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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



89590 to 89609 — Continued. 



89602. Phaseolds calcaratds Roxb. 



Bice bean. 



No. 7218. From the Fa Hua Ssu 

 Temple, September 18, 1930. A small 

 oblong green pole bean growing on de- 

 composed granitic soil in dry arid 

 situations in a field on a mountain 

 side. The beans are ground into flour 

 and used to make noodles. 



89603. Phaseolus minimus Roxb. 



No. 7159. From Changli, China, 

 September 7, 1930. A bean with yel- 

 low pea-shaped flowers and long nar- 

 row pods, found growing near the Shui 

 Yen Ssu Temple in decomposed gra- 

 nitic soil. 



89604. Pinus bdngeana Zucc. Pinaceae. 



Lacebark pine. 



No. 7231. From Nankou. China, Sep- 

 tember 19, 1930. Collected from trees 

 growing in the grounds of the Yung Ling 

 Ming Tomb. This is the famed Chinese 

 white-bark pine. 



89605. Quercus dentata Thunb. Faga- 

 ceae. Daimyo oak. 



No. 7169. From the Patachu, near 

 Peiping. September 12, 1930. An oak 

 with long leaves, narrow at the base 

 and broad at the extremity. The cups 

 sometimes extend over the acorn. Many 

 plants from 18 inches to 3 feet high and 

 well fruited were seen. 



For previous introduction see 78659. 



89606. Quercus variabilis Blume. Fa- 

 gaceae. Oriental oak. 



No. 7168. From the Patachu (West- 

 ern Hills), near Peiping, September 12, 

 1930. Attractive-looking trees which 

 were bearing a large crop of acorns. 



For previous introduction see 44669. 



89607 to 89609. Vigna sinensis (Torner) 

 Savi, Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



Some of the principal varieties grown 

 in the Fa Hua Ssu Temple grounds, Sep- 

 tember 18, 1930. 



89607. No. 7202. A red pea, found in 



decomposed granitic soil. 



89608. No. 7200. A light and dark 

 brown cowpea, found growing in de- 

 composed granitic soil in a very dry 

 situation. 



89609. No. 7220. A creamy white and 



brown mottled cowpea. The mottling 

 is lighter than No. 7200 [89608], 

 and it may be a different variety ; 

 collected in a field on a mountain 

 side in decomposed granitic soil in 

 a very dry situation. 



89610 to 89621. Solanum spp. Solana- 

 ceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Dr. Don- 

 ald Reddick, Cornell University, in col- 

 laboration with Paul Russell and Max 

 Souviron, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 23, 1930. 



Nos. 89610 to 89620 were collected at the 

 convent in El Desierto. Distrito Federal, 

 October 13, 1930, at 9,800 feet altitude. 



89610. Solanum demissum Lindl. 



No. 57. A smooth green obconic fruit 

 with a slight lateral depression. No 

 tubers were found. 



89610 to 89621— Continued. 



89611. Solanum sp. 



No. 51-a. A plant with solid green 

 seed balls. For introduction of tubers, 

 see 89550. 



89612. Solanum sp. 



No. 51-b. A plant with green seed 

 balls, spotted with white. For introduc- 

 tion of tubers, see 89550. 



89613. Solanum sp. 



No. 54. A plant with smooth green 

 oval fruits having a slight lateral depres- 

 sion. 



89614. Solanum sp. 



No. 55. A plant with smooth green 

 fruit spotted with white ; no tubers 

 found. 



89615. Solanum sp. 



No. 58. A plant with smooth green, 

 oval to obconic fruits, and white tubers 

 which are irregularly oval. Tubers in- 

 troduced under 89553. 



89616. Solanum sp. 



No. 59. Apparently two kinds of plants 

 growing so closely together that it could 

 not be determined which seeds and tubers 

 belong to the same plant, as the tuber- 

 bearing stolons are sometimes 3 feet long, 

 and the plants were dead at the time 

 the seed and tubers were collected. The 

 fruit of one plant is green, smooth, and 

 globular ; that of the other is smooth, 

 green, obconic with slight lateral de- 

 pression. Some of the tubers are white, 

 others purple. 



89617. Solanum sp. 



No. 61. A tall plant found growing in 

 dense shade, with smooth green cordate 

 fruits with white specks and a lateral 

 suture. Tubers of this number were in- 

 troduced under 89557. 



89618. Solanum sp. 



No. 62. A tall plant with smooth green 

 cordate fruits marked with faint white 

 specks and having a lateral suture. The 

 oblong tubers are pale purple. For in- 

 troduction of tubers, see 89558. 



89619. Solanum sp. 



No. 67. A plant with smooth green 

 elliptic to obconic fruits marked with 

 faint white specks and having a vertical 

 suture. The oval tubers are white and 

 smooth. For introduction of tubers, see 

 89562. 



89620. Solanum sp. 



No. 68. A plant with smooth green 

 obconic fruits marked with faint white 

 specks and with a vertical suture. 



89621. Solanum sp. 



No. 218. From Oaxaca, Mexico. A 

 woody vine with edible red fruits, called 

 a tomato, collected in Mr. Conzatti'a 

 garden. 



89622. Amygdalus persica L. {Primus 

 persica Stokes). Amygdalaceae. 



Peach. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by Vale Lichagov, 

 Lochi, Chernomorsh. Received October 

 24, 1930. 

 A handsome late freestone peach which 



comes true from seed. It is large to very 



