INVENTORY 



88433. Soianum tuberosum L. Sola- 

 naceae. Potato. 



From Huancayo, Peru. Tubers presented 

 by Paul G. Ledig, Huancayo Magnetic 

 Observatory. Department of Research in 

 Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institu- 

 tion. Received Julv 1, 1930. 



A yellow-fleshed potato. 



88434 to 88510. 



From Manchuria. Seeds obtained by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural 

 explorers. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived July 1, 1930. 



88434. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 5841. May 31, 1930. From near 

 Hsiungyaocheng. 



88435. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 5766. From dry rocky hillsides 

 about halfwav between Port Arthur-, Ko- 

 deisen, and Dairen, May 26, 1930. A 

 deep-pink flowered plant of semipros- 

 trate habit growing on poor dry rocky 

 soil. Very abundant. Pods shatter 

 easily. 



Nos. 88436 to 88440 were obtained from 

 a warehouse in the South Manchurian Rail- 

 way storage yards, Yingkon, May 30, 1930. 



88436. Fagoptrum esculentum Moench. 

 Polygonaceae. Buckwheat. 



No. 5780. Chaou mai. Grown in the 

 Yingkon section. 



88437. Gossypium Nanking Meyen. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



No. 5783. Seed of native cotton grown 

 in the Yingkon section. 



88438 and 88439. Phaseolus angularis 

 (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Fabaceae. 



Adsuki bean. 



88438. No. 5778. From the Yingkon 

 section of Manchuria. 



. No. 5779. From the Yingkon 

 section of Manchuria. 



88434 to 88510 — Continued. 



88440. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. Pea. 



No. 5781. From the Yingkon section 

 of Manchuria. 



88441 to 88510. Soja max (L.) Piper 



(Glycine hispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 



Soybean. 



88441. No. 5718. Ku (Tansen's yel- 

 low). From the South Manchurian 

 Railway Experiment Station, Hsiun- 

 gyaocheng, May 31. 1930. Large 

 yellow, oval, with light-brown hilum. 

 Seed testa more or ltss spat. 



88442. No. 5748. From a storage ware- 

 house on the wharves. Dairen, May 

 31, 1930. Mixed yellow varieties 

 used for export to Europe for the 

 production of oil and oil cake. 



88443. No. 5749. From a bag in a 

 storage warehouse on the wharves, 

 Dairen, May 31. 1930. Mixed yel- 

 low varieties, Manchurian grown. 

 Exported to Europe for production 

 of oil and oil meal. This sample 

 has a small percentage of brown 

 seed wbich may have forage value. 



88444. No. 5767. C hinghuangtou 

 (golden yellow). Medium sized, 

 nearly round, yellow with brown 

 hilum. Used for oil and oil meal. 



88445. No. 5768. From the storage 

 yards of the South Manchurian 

 Railway, Yingkon, May 30, 1930. 

 Mixture of yellow and greenish va- 

 rieties used for oil and oil cake. 



88446. No. 5769. Hal;uU (white eye). 

 From near Yingkon, May 30, 1930. 

 Medium sized, oval, light-yellow bean 

 with pale hilum. Used for oil and 

 oil meal. 



88447 to 88449. From the storage yards 

 of the South Manchurian Railway, 

 Yingkon, May 30, 1930. 



88447. No. 5770. Mixture of yellow 

 and greenish-yellow seeded varie- 

 ties used for oil and oil cake. 



1 It should be understood that the names of varieties of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and 

 other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received when 

 introduced by the Division of Foreign Plant Introduction, and, further, that the printing of 

 such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in this country. 

 As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the American trade forecast, and 

 the use of varietal names for them in American literature becomes necessary, the foreign 

 varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be subject to change with a view to 

 bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized horticultural nomenclature. 



It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, seldom 

 mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible iden- 

 tification from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these inventories are 

 appearing in this country for the first time, and there are no seed samples or herbarium 

 specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The only iden- 

 tification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other species of the 

 same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identification, therefore, must 

 necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is any question 

 regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from this division, 

 herbarium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite identification 

 can be made. 



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