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90545 to 90585 — Continued. 



90567. No. 6477. From Changchun dis- 

 trict. 



Nos. 90568 to 90570 ; locality not 

 known. 



90568. No. 6478. 90570. No. 6480. 



90569. No. 6479. 



90571. No. 6481. From the Changchun 

 district. 



90572. No. 6482. Locality not known. 



90573. No. 6483. From Changchun to 

 the Harbin district. 



90574. No. 6484. From near Chang- 

 chun. 



90575. No. 6485. Locality not known. 



90576. No. 6486. From near Chang- 

 chun. 



Nos. 90577 to 90579; locality not 

 known. 



90577. No. 6487. 90579. No. 6489. 



90578. No. 6488. 



90580. No. 6446. Collected near Kung- 

 chuling by M. Ohara, of the Man- 

 sbu Nosan Shokai, Dairen, Novem- 

 ber 12, 1930. A very viny plant 

 with small dull-black seed which 

 grows abundantly in waste places. 



90581. Trifolium lupinaster L. Faba- 

 ceae. Clover. 



No. 6447. Collected near Kungchuling 

 by M. Ohara, November 12. 1930. This 

 may be of value for forage and green 

 manure. 



90582 to 90585. Vicia spp. Fabaceae. 



Vetch. 



Collected by M. Ohara, November 12, 

 1930. 



90582 and 90583. Vicia amoena Fisch. 



Collected near Kungchuling. 



90582. No. 6460. 



90583. No. 6462. Variety oolongv 

 folia. 



90584. Vicia cracca L. Cow vetch. 

 No. 6452. Collected near Dairen. 



90585. Vicia unijuga A. Br. 



No. 6465. Collected near Dairen. 



90586 and 90537. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. W. Docters van Leeuwen, Di- 

 rector, Botanic Garden. Received De- 

 cember 18, 1930. 



90586. Livistona jenkinsiana Griffith. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



An East Indian palm 20 to 30 feet 

 tall with a thick round crown. The 

 leaves are used for covering tops of 

 boats and umbrellas. 



For previous introduction see 46697. 



90587. Livistona rotdndifolia (Lam.) 

 Mart. Phoenicaceae. Java fan palm. 



An erect pinnate-leaved palm, native 

 to tropical Asia, about the same size as 

 the coconut palm. The hard, durable 

 wood is used for general construction. 



For previous introduction see 72599. 



90588 to 90648. 



From Tiflis, Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 publics. Seeds presented by the Director 

 of the Botanic Garden. Received De- 

 cember 18, 1930. 



90588 to 90592. Acer spp. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



90588. Acer cappaoocicum Gleditsch 

 (A. laetum C. Mey.). 



Coliseum maple. 



A tree up to 50 feet high, native 

 to the Caucasus region and eastward 

 to western China. The 5-lobed to 

 7-lobed cordate leaves are 3 to 6 

 inches across, and tbe greenish-yellow 

 flowers, in upright corymbs, are fol- 

 lowed by spreading winged fruits. 



90589. Acer divergens Koch and Pax. 



A tree, native to the Caucasus re- 

 gion, with ash-brown bark and leath- 

 ery 5-lobed leaves which are dark 

 green above and pale beneath. 



For previous introduction see 64290. 



90590. Acer hyrcanum Fisch. and Mey. 



A southern European maple of com- 

 pact habit, about 25 feet high, with 

 bright-green 5-lobed leaves and green- 

 ish-yellow flowers which are followed 

 by winged fruits about 1 inch long. 



For previous introduction see 64291. 



90591. Acer insigne Boiss. and Buhse. 



A large tree with deeply cordate 

 leaves 5 to 10 inches across, having 

 five coarsely crenate-serrate lobes. The 

 flowers are borne in large erect pani- 

 cles. It is native to the Caucasus 

 region and northern Persia. 



90592. Acer monspessolanum ibbri- 

 cdm (Bieb.) Pax. 



A form of the Montpelier maple with 

 larger leaves, having the inner lobes 

 slightly 3-lobed and obtuse. It is na- 

 tive to the Caucasus region. 



to 90607. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 

 Onion. 



90593. Allium affine Ledeb. 



An onion about 18 inches high, with 

 semicylindrical leaves and a dense 

 umbel of white flowers on an erect 

 slender scape. Native to Persia and 

 the Caucasus. 



90594. Allium albidum Fisch. 



A species with clustered oblong 

 bulbs, very narrow semiterete leaves, 

 and white or yellowish-white flowers. 

 Native to the southern part of the 

 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 



For previous introduction see 59346. 



90595. Allium atroviolaceum Boiss. 



This onion, a native of Asia Minor, 

 has very narrow flat leaves about 2 

 feet long, and dark-purple flowers in 

 a many-flowered globular umbel. 



90596. Allium charaulicum Fomin. 



A Caucasian onion with filiform 

 leaves and white flowers, marked with 

 reddish lines, in a rather dense umbel, 

 on a scape 6 to 8 inches high. 



90597. Allium daghestanicum Hort. 



A name for which a place of publi- 

 cation and a description have not been 

 found. 



