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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



89101 to 89172— Continued. 



89164. No. 6144. TatsucJii. Medium 

 sized, oval, light cloudy yellow with 

 pale hilum. 



89165. No. 6145. Otaikon. Medium 

 large, oval, yellow, with pale hilum ; 

 used for food. 



89166. No. 6146. Takucliikamuzankon. 

 Medium small, oval, yellow, with 

 reddish-brown hilum. 



89167 and 89168. August 11, 1930. 

 From a wharf warehouse at Dairen, 

 Manchuria. Mixed yellow varieties 

 used for oil and oil meal.. 



89167. No. 6155. 



89168. No. 6156. 



89169. No. 6147. Shoukokuta. August 

 8, 1930. From the Kankyo Hokudo 

 Prefecture Seed and Nursery Farm, 

 Kyojyo. Very small, round, black 

 with green germ. Appears identical 

 with Kingston (17255) ; used for 

 sprouting. 



89170 and 89171. August 11, 19 30. 

 From a wharf warehouse at Dairen. 

 Mixture of yellow-seeded varieties 

 used for oil and oil meal. 



89170. No. 6157. 



89171. No. 6158. 



89172. No. 7009. From Hsiang Chi Ssu 

 Temple. A rather small, creamy 

 yellow bean with a rather pro- 

 nounced light-brown hilum. 



89173. Saccharum officinartjm L. 

 Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Australia. Cuttings presented by the 

 Hawaii Experiment Station, through E. 

 W. Brandes, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received September 13, 1930. 



Oramooa H. A. 409. 



89174. Colpothrinax WRiGHTii Griseb. 

 and Wendl. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Herradura, Cuba. Seeds presented 

 by Mrs. F. S. Earle. Received September 

 15, 1930. 



Barrigona. A fan palm with a trunk up 

 to 40 feet high having a bottle-shaped 

 base. It is native to Cuba. 



89175. Iris koreana Nakai. Iridaceae. 



From Japan. Seeds purchased from K. 

 Yashiroda (Ltd.), Tonosho-Kyoku, Kaga- 

 waken. Received September 15, 1930. 



An iris with a creeping rhizome from 

 which arise sword-shaped leaves about a 

 foot long and stalks bearing golden-yellow 

 flowers. The inner petals are elliptic and 

 emarginate, and the outer petals are oho- 

 vate. It is native to Chosen. 



89176 to 89178. 



From Mexico. Plants collected by Paul 

 Russell and Max Souviron. agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived in September, 1930. 



89176. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3. A low succulent with tuberous 

 roots ; grows in rocky places near Tiza- 

 pan, Distrito Federal. 



89177. Cotyledon sp. Crassulaceae. 



No. 4. Conchas. September 5, 1930, 

 near Conviento del Desierto, Districto 

 Federal. Plant forming i*osettes on 

 rocky bluff just above the Conviento del 

 Desierto, about 9,000 feet altitude. 



89176 to 89178— Continued. 



Snow is said to fall here every winter, 

 hence this plant is more or less hardy. 



89178. altamiranoa sp. Crassulaceae. 



No. 5. September 9, 1930, Cerro de 

 Estrella, Distrito Federal. Growing on 

 rocks at the summit of Cerro de Estrella, 

 about 7,800 feet altitude. Flowers are 

 white. 



89179. Ltlium martagon L. Liliaceae. 



Martagon lily. 



From England. Seeds purchased from Rev. 

 J. Farnworth Anderson, Glenn Hall 

 Rockery. Great Glen, Leicester. Re- 

 ceived September 19, 1930. 



Farre^s variety. 



89180. Solantjm sanitwongsei Craib. 

 Solanaceae. 



From Bangkok, Siam. Seeds presented by 

 Phya Ahar Pariraks, Director of Agri- 

 culture, Department of Agriculture, Min- 

 istry of Lands and Agriculture. Received 

 September 22, 1930. 



Mawaeng-ton. A Siamese shrub about 3 

 feet high, with small racemes of hluish 

 flowers and orange-colored fruits. It is 

 said to he of value in the treatment of 



diabetes. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77618. 



89181. Garcinia sp. Clusiaceae. 



From Indo-China. Seeds presented by M. 



Poilane, Jarden Botanique and Zoolo- 



gique de Saigon. Received September 22 

 1930. 



Tree 30 feet high and 3 feet in circum- 

 ference, having yellow edible fruits ; may 

 be used as a stock for grafting mangosteens 

 {Garcinia mangostana) . 



89182 and 89183. Zea mays L. Poa- 

 ceae. Corn. 



From Guatemala City, Guatemala. Seeds 

 presented by the Minister of Agriculture, 

 through Sheldon Whitehouse, American 

 minister. Received September 23, 1930. 



89182. Black. 



89183. Red. 



89184. Cajanus indicus Spreng. Fa- 

 baceae. Pigeon pea. 



From Hawaii. Seeds presented by F. S. 

 Krauss, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 

 through O. W. Barrett. Received Sep- 

 tember 25, 1930. 



A Hawaiian variety with brownish hlack 

 seeds, selected from the progeny of a col- 

 lection originally received from Porto Rico. 



89185 and 89186. Saccharum officina- 

 rtjm L. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Barbados, British West Indies. Cut- 

 tings presented by the director. Depart- 

 ment of Science and Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived September 30, 1930. 



89185. B. 726. 89186. B. 891. 



89187 to 89197. Tritictjm aestivum L. 

 (T. vulgare Vill.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by H. 

 Wenholz, Director of Plant Breeding, 



