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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



88069 to 88089. 



Prom Chosen. Seeds collected by P. H. Dor- 

 sett and W. J. Morse, agricultural ex- 

 plorers. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived May 6. 1930. 



Received through the Bureau of Indus- 

 try, Government General, Keijo, March 10, 

 1930. 



88089 and 88070. VlGNA sinensis (Tor- 

 ner) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



88069. No. 5401. Tongubei, from Heian 

 Nando. A medium-sized, black 

 seed. 



88070. No. 5402. 8 o m u s o k u i, from 

 Heian Nando. A medium-small, 

 white seed with brown hilum. 



88071 to 88089. Zea mats L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 



88071 to 88077. From Heian Nando. 



88071. No. 5343. Bei kopn shu 

 (American variety). 



88072. No. 5346. Xorangukangunen- 

 gui. 



88073. No. 5347. Orukangunengui. 



88074. No. 5340. Hinkangunengui. 



88075. No. 5341. Okukangunengui. 



88076. No. 5344. Charukongunengui. 



88077. No. 5345. Tongu orukonnen- 

 gui. 



88078. No. 5295. Tomonroski sangau- 

 nami, from Kokaido. A small, 

 flinty, yellow grain. 



88079. No. 5502. Long fellow, from 

 Kankyo Hokudo. 



88080 and 88081. From Zenra Hokudo. 



88080. No. 5139. TomorokosM. A 

 white flint corn with small grains. 



88081. No. 5141. Tomokosh i. A 

 white flint corn. 



88082 and 88083. From Kei'sho Hokudo. 



8S082. No. 5163. Mokususu. White 

 flint corn. The grains are more 

 or less round. 



88083. No. 5164. Toumorokoshi. A 

 small-grained variety. 



88084. No. 5275. 

 Keisho Nando. 



Toumorokoshi, from 



88085. No. 5428. Koshoku zairai (yel- 

 low native), from Heian Hokudo. 



880S6. No. 5454. Toumorokoshi, from 

 Kosendo. A variety with roundish, 

 white, flinty grains. 



88087 and 88088. From Kankyo Nando. 



88087. No. 5482. Anpen zairai, 



88038. No. 5483. Kozan zairai. 



88089. No. 5342. Koshoku, from Heian 

 Nando. 



88090. VlGNA SESQTJIPEDALIS (L.) Fl'U- 



wirth. Fabaceae. Asparagus-bean. 



From Cuba. Seeds collected by T. A. Fen- 

 nell at Harvard Botanic Garden, Soledad, 

 Cienfuegos. Received May 9, 1930. 



No. 17. Yard long pod bean (Chinese 

 summer bean). This is eaten as a green 

 bean when the pods are young. It grows 

 best in Cuba in summer and should do 

 well in Florida, where there is no satis- 

 factory summer bean. 



88091. Erythrixa berteroana Urban. 

 Fabaceae. Coraltree. 



From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Seeds pre- 

 sented by T. B. McClelland. Senior Hor- 

 ticulturist, Porto Rico Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station. Received May 14, 

 1930. 



A tropical tree, about 25 feet high, with 

 pinnately trifoliolate leaves and dense 

 racemes of red pea-shaped flowers. It is 

 native to Cuba. 



88092 and 88093. Triticum aestiytjm 

 L. (T. v ul gave Vill.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the 

 Melbourne Experimental Station. Re- 

 ceived May 8, 1930. 



88094 to 88103. 



From the Union of Socialistic Soviet Re- 

 publics. Seeds presented by Prof. K. 

 Kvaratzkhelia, Abkhasian Agricultural 

 and Forest Experiment Station, Suk- 

 houn. Caucasus. Received May 9, 1930. 



88094 to 88099, Amygdalus spp. 

 dalaceae. 



Aniys 



88094 and 88095. Amygdalus communis 

 L. (Prunus amygdalus Stokes). 



Almond, 



Collected in Turkmenia in the Kopet 

 Dag Mountains. 



88094. Variety amara. 



88095. Variety dulcis. 



88096. Amygdalus lycioides Spach. 



Collected in the Kopet Dag Moun- 

 tains. 



88097. Amygdalus persica L. Peach. 



Collected in Turkmenia on the 

 mountain Chardjouy, on the river 

 Amua Daria. 



88098. Amygdalus petunnikowi Litw. 



Collected in the Chingan Mountains. 

 Csbekestan. 



88099. Amygdalus scoparia Spach. 



Collected in Turkmenia on the slopes 

 of the Kopet Dag Mountains. 



88100. PlSTACIA VERA L. 



Anacardiaceae. 



Pistache, 



From Turkmenia. Collected in the 

 srove near the fort, Koushka. 



88101. Prunus armenica L. 

 laceae. 



Amygda- 

 Apricot. 



From Aoul Koeshi near Ashhabad. 



88102. Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Myrobalan plum. 



From Turkmenia. Collected in the 

 Kopet Dag Mountains. 



88103, Punica granatum L. runicaceae. 



Pomegranate. 



From Kopet Dag Guen, Turkmenia. 



88104. Oroxyxon indictjm (L.) Vent. 

 Bignoniaceae. 



East Indian trump etflower. 



From Manila. Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by P. J. Wester, Horticulturist. 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of 

 Agriculture and Natural Resources. Ma- 

 nila. Received May 9, 1930. 



