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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



90537 to 90543— Continued. 



90539. Paulsen X Holscher; Gaines No. 



3 ; Fsolde. An early kidney-shaped po- 

 tato with yellow flesh and skin, shallow 

 'eyes, and faint hlue-violet flowers. It 

 is a good salad potato and does best on 

 sandy soil. Immune to canker. 



$0540. Paulsen X Holscher; Gaines No. 



4 ; Beate 1. A round-flat vigorous good- 

 flavored early potato with white flesh 

 and skin, branching pure-green foliage, 

 and white flowers. It is adapted to a 

 wide range of soil, is immune to can- 

 ker, and is of the highest commercial 

 quality. 



90541. Paulsen- X HoUcher ; Gaines No. 



5 ; Roland 1. A mid-late, very vigor- 

 ous, round and flattened potato with 

 white flesh, red skin, shallow dark-red 

 eyes, nearly pure green leaves, and red- 

 violet flowers. This potato is rich in 

 food value, does well on all soils, is 

 resistant to canker, and is of first- 

 class market quality. 



90542. Paulsen X Holscher; Gaines No. 



6 ; Goldadler. A mid-late potato with 

 long-oval round tubers, golden-yellow 

 flesh and skin, shallow eyes, strong 

 green vines, and light-blue violet flow- 

 ers with white star in center. It is 

 a new variety, immune from canker, 

 of medium quality, but stands han- 

 dling well. 



90543. Paulsen X Holscher; Gaines No. 

 7; Hellena. A canker resistant, late 

 potato with white flesh and skin, mid- 

 deep eyes ; long-round, very thrifty, 

 tall stems which are nearly pure green, 

 and white flowers. This is a first- 

 quality potato with a good flavor and 

 a high percentage of starch. 



90544. Ficus sp. Moraceae. 



From Mount Silinda, Southern Rhodesia, 

 Africa. Seeds presented by Dr. W. L. 

 Thompson. Received December 16, 1930. 



A handsome tree with large palmate 

 leaves resembling those of the horsechest- 

 nut, some of the leaflets being over a foot 

 in diameter. The tree grows to a height 

 of 50 feet, and both the pulp and the ker- 

 nels of the fruits are eaten by small ani- 

 mals and birds. 



90545 to 90585. 



From Manchuria. Seeds collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural ex- 

 plorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived December 17, 1930. 



Nos. 90545 to 90559 were collected by 

 M. Ohara, of the Manshu Nosan Shokai, 

 Dairen, in November, 1930. 



90545. Astragalus davuricus (Pall.) DC. 

 Fabaceae. Milkvetch, 



No. 6468. From near Kungling, No- 

 vember 12, 1930. 



90546. Cassia mimosoides L. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



No. 6453. From near Pulatien, No- 

 vember 11, 1930. 



90547. Ixdigofera kirilowii Maxim. Fa- 

 baceae. Kirilow indigo. 



No. 6466. From near Antung, Novem- 

 ber 12, 1930. 



90548. Lathtrus davidii Hance. Faba- 

 ceae. 



No. 6467. From near Dairen, Novem- 

 ber 12, 1930. A white-flowered climber, 



90545 to 90585 — Continued. 



3 to 4 feet high, with membranous tri- 

 foliolate leaves and yellowish-white 

 flowers. Native to northern China. 



90549 to 90556. Lespedeza spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Bushclover, 



90549. Lespedeza cyrtobotrxa Miquel. 



No. 6451. From near Dairen, No- 

 vember 11, 1930. 



90550 and 90551. Lespedeza daurica 

 (Laxm.) Schindler (L. medicagin- 

 oides Bunge). 



Collected near Dairen, November 11, 

 1930. 



For previous introduction see 65493. 

 90550. No. 6463. 90551. No. 6448. 



90552 and 90553. Lespedeza stipulacea 

 Maxim. 

 For previous introduction see 82075. 



90552. No. 6457. From near Kung- 

 chuling, November 11, 1930. 



90553. No. 6464. From near Dairen, 

 November 12, 1930. 



Nos. 90554 and 90555 were collected 

 near Chinchon, November 11, 

 1930. 



90554. Lespedeza tomextosa (Thunb.) 

 Maxim. 



No. 6454. 



For previous introduction see 89745. 



90555. Lespedeza virgata (Thunb.) DC. 

 No. 6461. 



For previous introduction see 62182. 



90556. Lespedeza sp. 



No. 6450. From near Dairen, No- 

 vember 11. 1930. 



90557. Melilotus indica (L.) All. Fa- 

 baceae. Sweetclover. 



No. 6456. From near Kungchuling, 

 November 11, 1930. 



90558. Melilotus suaveolexs Ledeb. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 6449. From near Ingchantzu, 

 November 12, 1930. 



90559. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Faba- 

 ceae. Mung bean. 



No. 6458. From near Ryojun, No- 

 vember 12, 1930. 



90560 to 90580. Soja max (L.) Piper (Gly- 

 cine liispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 



Soybean. 



Nos. 90560 to 90579 are a collection 

 of yellow-seeded varieties used for 

 oil and oil meal, collected at the 

 Dairen wharves November 14, 1930. 



90560. No. 6470. Said to have come 

 from between the Kungchuling dis- 

 trict and Changchun. 



Nos. 90561 to 90563 are from the 

 Changchun and Harbin districts. 



90561. No. 6471. 90563. No. 6473. 



90562. No. 6472. 



Nos. 90564 to 90566 ; locality not 

 known. 



90564. No. 6474. 



90565. No. 6475. 



90566. No. 6476. 



