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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



89720 to 89793 — Continued. 



89751. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



No 7272. From near the Chieh Tai 

 Ssu Temple, September 27, 1930. The 

 plants were about 20 inches high, in an 

 unharvested rice paddy. 



89752. Panicum miliacedm L. Poaceae. 



Proso. 



No. 7276. From Peihsinan, September 

 27, 1930. A locally grown, glutinous 

 millet. It is so small, it could be grown 

 for bird feed, if for nothing else. 

 89753 to 89763. Phaseolus spp. Faba- 



ceae. 



89753 to 89757. Phaseolus ANGULARis 

 (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Adsuki bean. 



89753. No. 7203. Near the Fa Hua 

 Ssu Temple, September 17, 1930. 

 A green mottled bean collected in 

 a field on the mountain side south 

 of the temple, on decomposed 

 granitic soil in very dry situations. 

 It is grown quite extensively here. 



89754. No. 7219. Near the Fa Hua 

 Ssu Temple, September 18, 1930. 

 A mottled gray and green bean, 

 collected on the mountain side in 

 a field near the temple. It was 

 growing on decomposed granitic 

 soil in dry, arid situations. 



89755. No. 7307. From Nonhsinfang, 

 September 29, 1930. A small 

 bright-red bean secured from a 

 farmer in the village. The region 

 is most uncongenial for farming, 

 as about 90 per cent of the farm- 

 ing area is on narrow terraces on 

 mountain sides, and the ground is 

 very rocky and exceedingly poor. 



89756. No. 7301. Near the Tan Chou 

 Ssu Temple, September 29, 1930. 

 A dull creamy yellow bean pur- 

 chased from a farmer at Nonhsin- 

 fang, en route to the above temple. 



89757. No. 7302. From Nonhsinfang, 

 September 29, 1930. A black and 

 green mottled bean received from 

 a farmer. 



89758 to 89762. Phaseolus aureus 

 Roxb. Mungbean. 



89758. No. 7268. From the village of 

 Ssutaochiao, near the Hun River, 

 September 27, 1930. A smooth 

 green variety grown in an irri- 

 gated field. 



89759. No. 7274. Near the Chieh Tai 

 Ssu Temple, September 27, 1930. 

 A locally grown, dull-green bean 

 purchased in the village of Pei- 

 hsinan. 



89760. No. 7303. From Nonhsinfang, 

 September 29, 1930. A brown 

 bean secured from a farmer. 



89761. No. 7304. From Nonhsinfang, 

 September 29, 1930. A dull-green 

 bean secured from a farmer. 



89762. No. 7306. From Nonhsinfang, 

 September 29, 1930. An interest- 

 ing small yellow bean secured 

 from a farmer. 



89763. Phaseolus vulgaris L. 



Common bean. 



No. 7279. From Peihsinan, Septem- 

 ber 27, 1930. An oblong red bush 

 garden bean with a white hilum ; said 

 to be grown locally. 



89720 to 89793— Continued. 



89764. Pinus bungeana Zucc. Pinaceae. 



Lacebark pine. 



No. 7283. From the Chieh Tai Ssu 

 Temple, September 27, 1930. A tree 

 growing in the temple grounds, said to 

 be about 900 years old. It branches 8 

 or 10 feet from the ground and has nine 

 main branches, therefore it is known lo- 

 cally as the Nine Dragon pine. At 2 

 feet above the ground the tree measures 

 228 inches in circumference ; it is a fine 

 spreading specimen. 



89765. Pinus bungeana Zucc. Pinaceae. 



Lacebark pine. 



No. 7312. From the Tao Chou Ssu 

 Temple, September 29, 1930. A fine 

 branching specimen growing in one of 

 the courts of the temple. " This is the 

 finest specimen of lacebark pine we have 

 seen, and if the seedlings carry out its 

 characters, they will certainly be an ac- 

 quisition in our ornamental plantings." 



89766. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. 



Pea. 



No. 7269. From Ssutaochiao, Septem- 

 ber 27, 1930. A medium-sized slightly 

 wrinkled yellow field pea, probably grown 

 under irrigation. 



89767. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. 



Pea. 



No. 7277. From Peihsinan, September 

 27, 1930. A locally grown variety of 

 medium small yellow field pea. 



89768. Rhamnus parvipolia Bunge. 

 Rhamnaceae. Buckthorn, 



No. 7223. From near the Fa Hua 

 Ssu Temple, September 18, 1930. A low- 

 growing thorny shrub with black fruits, 

 found on the mountain side on decom- 

 posed granitic soil in dry, arid places. 

 It may make a good hedge or ornamental 

 shrub, especially for rock gardens. 



89769 to 89784. Soja max (L.) Piper 



(Glycine hispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 



Soybean. 



Nos. 89769 to 89775 were collected 

 near the Fa Hua Ssu Temple, September 

 16, 1930. 



89769. No. 7190. Collected in a valley 

 en route from Tongshan to the tem- 

 ple. A yellow bean with rather 

 small oblong hilum. A single plant 

 contained 110 pods. 



89770. No. 7191. Collected en route 

 from Tongshan to the temple, but 

 near mountains. Seed from a sin- 

 gle plant which contained 118 pods. 

 The beans were yellow. 



89771. No. 7192. A black-seeded vari- 

 ety collected en route from Tong- 

 shan, near a dry river. A single 

 plant contained 161 pods. 



89772. No. 7193. A black-seeded vari- 

 ety growing on granitic soil, 2 or 3 

 miles from the temple. 



89773. No. 7204. A pale green soybean 

 collected in a terraced field near the 

 temple. The decomposed granitic 

 soil was very dry. This variety is 

 not extensively grown here. 



89774. No. 7205. A black soybean 

 found in a field growing on decom- 

 posed granitic soil in very dry situa- 

 tions. This variety is not grown ex- 

 tensively here. 



