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89587 and 89588 — Continued. 



89587. Albizzia corbisieri Wildem. 

 Mimosaceae. 



A large handsome tropical tree, native 

 to the Belgian Congo. The pinnate leaves 

 are 4 to 6 inches long, and the flower 

 clusters are usually in the axils of the 

 upper leaves. The hard wood is used 

 to make gongs and canoes. 



89588. PlTHECOLLOBIUM ALTISSIMUM 



(Hook, f.) Oliver. Mimosaceae. 



A tall tree native to the Niger Valley 

 in tropical Africa. The bipinnate leaves, 

 4 to 8 inches long, are made up of nu- 

 merous linear-oblong leaflets less than 

 half an inch long. The heads of small 

 flowers are in racemose clusters and are 

 followed by compressed, spirally con- 

 torted pods 8 to 10 inches long. 



89589. Solanum tuberosum L. Sola- 

 naceae. Potato. 



From Oslo, Norway. Tubers presented by 

 Karl A. Jensen. Received October 24, 

 1930. 



Introduced for experimental purposes. 



89590 to 89609. 



From China. Seeds collected by P. H. Dor- 

 sett and W. J. Morse, agricultural ex- 

 plorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 23, 1930. 



89590 and 89591. Amygdalus persica 

 platycarpa (Decaisne) Ricker (Prunus 

 persica platycarpa Bailey). Amygda- 

 laceae. Flat peach. 



For previous introduction see 63295. 



89590. No. 7128. Pan tao (saucer or 

 flat peach). From the market at 

 Peiping, September 1, 1930, but said 

 to have been grown near Wang- 

 chiayu, about 30 miles northeast of 

 Peiping. The peaches are about 3 

 inches across and 1 inch thick ; a 

 few have a tinge of pink at the base 

 and peak ; both base and peak are 

 slightly depressed. The fruit is 

 quite fuzzy and greenish yellow as a 

 base color ; flesh creamy white with 

 a tinge of red about the pit, very 

 fragrant, juicy, and sweet and of 

 excellent quality as compared with 

 other peaches the explorers have 

 eaten in China. 



89591. No. 7148. Secured in the East- 

 ern Market, Peiping, September 10, 

 1930, but said to have come from 

 Huailai, above the Great Wall. The 

 very large fruits are 3 inches in 

 diameter and nearly 2 inches 

 through, green to yellowish green in 

 color, and blotched and tinted with 

 red. The flesh is creamy white, 

 firm, juicy, and of sweet flavor, very 

 slightly tinted with red about the 

 pit, but not of as good quality as 

 No. 7128 [89590]. 



89592. Asparagus dauricus Fischer. 

 Convallariaceae. 



No. 7103. Collected August 22, 1930, 

 in the rocky compound of the Ming Tao 

 Tomb. A wild ornamental asparagus 

 with beautiful light-green foliage and 

 straight stems 2 to 4 feet high. The 

 Chinese boil the young shoots and use 

 them as a vegetable. 



For previous introduction see 36766. 



89590 to 89609— Continued. 



89593 and 89594. Astragalus melilotoi- 

 des Pall. Fabaceae. 



For previous introduction see 65294. 



. No. 7164. Collected in the 

 grounds of the Summer Palace, 

 Peiping, September 12, 1930. "We 

 have found the white variety less 

 abundant and much later ripening 

 than the yellow. The color of the 

 flowers varies from white to more 

 or less pink or lavender." 



89594. No. 7227. From Nankou, Sep- 

 tember 19, 1930. Mixed seed of 

 lavender and white flowered plants 

 collected at the Yung Lo Ming 

 Tomb. 



89595 to 89598. Melilotus spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Sweetclover. 



89595 to 89597. Melilotus officinalis 

 (L.) Lam. 



From Peiping, August 30, 1930. 



89595. No. 7124. Seed from a single 

 plant of the yellow-flowered sweet- 

 clover, found growing at the base 

 of the steps of the Altar of Rain 

 at the Temple of Agriculture. 



No. 7125. A yellow-flowered 

 form about 4 feet high, growing 

 in a crack in the flagstone paving 

 of the Altar of Rain at the Tem- 

 ple of Agriculture. 



89597. Collected from plants growing 

 between flagstones of the Altar of 

 Rain and the Altar of Snow at 

 the Temple of Agriculture, and in 

 the Temple of the Superior World 

 near the Altar of the Temple of 

 Heaven. 



89598. Melilotus suaveolens Ledeb. 



No. 7179. From Tangshan, China, 

 September 15, 1930. Seed from plants 

 up to 4 feet high, with yellow flowers 

 which appear to be more abundant 

 and perhaps a little larger than the 

 one from which seed was collected in 

 the Summer Palace grounds ; the seed 

 ripens fully three weeks later. 



For previous introduction see 61320. 



89599 to 89603. Phaseolus spp. Faba- 

 ceae. 



89599 to 89601. Phaseolus aureus 

 Roxb. Mung bean. 



89599. No. 7180. From Tangshan, 

 China, September 15, 1930. Pos- 

 sibly a wild form of the cultivated 

 mung bean, found growing among 

 grass and shrubby vegetation on 

 dry rocky situations. It is per- 

 haps an escaped cultivated variety, 

 which, on account of conditions, 

 appears smaller and of a slightly 

 different color. Flowers not seen. 



89600. No. 7216. From the Fa Hua 

 Ssu Temple, September 18, 1930. 

 A gray mung bean found in a field 

 growing on decomposed granite in 

 dry arid situations. 



89601. No. 7217. From the Fa Hua 

 Ssu Temple, September 18, 1930. 

 A light-green mung bean collected 

 in a field on a mountain side 

 growing on decomposed granitic 

 soil in dry arid situations. 



