Koi leung tung 

 koon paak 



Do. 



87426 



1073 



117 



Taai chung wong 

 hok so chim 



Do. 



87414 



1061 



26 



Ngan chim 



Do. 



87427 



1074 



136 



Paak hok so chim 



Do. 



87415 



1062 



46 



Ma mei ch'ai 



Do. 



87428 



1075 



150 



Ch'ikmaiszmiu 



Do. 



87416 



1063 



50 



On naam kaang 



Do. 



87429 



1076 



156 



Yeung ch'unchuk 



Do. 



87417 



1064 



150 



Heung kuk 



Late. 









chim 





87418 



1065 



51 



Shiu koo Z 



Early. 



87430 



1077 



165 



Ch'angshuichim 



Do. 



37419 



1066 



58 



Taai kwat yau 



chim 



Late. 













87420 



1067 



65 



Wong hok kam 

 mng 



Do. 













Second crop. 



87431. Citrus aurantium L. Ruta- 

 ceae. Sour orange. 



From Cairo, Egypt. Seed collected by Dr. 

 II. S. Fawcett, University of California. 

 Received April 18, 1930. 



No. 91. From the Horticultural Division 

 of the Ministry of Agriculture. Large 

 fruits from vigorous standard trees. 



87432 to 87436. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented 

 by the Director of the Botanic Garden. 

 Received April 18, 1930. 



87432. Curcuma petiolata Roxb. Zin- 

 ziberaceae. 



A tropical perennial with a rootstock 

 which sends up a tuft of four to six 

 oblong pointed leaves 6 to 9 inches long 

 on petioles about a foot long. The yel- 

 lowish-white flowers are in a spike 6 

 inches long and are surrounded by large, 

 pu'ple or lilac bracts. It is native to 

 India and is considered to be the showi- 

 est of the curcumas. 



87433. Curcuma zedoaria (Bergius) Ros- 

 coe. Zinziberaceae. 



A tropical perennial with a large 

 tuberous rootstock, lanceolate leaves 1 to 

 2 feet long, pale-yellow flowers, and 

 bright-red bracts. It is native to India, 

 where it is cultivated for the rootstocks, 

 which resemble ginger in pungency. 



87434 to 87436. Livistona spp. 

 ceae. 



Phoenica- 

 Palm. 



87434. Livistona cochinchinensis 

 (Blume) Mart. 



A slender palm about 50 feet high, 

 with a crown of large, fan-shaped 

 leaves. It is native to Malakka. 



87432 to 87436— Continued. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73247. 



87435. Livistona decipiens Beccari. 



A fan palm of medium height and 

 a trunk diameter of about 15 inches. 

 The leaves are made up of about 80 

 segments, which are very weak at the 

 tips, hanging as though wilted. It is 

 native to South Australia. 



87436. Livistona inermis R. Br. 



A moderate-sized fan palm 15 to 30 

 feet high, closely resembling L. humi- 

 lis except that the petioles are en- 

 tirely unarmed. It is native to North 

 Australia. 



87437 and 87438. Gossypitjm barba- 

 dense L. Malvaceae. 



Sea-island cotton. 



From Egypt. Seeds presented through S. A. 

 Steere. Manager of the Cotton and Fab- 

 ric Division of the Goodyear- Tire & 

 Rubber Co. Received April 18, 1930. 



87437. Giza S. Cotton grown in Lower 

 Egypt. 



87438. Cotton grown in Upper Egypt. 



87439 to 87445. Olea europaea L. 

 Oleaceae. Olive. 



From Fez, Morocco, Africa. Cuttings pre- 

 sented by Mr. Thauvin. Inspector of 

 Agriculture, Mekinez, through Prof. 

 Frederic T. Bioletti, University of Cali- 

 fornia. Received April 22, 1930. 



The Meslala, or Mslala, is said to be a 

 fine, large, pickling olive. These cuttings 

 were taken from trees selected for the 



