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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



88837 to 88856 — Continued. 



88849. No. 5902. Medium-small, light- 

 zreen mung bean used for sprouts, 

 bean vermicelli, and bean noodles. 



88850. No. 5901. Medium-small, light- 

 green mung bean said to have come 

 from northern Manchuria ; used for 

 sprouts, bean noodles, and bean 

 vermicelli. 



88851. No. 5904. Medium-small, light- 

 green bean used for sprouts, bean 

 noodles, and bean vermicelli. 



88852. Sorghum vulgaee Pers. Poaceae. 



Sorghum, 



No. 5910. Collected June 14, 1930, 

 from a warehouse in the South Man- 

 churian Railway yards, Dairen. Used 

 extensively for food and also for cattle 

 feed. 



88853. Prcnus tomentosa Thunb. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Manchu cherry. 



No. 5975. Yusuraume. Purchased 

 June 27, 1930, at a small Korean store 

 in Kokai, Heian Hokudo Prefecture, 

 Chosen. A small bright-red fruit, some- 

 what sour ; grows wild in mountain sec- 

 tions. Kokai is in 41° N. lat., and the 

 temperature goes as low as 40° F. below 

 zero. 



88854. TniFOLiuM pratexse L. Faba- 

 ceae. Red clover. 



No. 5962. Collected June 21, 1930, 

 from plants along the River Seinonko, 

 opposite Kokai, Heian Hokudo Prefec- 

 ture, Chosen. The clover was growing 

 quite abundantly in rather sandy soil ; 

 it makes a very good growth. Nothing 

 is known of its source. 



88855. Trifolidm eepens L. Fabaceae. 



"White clover, 



No. 5963. Collected June 26. 1930, 

 along a bank of the Seinonko River, op- 

 posite the village of Kokai, Heian Kokudo 

 Prefecture, Chosen. This clover is grow- 

 ing in abundance along the river bank 

 and forms a rather compact sod. It is 

 . -crowding out other plant ; - ies, such 

 as Zoysia pungens. 



!5S. Zba mays L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 



No. 5974. Okususu. Purchased June 

 27, 1930. from a Korean farmer at Kokai, 

 Heian Hokudo Prefecture, Chosen. 



88857. Feeesia sp. Iridaceae. 



From Naples, Italy. Seeds presented by 

 M. Herb, through David Fairchild, agri- 

 cultural explorer, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, with the Allison V. Armour ex- 

 pedition. Received August S. 1930. 



No. 3609. June 1930. This lot may 

 contain some of the varicolored forms that 

 were originated by the plant breeder Ragio- 

 neri in Florence. 



88858. Genista sp. Fabaceae. 



From the island of Crete. Seeds collected 

 by Davici Fairchild, agricultural explorer, 

 Bureau of PJant Industry, with the Alli- 

 son V. Armour expedition. Received 

 August 8, 1930. 



No. 3604. June 29, 1930. On the moun- 

 tain slopes overlooking the plains of Mes- 

 sara, Crete, route to Phestos. This shrub 

 should be very ornamental iu the dry 

 mountain climate of California and Ari- 

 zona. May prove a good rock piant also. 



88859. Pbunus cebasus maeasca 



('Host» C. Schneid. Ainygclalaceae. 



Maraschino cherry. 



From Yugoslavia. Seed obtained bv David 

 Fairchild. agricultural explorer. Bureau 

 of Piant Industry, with the Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received August S, 

 1930. 



x " 3612 July 7. 1930. From fruits 

 for sale on the marker at Spalato. 



88863. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Kruja, Albania. >:ed purchased by 

 David t airehild. agricultural explorer. 

 Burea : Plant Industry, with the Alli- 

 boh V. Armour txped::: m. ^:-ceived 

 August S. 1930. 



No. 3610. July 5, 1930. Field corn 

 from the village of Kruja. It is the va- 

 riety commonly grown in the mountains of 

 Albania. 



88861 to 88863. 



From Medan. Sumatra. Seeds presented 

 by L. A. Lorzing. through David Fair- 

 child, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received August S. 

 1930. 



88861. ACTIXORHTTIS CALAPPARIA Wendl. 



and Drude. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A robust palm 40 feet high, with a 

 smooth stem conspicuously ringed, large 

 pinnate leaves 9 feet long and 6 feet 

 widp. and a laree pendulous cluster cf 

 small flowers followed by ovoid red 

 fruits 3 inches long. Native to the 

 East Indies. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78467. 



88S62. Saguercs sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm, 



88363. Xiphidiusi coEarLEUM Aubl. Hae- 

 modoraceae. 



An irislike plant, native to tropical 

 America, with oblong-lanceolate leaves 

 1 to 2 f€ t long and a compound raceme 

 of small white or blue flowers. 



88864. Aseca tsiaxdba Roxb. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Palm. 



From Peraaeniya, Ceylon. Seeds presented 

 by T. H. Parsons. Curator. Royal Bo- 

 tanic Gardens. Received August 11, 

 1930. 



A graceful, spineless palm, ultimately 

 about 25 feet high, usually with several 

 trunks -srhieh bear crowns of pinnate 

 leaves 4 to 6 feet in length. The fruits, 

 about the size of olives, are orange scarlet. 

 Native to India. 



For previous introduction see No. 70777. 



88885. Zephyeanthes sp. Amaryllida- 

 ceae. Zephyrlily. 



From Tucuman. Argentina. Bulbs col- 

 lected bv S. Venturi. Received August 

 20, 1930. 



Collected in Saimbon, Department of 

 Tan, at an altitude of 4.500 to 5.000 feet. 



S8856. Okyza sattva L. Poaceae. 



Rice. 



