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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



90330 to 90333 — Continued. 



90330. Ilmajoli. 



90331. Kauhajoki. 



90332. Eauvatsa. 



90333. NakMla. 

 90334 to 90423. 



From Cbibli Province. China. Seeds col- 

 lected by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, 

 agricultural explorers. Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received November 26, 1930. 



90334. Acer pictuh mono (Maxim.) Pax. 

 Aceraceae. Maple. 



No. 7295. From the mountain side 

 above the Chieh Tai Ssu Temple. A 

 maple which bears 3-pointed to 5-pointed 

 leaves. It is well worthy of a trial as 

 an ornamental. 



For previous introduction see 75666. 



90335. Actixostemma lobatum Maxim. 

 Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 7292. From the mountain side 

 near the Chieh Tai Ssu Temple, Septem- 

 ber 28. 1930. A vine which produces 

 interesting oblong fruits about an inch 

 in length. 



For previous introduction see 65500. 



90336. Astragalus melilotoides Pall. 

 Fabaceae. Milkvetch. 



No. 7318. Collected near the Tau 

 Chou Ssu Temple, about 50 miles from 

 Peiping. September 30, 1930. A white 

 or lavender-flowered melilotus, found 

 growing near the tops of very rocky 

 mountains where the soil is very thin. 



90337. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



Milkvetch. 



No. 7043. From Peiping, August 30, 

 1930. A milkvetch with flat pods, col- 

 lected east of the Temple of Heaven. 



90338. Bexixcasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. 

 Cucurbitaceae. "Waxgourd. 



No. 7315. From the Tau Chou Ssu 

 Temple. September 30, 1930. This Chi- 

 nese winter gourd weighed 20 pounds 

 and was 15 inches long and 10 inches 

 across. The rind, rather deep green on 

 the outside, fading to almost white, was 

 covered with a white bloom. The flesh, 

 about 1 inch thick, is white and fluffy 

 in appearance and is used by the Chi- 

 nese in meat pies, soups, and in other 

 ways. 



90339. Bexixcasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. 

 Cucurbitaceae. "Waxgourd. 



No. 7316. A winter gourd which 

 weighed 30 pounds ; it was over 12 

 inches in diameter and 14 inches long. 

 The rind was light green and the white 

 fle.sh 1 inch thick. 



90340. Caxarium album (Lour.) DC. 

 Balsa rneaceae. 



No. 7326. From Peiping. October 4, 

 1930. Purchased from a fruit vendor, 

 but originally from Fukien Province, 

 where it is known as the southern 

 olive. 



For previous introduction see 72886. 



90341. Caragaxa sp. Fabaceae. 



Pea-shrub. 



No. 7288. From the mountain side 

 near Chieh Tai Ssu Temple, September 

 28, 1930. A shrubby thorny plant with 



903S4 to 90423 — Continued. 



small leaves and small rather long seed 

 pods. This probably would make a good 

 hedge plant. 



90342. Caragaxa sp. Fabaceae. 



Pea-shrub. 

 No. 7321. From the small canyons 

 on the rocky mountain side near the 

 Tau Chou Ssu Temple. September 20, 

 1930. Appears to be the same as No 

 7288 [90341]. 



90343. Carpixus turczaxixovii Ha nee 

 Betulaceae. Hornbeam, 



No. 7298. From the mountain side 

 near the Chieh Tai Ssu Temple. Sep 

 tember 28, 1930. A tree over 16 inches 

 in diameter and 35 to 40 feet high 

 known locally as mountain elm. 



90344. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne 

 Cucurbitaceae. Squash 



No. 7314. Chinese name western 

 gourd. From the Tau Chou Ssu Tern 

 pie, September 30, 1930. A very hard 

 shelled greenish-yellow squash 10 inches 

 long and over 6 inches in diameter. The 

 light creamy yellow flesh, more than an 

 inch thick, looks pitted. The Chinese 

 use this squash in soups and meat pies, 

 and the seeds are dried and eaten like 

 watermelon and pumpkin seeds. 



90345. Euoxtmus sp. Celastraceae. 



No. 7405. From Peiping, October 15, 

 1930. A plant growing on the inside 

 wall of the east moat about the ancestral 

 hall in the Temple of Heaven grounds. 

 When the seeds are ripe the pods turn 

 a beautiful pink and open from below, 

 usually into four parts, and expose the 

 bright-red arils of the seeds. The leaves 

 are light green with pink petioles, the 

 pink color extending part way up the 

 midrib. 



90346. Fraxixds chixexsis rhyxcho- 

 phylla (Hance) Hemsl. Oleaceae. 



Ash. 

 No. 7297. From the mountain side 

 near the Tau Chieh Ssu Temple grounds, 

 September 28, 1930. An attractive 

 young tree 8 inches or more in diameter 

 and 40 to 50 feet high, with clusters 

 of very long narrow light greenish yellow 

 winged seed. 



90347 to 90349. Gleditsia sixexsis Lam. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. Chinese honeylocust. 



For previous introduction see 63184. 



Nos. 90347 and 90348 were collected 

 at the Hsiang Chieh Ssu Temple, 

 Patachu. in the Western Hills, Sep- 

 tember 26, 1930. 



90347. No. 7027. The soap-pod tree. 



90348. No. 7263. Tree 6 inches in di- 

 ameter and 18 feet tall, growing 

 on a dry rockv mountain side. The 

 pods are 9 to 10 inches long, straight 

 and flat, and over 1 inch wide ; the 

 beans are much finer than No. 7027 

 [90347], shorter and almost round. 



90349. No. 7403. Collected near Tau 

 Chieh Ssu Temple, in the Western 

 Hills, about 20 miles southwest of 

 Peiping, September 29. 1930. The 

 pods of this tree were 9 inches long. 



90350 to 90363. Lespedeza spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Bushclover. 



90350. Lespedeza stipulacea Maxim. 



No. 7262. From Patachu. September 

 26, 1930. Low-growing plants from 



