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90746 to 90776 — Continued. 



90764. No. 7571. Pi Ching (green 

 skin). A medium-sized oval green 

 bean with dark-brown hilum and 

 green germ. It is used for sprouts. 



90765. No. 7572. A medium-sized oval 

 glossy yellow bean with pale to 

 brown hilum ; used for bean curd, 

 soy sauce, and sprouts. 



90766. No. 7573. Golden, ear-ring. A 

 mixture of yellow-seeded varieties ; 

 used for sprouts, bean curd, and 

 soy sauce. 



90767. No. 7574. Mao Ching (hairy 

 green soybean). A medium-sized 

 oval green bean with dark-brown 

 hilum, used for sprouts. 



90768. No. 7582. Purchased at a small 

 grain store in Tungchou, November 

 4, 1930. A medium-sized oval green 

 bean with dark-brown hilum and 

 green germ ; used for sprouts. 



90769. Sorghum vulgare Pers. Poaceae. 



Sorghum. 



No. 7579. Red kaoliang. From Tung- 

 hsien, November 4, 1930. Medium-small 

 seed with red glumes. 



90770. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vulgare 

 Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 



No. 7424. From a farmer in the vil- 

 lage of Nanchuangying, not far from 

 Tangshan, October 22, 1930. 



90771. Vicia amoena Fisch. Fabaceae. 



Vetch. 



No. 7456. Collected near the Great 

 Wall at Chinglungchiao, November 6, 

 1930. A perennial hairy vetch, native to 

 Siberia, with erect stems up to 2 feet 

 high and purplish flowers. 



For previous introduction see 65291. 



90772. Vicu faba L. Fabaceae. 



Broadbean. 



No. 7580. From Tunghsien, November 

 4, 1930. A medium-sized light-tan bean 

 with black hilum ; used for sprouts. 



90773 to 90776. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) 

 Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



90773. No. 7508. From Nanchuang- 

 ying, October 22, 1930. A medium- 

 sized reddish-pink pea ; used for 

 food. 



Nos. 90774 to 90776 were collected at 

 Tunghsien, November 4, 1930. 



90774. No. 7575. A medium-sized white 

 cowpea with brown hilum. 



90775. No. 7576. A medium-sized cow- 

 pea with light whippoorwill mark- 

 ings. 



90776. No. 7577. A medium-sized red- 

 dish-pink cowpea. 



90777. Cltanthus dampieei A. Cunn. 

 Fabaceae. 



From South Australia. Seeds presented 

 by A. McTaggart, Council for Scientific 

 and Industrial Research, Canberra. Re- 

 ceived December 22, 1930. 



From Koonamore Vegetation Reserve. A 

 semishrubby perennial 2 to 4 feet high with 

 ascending or procumbent branches cov- 

 ered with long soft hairs. The compound 

 leaves are made up of 15 to 21 obovate 

 leaflets 1 inch long ; and the flowers, four 



90777 — Continued. 



to six in pendent racemes, are 3 inches 

 long and crimson or scarlet, with a hand- 

 some black-purple spot in the center. 



For previous introduction see 86711. 



90778. Trifolium pratense L. Faba- 

 ceae. 



Red clover. 



From England. Seeds purchased from Sut- 

 ton & Sons, The Royal Seed Establish- 

 ment, Reading. Received December 23, 

 1930. 

 Double-cut broad red clover, grown in 



Suffolk, England. 



90779. Coffea amara Bruijning. Ru- 

 biaceae. Coffee. 



From Madagascar. Seeds purchased from 

 Rev. P. A. Bjelde, Manambaro, Fort 

 Dauphin. Received December 23, 1930. 



A wild coffee, free from caffein. It has 

 a pleasant aroma but a bitter taste. 



For previous introduction see 54800. 



90780. Tigridia sp. Iridaceae. 



Tigerfiower. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Mrs. 

 Zelia Nuttall, Casa Alvarado, Coyoacan, 

 Distrito Federal, through Max Souviron, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received De- 

 cember 23, 1930. 



Mixed varieties from Mrs. Nuttall's gar- 

 den. 



90781 and 90782. Ceiba aesculifolia 

 (H. B. K.) Britt. and Baker. Bom- 

 bacaceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Max 

 Souviron, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived December 23, 1930. 



A medium-sized, diffusely branched tree, 

 20 to 30 feet high, with the trunk and 

 larger branches bearing stout coarse spines. 

 The leaves are palmately compound, with 

 five to seven elliptic or obovate leaflets 2 

 to 8 inches long, usually glaucescent be- 

 neath. The flowers, which are white at 

 first and turn brown with asre, nppear in 

 May, and the fruits ripen in October. The 

 down, consisting of fine unicellular hairs 

 about 1 inch long, may serve the same pur- 

 pose as kapok for mattresses, cushions, life 

 preservers, and insulation. This tree is 

 native from Vera Cruz across southern 

 Mexico to southern Jalisco and southward 

 to Guatemala. 



For previous introduction see 82409. 



90781. No. 9. From Tepecoacuileo, Guer- 

 rero, December 14, 1930, at an altitude 

 of about 2,000 feet. 



90782. From a different tree in the same 

 vicinity. 



90783. Passiflora foetida L. Passi- 

 floraceae. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented by J. S. Camus, Assistant Director, 

 through P. J. Wester, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received December 23, 1930. 



A rapid-growing trailing climbing vine 

 with small purple flowers and delicately 

 flavored yellow fruits less than 1 inch in 

 diameter. It is used as a cover crop for 

 coconuts and rubber, and should make an 

 interesting ornamental in the warmer parts 

 of Florida and California. 



For previous introduction see 67724. 



