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89720 to 89793 — Continued. 



89732 and 89733. Clematis orientalis 

 L. Oriental clematis. 



From Chinglungchiao, September 20, 



1930. 

 For previous introduction see 53040. 



89732. No. 7239. A vine with very 

 finely cut leaves, found in abund- 

 ance near the Great Wall. The 

 seeds are borne in terminal clus- 

 ters, each seed having a fluffy or 

 featherlike appendage. 



89733. No. 7240. A vine very much 

 like the preceding number, except 

 that the leaves are not so finely 

 cut. 



89734. Clematis sp. 



No. 7265. From Patachu, near the 

 Chieh Tai Ssu Temple, September 27, 

 1930. A vine with leaves not so finely 

 cut as No. 7239 [89732]. 



89735. Crotalaria sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 7242. From Chinglungchiao, Sep- 

 tember 20, 1930. A vine found on the 

 mountain side growing over piles of rock 

 and bush. It may prove of value as a 

 cover crop or as a green manure. 



89736. Fedia scabiosaefolia (Fisch.) 

 Trev. Valerianaceae. 



No. 7253. (Herbarium specimen No. 

 5546.) From Chinglungchiao, Septem- 

 ber 26, 1930. An attractive plant with 

 flower heads 3 to 4 inches across, 

 made up of small bright-yellow flowers. 

 Found growing quite abundantly in dry 

 rocky situations. 



For previous introduction see 26431. 



89737. Gleditsia heterophylla Bunge. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. Honeylocust. 



No. 7294. From Chieh Tai Ssu Temple, 

 September 28, 1930. A rather tall grow- 

 ing, very thorny, small-leaved shrub 

 with pods less than an inch wide and 

 over 2 inches long. This may prove in- 

 teresting as an ornamental or as a hedge 

 plant. 



89738. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



No. 7266. From . near the Chieh Tai 

 Ssu Temple, September 27, 1930. A na- 

 tive cotton, collected in a valley field, en 

 route from Patachu to the Chieh Tai 

 Ssu Temple. 



89739. Juglaxs mandshurica Maxim. 

 Juglandaceae. 



No. 7285. From the Chieh Tai Ssu 

 Temple. September 27, 1930. Nuts col- 

 lected from trees growing in the temple 

 grounds. They are smaller, on an aver- 

 age, than the nuts collected in Man- 

 churia on the Dorsett and Dorsett expe- 

 dition in 1925-26. These small-sized 

 nuts are polished and used as rosaries 

 or beads by the priests of the temple. 

 When polished they are really quite 

 handsome. 



89740 to 89747. Lespedeza spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Bushclover. 



89740 to 89742. Lespedeza daurica 

 (Laxm.) Schindler. 



For previous introduction see 65493. 



89740. No. 7197. From the Fa Hua 

 Ssu Temple, September 17, 1930. 

 A plant growing on a mountain 



89720 to 89793— Continued. 



side south of the temple in dry 

 arid situations on poor granitic 

 soil. The leaves are long and 

 narrow, the center leaf being 

 longer than the two side ones. 

 The plant is quite abundant and 

 seeds well. 



89741. No. 7232. From near Nan- 

 kou, September 19, 1930. A 

 small-leaved creeping lespedeza 

 growing on very poor thin soil in 

 extremely dry situations along the 

 fields and trails north of Nankou. 



89742. No. 7259. From Peiping, Sep- 

 tember 24, 1930. A shrubby plant 

 over 4 feet tall, collected in the 

 grounds of Coal Hill. 



89743. Lespedeza juncea Pers. 



No. 7233. From Chinglungchiao, 

 September 20, 1930. A rather tall, 

 more or less shrubby, much-branched 

 species, with white flowers and very 

 narrow but fairly long leaves. This 

 plant may possibly be of value for 

 green manure or forage purposes ; it 

 may also prove of value as a small 

 ornamental flowering shrub. 



For previous introduction see 62327. 



89744. Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) 

 Hook, and Arn. 



No. 7234. From Chinglungchiao, 

 September 20, 1930. A very low-grow- 

 ing species found on a rocky mountain 

 side near the Great Wall. 



89745. Lespedeza tomentosa (Thunb.) 

 Sieb. 



No. 7123. From the Temple of 

 Heaven, Peiping, August 20, 1930. A 

 rather tall coarse herbaceous plant 

 which appears to flower and seed quite 

 freely. 



89746. Lespedeza sp. 



No. 7171. From the Temple of 

 Heaven grounds, Peiping, September 

 11, 1930. A rather coarse tall-growing 

 plant, with a rather heavy herbaceous 

 stem, which seeds abundantly. 



89747. Lespedeza sp. 



No. 7256. From Chinglungchiao, 

 September 21, 1930. A shrubby plant 

 with small short leaves, found growing 

 on very dry rocky soil in an exposed 

 position on the mountain side near the 

 Great Wall. Only one plant was 

 found. 



89748. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



No. 7261. From Peiping, September 

 24, 1930. Plants found growing in a 

 paved court in the grounds of Coal Hill, 

 in a good-sized patch, but not much seed 

 was found. 



Fabaceae. 



Sweetclover. 



89749. Melilotus sp. 



No. 7246. From Chinglungchiao, Sep- 

 tember 20, 1930. A yellow-flowered spe- 

 cies found in dry rocky situations on the 

 mountain side, near the Great Wall. 



89750. Menispermum dauricum DC. 

 Menispermaceae. Asiatic moonseed. 



No. 7222. From near the Fa Hua Ssu 

 Temple, September 18, 1930. An orna- 

 mental vine found on the mountain side, 

 growing in decomposed granitic soil in 

 dry, arid situations. 



