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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



92800 to 92882 — Continued. 



No. 6878. Sliih ping wo kwa, 

 persimmon-cake or flat pumpkin, 

 from the village of Hsiangtang. 



92824. No. 6888. Pa leng wo kwa, 

 8-cornered pumpkin, from the 

 East Market, Peiping. 



92825. No. 6902. Chang pa wo 

 kwa, long stem pumpkin. From 

 the East Market, Peiping, March 2, 

 1931. 



92826 to 92837. Cucurbita pepo L. 



Pumpkin. 



92826. No. 6795. Prom a seed 

 merchant outside of the city. A 

 variety commonly grown in the 

 vicinity of Peiping. 



Nos. 92827 to 92830 were collected 

 at the Botanical Garden, Peiping, 

 February 24, 1931. 



92827. No. 6817. Peiping west 

 gourd. 



92828. No. 6823. Bamboo short 

 squash. Originally from Kaifeng, 

 Honan Province. 



92829. No. 6829. Large flower horn 

 squash. 



92830. No. 6831. Bitter Mongolia 

 squash. 



92831. No. 6879. Ghiao kwa, foot 

 squash, from the village of Hsiang- 

 tang, 25 miles north of Peiping. 



92832. No. 6880. Hung chiao kwa, 

 red-foot squash, from the village 

 of Hsiangtang. 



Nos. 92833 to 92837 were obtained 

 in the East Market, Peiping, March 

 2, 1931. 



92833. No. 6889. Chiao kwa, foot 

 squash. 



92834. No. 6891. Toar nan kica, 

 peach shape south squash. 



92835. No. 6892. Nan kwa, south 



92836. No. 6893. Shih tzu nan kwa, 

 persimmon south squash. 



92837. No. 6903. Hsi hulu, western 

 gourd. 



Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyra- 

 ceae. Kaki persimmon. 



No. 7744. Seeds found in persimmons 

 from the Toli region. These fruits are 

 said to have thicker skins than persim- 

 mons from other regions, and, as a rule, 

 are seedless. 



Dolichos lablab L. Fabaceae. 



Hyacinth bean. 



No. 6875. Pien ton, a flat bean with 

 pods, said to be edible. From the village 

 of Hsiangtang, 25 miles north of Peiping. 



92840. Gossypium Nanking Meyen. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



No. 6801. From Chingtien, 10 miles 

 south of Peiping, February 24, 1931. 

 This is said to be a Chinese long-staple 

 cotton. 



Nos. 92841 to 92868 are a collection of 

 commercial varieties obtained for the use 

 of department specialists. 



92841 to 92847. Lagenaria leucantha 

 (Duchesne) Rusby. (L. vulgaris Se- 

 ringe). Cucurbitaceae. Calabash gourd. 



92800 to 92882— Continued. 



92841. No. 6881. Ching hulu, green 

 gourd ; from the village of Hsiang- 

 tang. 



Nos. 92842 to 92847 were obtained in 

 the East Market, Peiping, March 2, 

 1931. 



92842. No. 6896. Tu hulu, oil dipper 

 gourd. 



92843. No. 6897. Huo kuo hulu, cricket 

 gourd. 



92844. No. 6898. Hsiao tung yang 

 hulu, small Japanese gourd. 



92845. No. 6899. Ta ya ya hulu, large 

 ornamental gourd. 



92846. No. 6900. P'iao hulu, water dip- 

 per gourd. 



92847. No. 6901. Hsiao ya ya hulu, 

 small ornamental gourd. 



92848. LUFFA ACUTANGULA (L.) Roxb. 



Cucurbitaceae. Singkwa towelgourd. 



No. 6815. Canton 8-corner gourd. 

 From the Peiping Botanical Garden, Feb- 

 ruary 24, 1931. 



LUFFA CYLINDRICA (L.) 



Roemer (L. aegyptiaca Mill.). Cucur- 

 bitaceae. Suakwa towelgourd. 



92849. No. 6816. Peiping thread gourd. 

 From the Botanical Garden, Febru- 

 ary 24, 1931. 



92850. No. 6882. Ssu kwa, thread 

 gourd. From the village of Hsiang- 

 tang. 



92851. No. 6905. Hsien ssu kwa, a 

 thread gourd from the East Market, 

 Peiping, March 2, 1931. 



92852. No. 6906. Pen ssu kwa, a thread 

 gourd from the East Market. Pei- 

 ping, March 2, 1931. 



92853 to 92866. Lycopersicon esculen- 

 tum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



Nos. 92853 to 92862 were obtained in 

 the Botanical Garden, Peiping, February 

 24, 1931. The Chinese call tomatoes 

 foreign eggplants. 



92853. No. 6804. Huang se chieh, yel- 

 low foreign eggplant. 



92854. No. 6805. Peiping chieh, Pei- 

 ping foreign eggplant. 



92855. No. 6806. Early ssubakus ali- 

 ana. 



92856. No. 6807. Ten hung tan chieh. 



92857. No. 6808. An early small red 

 tomato. 



92858. No. 6809. Hung se tau chieh, a 

 red tomato. 



92859. No. 6810. Yen se tan chieh, 

 beautiful color, foreign eggplant. 



92860. No. 6811. An early tomato. 



92861. No. 6812. Early kus ali. 



92862. No. 6813. Kuantung fan chieh, 

 Manchurian tomato. 



92863. No. 6869. Hong yuen. A Chi- 

 nese variety presented by the Man. 

 shu Nosan Shokai (Inc.), wholesale 

 seed growers and dealers, Dairen, 

 Manchuria. 



Nos. 92864 to 92866 were obtained in 

 the East Market, Peiping, March 2. 

 1931. 



