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91678 to 91734— Continued. 



91725. No. 6755. Akazu (red bean). A 

 medium-sized oval seal-brown bean 

 with yellow germ. 



91726. No. 6756. Usouseita (crow's early 

 Dean). A medium-sized bluish-green 

 nearly round bean with black hilum 

 and yellow germ. 



91727. No. 6757. Komujomukon. A me- 

 dium-sized oval slightly flattened black 

 bean with yellow germ. 



91728. No. 6758. Chuikon. A very small 

 nearly round light-brown beau, very 

 similar to Brownie, No. 17256. 



91729. No. 6759. Kokaita. A medium- 

 sized oval greenish-yellow bean with 

 brown hilum. 



Nos. 91730 to 91734 were obtained at 

 Kungchuling, Manchuria, January 30, 

 1931 ; mixed samples of yellow-seeded 

 varieties from various sources, graded 

 by the Grade Conference of the South 

 Manchurian Railway, in December, 1930. 



91730. No. 6767. Excellent, Grade No. 

 1, used for soy sauce and miso. 



91731. No. 6768. Grade No. 1. 



91732. No. 6769. Grade No. 2. 



91733. No. 6770. Grade No. S. 



91734. No. 6771. Grade No. I 



91735 to 91742. 



From Medellin, Colombia, South America. 



Seeds presented by Dr. W. A. Archer, 



Escuela de Agricultura. Received Feb- 

 ruary 28, 1931. 



91735. Cipuba palddosa Aubl. Irida- 

 ceae. 



No. 5. Collected November 9, 1930, 

 at Medellin. A beautiful dwarf bulbous 

 plant with narrow lanceolate grasslike 

 leaves 12 to 15 inches high. The light- 

 blue flowers, not over 1 inch in diameter, 

 are similar in color to those of Iris pal- 

 lida dalmatica. It is native to the 

 Guianas. 



For previous introduction see 37877. 



91736. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulaceae. 



Morning-glory. 



No. 1. Collected at Medellin, Novem- 

 ber 9, 1930. A dwarf morning-glory 3 to 

 4 feet high, with blue flowers. 



91737. Meriania nobilis Triana. Melas- 

 tomaceae. 



No. 7. Amarrooolla. Collected at 

 Santa Elena, December 28, 1930. A 

 large tree with large purplish blossoms 

 which are very handsome. 



91738. (Undetermined.) 



No. 9. Lirio virginal. Collected De- 

 cember 28. 1930, at Santa Elena. Aerial 

 bulbils borne on the flower stalk of a 

 liliaceous plant. The flowers are said 

 to be white and to lock like a lily. 



91739. (Undetermined.) 



No. 6. Cortapico. Collected at Santa 

 Elena, December 28. 1930. A climbing 

 plant which grows 20 feet high. The 

 flowers :ire pale yellow with purple spots 

 and dark reddish sepals. 



91740. (Undetermined.) 



No. 2. A terrestrial orchid, collected 

 at Santa Elena, December 26, 1930. 



91735 to 91742— Continued. 



91741. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3. La Sierra. A terrestrial or- 

 chid, collected at Medellin, January 4 r 

 1930. 



91742. (Undetermined.) 



No. 4. A terrestrial orchid, collected 

 at Santa Elena in October, 1930. 



91743. (Undetermined.) 



From Indo-China. Seeds presented by the 

 Institut des Recherches Agronomiques de 

 Tlndochine, Division de Botanique. Re- 

 ceived February 28, 1931. 



Collected near Laokay between 4,500 and 

 6,000 feet altitude. A handsome sapona- 

 ceous tree 45 to 60 feet high, with golden 

 foliage. 



91744. Oastanopsis tribuloides (J. E. 

 Smith) A. DC. Fagaceae. 



From India. Seeds presented by R. N. 

 Parker, Forest Botanist, Dehra Dun, 

 United Provinces. Received March 2, 

 1931. 



An evergreen chinquapin from the sub- 

 tropical Himalayas, with small narrow 

 leaves and solitary nuts. The tree is usu- 

 ally 40 to 60 feet high. The bark is said 

 to yield a relatively large amount of tannin. 



For previous introduction see 71030. 

 91745 to 91760. 



From the West Indies. Seeds presented by 

 the Allison V. Armour expedition to Mexico 

 and the West Indies, 1931, through J. H. 

 Kempton, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received March 2, 1931. 



Nos. 91745 to 91747 were collected at the 

 Harvard Botanic Garden, Soledad, Cienfue- 

 gos, Cuba, February 10, 1931. 



91745. Botob tetbagoxoloba (L.) Kuntze 

 (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus DC). 

 Fabaceae. Goa bean. 



No. 9132. A summer vegetable with 

 winged pods, which are eaten like string 

 beans. The seeds are also eaten after 

 the pods are too tough to use. This 

 plant produces its seeds in the summer 

 after the other beans have matured. 



For previous introduction see 74529. 



91746. Chbysalidocabpds madagascabi- 

 ensis Beccari (Dypsis madagascarien- 

 sis Hort.). Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 9126. A graceful palm, native to 

 Madagascar, about 15 feet high, with 

 pinnate leaves 10 feet long, having the 

 segments arranged in fascicles and ap- 

 pearing to be in threes, giving a triangu- 

 lar effect. 



For previous introduction see 81511. 

 91747. Hibiscus sobobius L. Malvaceae. 



No. 9111. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 90919. 



91748 to 91758. Gossypidm spp. Malva- 

 ceae. Cotton. 



Nos. 91748 to 91753 were collected 

 February 11, 1931, on Grand Cayman, 

 Cayman Islands. 



91748. Gosstpium sp. 



No. 9138. A variety with green 

 fuzz. 



