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PLANT MATERIAL, INTRODUCED 



90120 to 90297— Continued. 



90284. No. 6377. 90285. No. 6372. 



90286. Vicia cracca L. Cow vetch. 



No. 6376. From Kungchuling, 

 Manchuria, October 2, 1930. Received 

 through M. Kosai, forage-crop expert, 

 South Manchurian Railway Experiment 

 Station. 



90287. Vicia pseudo-orobus Fisch. and 

 Mey. 



No. 6404. Collected in the moun- 

 tainous region near Oshozan, Man- 

 churia, October 7, 1930. A wild vetch, 

 not very abundant ; looks promising 

 for forage and green manure. 



90288. Vicia sp. 



No. 6326. From Ryojo, Chosen, 

 September 13, 1930. A vetch which 

 occurs abundantly along hillsides and 

 other waste places ; a late variety, as 

 the seed is just beginning to mature. 



90289. Vicia sp. 



No. 6322. From Heijo, Chosen, Sep- 

 tember 12, 1930. Received from D. N. 

 Lutz, Union Christian College, who col- 

 lected it near Heijo about June 1 from 

 plants 18 to 24 inches high. 



90290 and 90291. Vigna sinensis (Tor- 

 ner) Savi. Fabaceae. Oowpea. 



90290. No. 6321. From a field near Ji- 

 dori, Chosen, September 12, 1930. 

 Plants of erect bushy habit and very 

 prolific. The medium-small white 

 seed has a brown eye. 



90291. No. 6332. Collected west of 

 Heijo, Chosen, September 11, 1930. 

 A small oblong light-taD cowpea 

 found in waste places. 



90292. Vitis sp. Vitaceae. * Grape. 



No. 6287. Purchased at a small Ko- 

 rean market on the outskirts of Heijo, 

 Chosen, September 3, 1930. A native 

 variety wiiicu grows wild in Chosen. 

 The small black grapes in fair-sized 

 bunches are rather sour. 



to 90296. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 



Nos. 90293 to 90295 are native varie- 

 ties obtained from a Manchurian farmer 

 near Makaton, Manchuria, October 7, 

 1930. 



90293. No. 6396. 



90294. No. 6397. 



90295. No. 6398. 



90296. No. 6443. A native variety ob- 

 tained from a farm near Shanshubo, 

 Manchuria. The grain is yellow, 20 

 rows per ear, butt end 7 inches in 

 circumference, tip over 4 inches in 

 circumference, ear 7 inches long. 



90297. Ziziphus jujuba Mill. Rhamna- 

 ceae. Jujube. 



No. 6409. Small round brownish fruit, 

 collected from small shrubs 2 to 3 feet 

 high in the mountain region near Osho- 

 zan, Manchuria, October 7, 1930. 



90298 to 90316. 



From Nancy, France. Plants purchased 

 from Messrs. V. Lemoine & Son. Re- 

 ceived November 22, 1930. 



90298 to 90316 — Continued. 



90298. Abelia floribunda (Mart, and 

 Gal.) Decaisne. Caprifoliaceae. 



A shrub 6 to 10 feet high with oblong 

 to ovate ciliate entire leaves 1 inch long 

 and terminal cymes of tubular red-purple 

 flowers nearly 2 inches long. It is na- 

 tive to Mexico. 



I Abelia triflora R. Br. Capri- 

 foliaceae. 



A shrub, native to the Himalayas, up 

 to 15 feet high, with corrugated bark, 

 ovate-lanceolate leaves 2 to 3 inches 

 long, and terminal clusters of rosy white 

 fragrant flowers. 



For previous introduction see 76552. 



90300 to 90302. Arundinaria spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Bamboo. 



90300. Arundinaria angulata (Munro) 

 Porterfield. Square bamboo. 



This bamboo takes its name from 

 the distinctly 4-sided shape which the 

 culms of the larger sizes assume. 

 Small culms show this character little 

 or not at all. According to Mitford, 

 the species grows to a height of 30 

 feet near Osaka, Japan. Stout spines 

 are said to form at the lower nodes. 

 The mature culms are reported to be 

 exceedingly tough and hard and to 

 have been much in demand for walk- 

 ing sticks among the Buddhist monks. 

 An old Chinese record states that the 

 young shoots of this bamboo were 

 prized above those of all others as an 

 esculent. There are five to eight 

 rather thin leaves on a branchlet of 

 a small plant. The secondary veins 

 are three to four on each side of the 

 midrib and the intermediate veins four 

 to five. 



90301. Arundinaria sp. 



Received as Bantbusa Kan Tsiku. 

 The small plant of this bamboo re- 

 ceived has medium-green leaves, four 

 to six on a branch, and up to 214 

 inches long by % inch wide. The 

 internodes of the branches are quite 

 short, which crowds the leaves together 

 and gives a distichous appearance to 

 the foliage. There are three pairs of 

 secondary veins, with four to seven 

 intermediates. The tessellation is 

 rather open. 



90302. Arundinaria murielae Gamble. 



A handsome bamboo understood to 

 grow to a height of 10 to 15 feet. It 

 is reported to produce dense masses 

 of culms, which is unusual for hardy 

 bamboos. The culms turn to a rich 

 yellow with age. and there are one 

 to many branches at the nodes. On 

 small plants the branches bear two to 

 three leaves up to 2% inches long by 

 & inch wide. There are usually three 

 pairs of secondary veins, and the inter- 

 mediates are five to eight. The tessel- 

 lation is rather close. 



90303. Berberis sargentiana C. Schneid. 

 Berberidaceae. Sargent barberry. 



A black-berried barberry from western 

 Hupeh, China, which reaches a height 

 of 7 feet. This is the only evergreen 

 barberry which has proved entirely 

 hardy at the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass. 



For previous introduction see 63338. 



