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92779 to 92797— Continued. 



92794 to 92796. Rubus spp. Rosaceae. 



92794. Rubus inopertus Focke. 



A climbing shrub with stout stems 

 and ovate green leaflets. The short- 

 pedicelled flowers are either axillary 

 or clustered at the tips of the branches. 

 Native to southern and central China 

 at an altitude of about 6,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 66606. 



92795. Rubus occidentals L. 



Common blackcap. 



A raspberry with very glaucous 

 stems often 10 feet long, rooting at 

 the tips. The compound leaves are 

 made up of three to five ovate, doubly 

 serrate leaflets, light green above and 

 white tomentose beneath. The white 

 flowers, less than an inch across, are 

 borne in few-flowered corymbs and are 

 followed by hemispheric, purple-black, 

 bloomy, edible fruits. It is native to 

 the eastern part of the United States. 



For previous introduction see 11514. 



92796. Rubus xaxthocarpus Bur. and 

 Franch. 



A perennial Chinese climber, 1 to 4 

 feet long, sparsely prickly or unarmed, 

 which dies to the ground every year. 

 The edible fruit is composed of many 

 golden drupes. Native to central and 

 northwestern China. 



For previous introduction see 53540. 



92797. Solanum jasmixoides P a x t. 

 Solanaceae. Jasmine nightshade. 



A twining shrub up to 20 feet high, 

 native to Brazil. The lower leaves have 

 three narrow, ovate, entire leaflets and 

 the upper ones are lanceolate and en- 

 tire. The star-shaped white flowers, 1 

 inch across, are tinged with blue and 

 are borne in short dense racemes. 



92798 and 92799. Solanum melongena 

 L. Solanaceae. Eggplant. 



From Morocco, Africa. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. E. Meige, chief, Service de l'Experi- 

 mentation Agricole, Rabat. Received 

 April 15. 1931. 



Introduced for the use of specialists 

 working on eggplant wilt. 



92798. Europienne. 92799. Marocaine. 

 92800 to 92882. 



From Peiping. China. Seeds collected by 

 P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agri- 

 cultural explorers, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. Received April 15, 1931. 



92800 to 92804. Benincasa hispida 

 (Thunb.; Cogn. Cucurbitaceae. 



Wax gourd. 



A collection of commercial varieties, 

 purchased in a seed store in Peiping for 

 the use of department specialists. 



92800. No. 6793. 



92801. No. 6796. A winter gourd 

 seen commonly in Peiping. 



92802. No. 6895. Shih ping tung 

 kwa, persimmon-cake, winter squash. 



92803. No. 6904. Yang tung Icwa, 

 foreign winter gourd. 



92804. No. 6907. Tung kwa, winter 

 gourd. 



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92800 to 92882 — Continued. 



92805. Cei/tis koraiensis Nakai. Ulma- 

 ceae. Hackberry. 



No. 7735. Presented by Manshu Nosan 

 Shokai (Inc.), wholesale seed growers and 

 dealers, Dairen, southern Manchuria, 

 China. A tree up to 40 feet high, native 

 to Chosen, with coarsely serrate, broadly 

 ovate leaves 4 to 6 inches long and dull- 

 orange, ovoid fruits a quarter of an inch 

 long. 



92806. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbita- 

 ceae. Cucumber. 



No. 6814. From the Botanical Gar- 

 den, Peiping, February 24, 1931. A late 

 cucumber. 



92807 to 92837. Cucurbita spp. Cucur- 

 bitaceae. 



A collection of commercial varieties 

 collected for the use of department 

 specialists. 



92807 and 92808. Cucurbita maxima 

 Duchesne. Squash. 



92807. No. 6820. Honan Province 

 bamboo shoot squash ; from the 

 Botanical Garden, Peiping, Febru- 

 ary 24, 1931. 



92808. No. 6827. Wu Kuan south 

 squash (Japanese variety) ; from 

 the Botanical Garden, Peiping. 



92809. Cucurbita pepo L. Pumpkin. 



No. 6908. From the East Market, 

 Peiping, March 2, 1931. Yang hsi hulu, 

 meaning foreign western gourd. 



92810 to 92825. CUCURBITA MOSCHATA 

 Duchesne. Cushaw. 



92810. No. 6794. From a seed store 

 outside of Peiping. A variety 

 grown in the vicinity of Peiping. 



Nos. 92811 to 92820 are from the 

 Botanical Garden, Peiping, Febru- 

 ary 24, 1931. 



92811. No. 6818. Flat or persim- 

 mon-cake south squash. This is 

 reported to have originally come 

 from Chengtu, Szechwan. 



92812. No. 6819. Early 1000 per 

 cent sugar south squash. 



92813. No. 6821. Golden squash of 

 Shansi Province. 



92814. No. 6822. Early Wu Kuan 

 sugar squash, a Japanese variety. 



92815. No. 6824. South squash of 

 Kaopinghsien, Shansi Province. 



92816. No. 6825. West capital 

 south squash. 



92817. No. 6826. Peiping south 

 squash. 



92818. No. 6828. So mien south 

 squash. 



92819. No. 6830. Chrysanthemum 

 south squash. 



92820. No. 6832. South squash of 

 Longlinghsien, Hunan Province. 



92821. No. 6870. Fang gwa. Pre- 

 sented by the Manshu Nosan 

 Shokai (Inc.), wholesale seed 

 growers and dealers. 



. No. 6877. Long-stem pump- 

 kin from the village of Hsiang- 

 tang, 25 miles north of Peiping. 



