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90451 to 90515— Continued. 



Nos. 90465 and 90466 were received 

 from a bean-sprout factory in Pei- 

 ping, October 25, 1930. 



90465. No. 7535. A medium-sized glossy 

 green bean witb white hilum ; con- 

 sidered the best variety for sprouts ; 

 originally from Kalgan. 



90466. No. 7538. A medium-sized dull- 

 green bean with white hilum, known 

 as hairy mung bean. It is used for 

 sprouts, bean vermicelli, and bean 

 noodles. 



90467. No. 7559. From the Botanical 

 Garden, West Peiping gate, Peiping. 

 A medium-small dull-green bean ; 

 used for bean sprouts and bean ver- 

 micelli. 



90468. Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb. Fa- 

 baceae. Rice bean. 



No. 7560. From the Botanical Garden, 

 West Peiping gate, Peiping, October 28, 

 1930. A mixture of medium-small yellow- 

 ish-green and brown beans. 



90469. Pinus bungeana Zucc. Pinaceae. 



Lacebark pine. 



No. 7427. From the Winter Palace, 

 near the Jade Buddha, at Peiping, Octo- 

 ber 23, 1930. A tree 700 years old, which 

 branches rather low, 



90470 to 90474. Pisum sativum L. Faba- 

 ceae. Pea. 



From the Botanical Garden. W^st Tei- 

 ping gate, Peiping, October 28, 1930. 



90470. No. 7551. Peiping small yellow 

 field pea. A very light-buff round 

 pea. 



90471. No. 7552. Peipiyvg green field 

 pea. A medium-sized wrinkled light- 

 green pea with green germ. 



90472. No. 7553. Peiping large yellow 

 field pea. A medium-sized nearly 

 round very light-buff pea. 



90473. No. 7554. Lang tou (early Ger- 

 man pea). A medium-sized slightly 

 wrinkled light-green pea. 



90474. No. 7555. Ssu chiran (white 

 pea). A medium-sized slightly wrin- 

 kled light-buff pea. 



90475 to 90506. Soja max (L.) Piper (Gly- 

 cine hispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 



Soybean. 



Nos. 90475 to 90478 were from Taiping- 

 chuang, October 22, 1930. 



90475. No. 7407. A medium-small light- 

 green oval slightly flattened bean 

 slightly mottled with brown ; hilum 

 brown. 



90476. No. 7408. Early small green. 

 A medium-small slightly flattened 

 light-green bean with pale hilum ; 

 germ yellow. 



90477. No, 7409. A medium-small ob- 

 long much-flattened black bean with 

 yellow germ. Said to be a tall- 

 growing sort with vining terminal. 



90478. No. 7410. A medium-sized oval 

 slightly flattened green bean with 

 pale hilum and green germ. 



90479 and 90480. From Nanchuangying, 

 October 22, 1930. 



90479. No. 7413. A medium-sized, 

 much-flattened black bean with 

 green germ. 



90451 to 90515 — Continued. 



90480. No. 7414. A medium-sized 

 oval yellow bean with brown hi- 

 lum. 



Nos. 90481 to 90485 were collected at 

 Tahsinfeng, October 22, 1930. 



90481. No. 7415. A medium-sized oval 

 slightly flattened light-green bean 

 with pale hilum and yellow germ. 



90482. No. 7416. A medium-small ob- 

 long much-flattened black bean with 

 yellow germ. 



90483. No. 7417. A medium-sized oval 

 dark-green bean with light-brown 

 hilum and green germ. 



90484. No. 7418. A medium-small ob- 

 long slightly flattened green bean 

 with brown hilum and yellow germ. 



90485. No. 7419. A medium-sized oval 

 yellow bean with brown hilum. 



Nos. 90486 and 90487 were collected 

 in a bean-sprout factory, Peiping, 

 October 25, 1930. 



90486. No. 7533. A medium-sized oval 

 green bean with brown hilum. This 

 variety comes from the southwestern 

 part of the Peiping district and is 

 used for green soybean sprouts. 



90487. No. 7534. A medium-sized oval 

 yellow bean with brown hilum. This 

 variety comes from the southwestern 

 part of the Peiping district and is 

 used for making yellow soybean 

 sprouts. 



Nos. 90488 to 90490 were collected 

 from the Liu Lo Grain Shop, Peip- 

 ing, October 27, 1930. 



90488. No. 7540. A medium-small ob- 

 long glossy black bean with yellow 

 germ. Used as forage and also in 

 the making of a dried form of natto. 



90489. No. 7541. A medium-sized oval 

 green bean with brown hilum and 

 green germ. Used for green bean 

 sprouts. 



90490. No. 7542. A medium-sized oval 

 yellow bean with brown hilum, very 

 similar to Easycook variety. Used 

 for making bean curd. 



Nos. 90491 to 90498 were from the 

 Botanical Garden, West Peiping 

 gate, Peiping, October 28, 1930. 



90491. No. 7543. Peiping jam-colored 

 bean. A medium-sized oval glossy 

 brown bean. 



90492. No. 7544. A mixture of black- 

 seeded sorts, very similar to the old 

 Wilson variety [19183]. Seed va- 

 ries from medium small to medium ; 

 from slightly flattened to flat ; some 

 have yellow germ, others green. 



90493. No. 7545. A medium-small 

 much-flattened black bean with yel- 

 low germ, very similar to the Cloud 

 variety [16790]. Used for forage 

 and in making a dry nattolike prod- 

 uct. 



90494. No. 7546. Peiping cat's eye 

 bean. A medium-large oval black 

 bean marked with brown concentric 

 rings. Similar to Meyer variety 

 [17852]. It is soaked in water and 

 used roasted. 



