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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



90451 to 90515— Continued. 



90495. No. 7547. A medium-sized oval 

 slightly flattened light glossy yellow- 

 bean with brown hilum ; used for 

 bean curd. 



90496. No. 7548. A medium-large oval 

 slightly flattened green bean with 

 brown hilum and green germ ; used 

 for green bean sprouts. 



90497. No. 7549. Chuo chou (large 

 green). A large oval green bean 

 with dark-brown hilum and green 

 germ. 



90498. No. 7550. Ho bei (large red). 

 A medium-sized, nearly round, dark- 

 brown bean. 



90499. No. 7561. Black and white. 

 From a street grain market, Peiping, 

 October 29, 1930. A medium-sized 

 oval greenish-yellow bean with black 

 hilum ; said to be grown at Kalgan. 



Nos. 90500 to 90506 came from the 

 Heian Nando Grain Inspection Of- 

 fice, Chinnampo, Chosen, October 29, 

 1930. 



90500. No. 7562. Hokkaido, grown in 

 Junsen, Chosen. A medium-sized 

 oval light glossy yellow bean with 

 light slate black hilum ; used for 

 bean curd, miso, and natto. 



90501. No. 7563. Honta, grown in San- 

 wamen village, Rynkogum, Chosen. 

 A medium-large oval light glossy 

 yellow bean with pale hilum. 



90502. No. 7564. Wante, grown in An- 

 gaku, Kokaido Prefecture, Chosen. 

 A medium-sized glossy straw to yel- 

 lowish green-colored bean which is 

 slightly mottled ; hilum brown. 



90503. No. 7565. Heiyo, grown in Jun- 

 sen, Chosen. A medium-sized oval 

 glossy yellow bean with pale hilum. 



90504. No. 7566. Ryugan (dragon eye), 

 grown in Junsen, Chosen. A me- 

 dium-sized oval glossy yellow bean 

 with black hilum. 



90505. No. 7567. Oxarukon, grown in 

 Tokusen, Chosen. A large oval 

 glossy yellow bean with pale hilum. 



90506. No. 7568. Honta, grown in Dai- 

 laimen village, Chosen. A medium- 

 large oval light glossy yellow bean 

 with pale hilum. 



90507 and 90508. Vicia faba L. Faba- 

 ceae. Broadbean. 



From the Botanical Garden, "West 

 Peiping gate, Peiping, October 28, 1930. 

 Varieties used as sprouts and as green 

 beans. 



90507. No. 7556. A medium-large, 

 much-flattened, light-tan bean with 

 dark-brown hilum. 



90508. No. 7557. A medium-small olive- 

 green bean with black hilum. 



90509 to 90515. Vigna spp. Fabaceae. 



90509. Vigna sesquipbdalis (L.) Fru- 

 wirth. Asparagus-bean. 



No. 7506. From Tahsinfeng, Octo- 

 ber 22, 1930. A mixture of medium- 

 sized black and reddish-pink varieties. 

 The green pods and also the dried 

 beans are used for food. 



90451 to 90515 — Continued. 



90510 to 90515. Vigna sinensis (Tor- 

 ner) Savi. Cowpea. 



Nos. 90510 to 90512 were from a 

 farmer in Tahsinfeng, October 22, 

 1930. 



90510. No. 7507. A medium-sized 

 white cowpea with brown hilum; 

 used for food. 



90511 and 90512. Mixed samples of 

 medium-sized pink and pink and 

 white cowpeas ; used for food. 



90511. No. 7509. 



90512. No. 7510. 



90513. No. 7511. From Nanchuang- 

 ying, October 22, 1930. A mixed 

 sample of medium-sized white cow- 

 pea with brown hilum and pink 

 cowpeas ; used for food. 



90514. No. 7512. From Taiping- 

 chuang, October 22, 1930. A me- 

 dium-sized white cowpea with 

 brown hilum ; used for food. 



90515. No. 7539. Purchased from 

 the Liu Ho Grain Shop, Peiping, 

 October 27, 1930. A medium- 

 sized cowpea, marbled brown and 

 gray (whippoorwill markings). 

 Used as a green vegetable bean 

 and also cooked in porridge and 

 soups. 



90516, Ficus calophylloides Elmer. 

 Moraceae. • Fig. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented by P. J. Wester, Bureau of Agri- 

 culture, Manila. Received December 8, 

 1930. 



Weeping fig. A large handsome spread- 

 ing tropical tree 70 feet high and 4 feet in 

 diameter, native to the Philippine Islands, 

 with elliptic leaves 5 inches long and flat- 

 tened globose yellowish-brown fruits. 



For previous introduction see 80417. 



90517 to 90523. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Dr. Don- 

 ald Reddick, Cornell University, in col- 

 laboration with Max Souviron, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received December 9, 

 1930. 



90517. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



No. 418. From Orizaba, Vera Cruz, 

 November 20, 1930. 



90518. Ceotalaria incana L. Fabaceae. 



No. 447. Near Guanajuato, Guana- 

 juato, November 27. 1930. A herbaceous 

 plant 20 to 30 inches high with yellow 

 and velvet purple flowers, found at an 

 altitude of 7,000 feet in a deserted mine 

 below the town. 



90519. Tigridia sp. Iridaceae. 



Tigerflower. 



No. 471. Collected in a garden be- 

 low the dam near Valenciana mine, 

 Guanajuato, November 27, 1930, at an 

 altitude of 8,000 feet. 



90520. (Undetermined.) 



No. 460. From San Juan del Rio, 

 Queretaro, November 25, 1930. A her- 

 baceous plant growing at an altitude of 

 7,000 feet on a rocky hillside. 



