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92800 to 92882 — Continued. 



92864. No. 6883. Kwang hsi hung shift, 

 a yellow tomato. 



92865. No. 6884. Ta hsi hung shih, a 

 large tomato. 



No. 6885. Hsiao hsi hung shih, 

 small tots tomato. 



92867 and 92868. Momordica charantia 

 L. Cucurbitaceae. Balsam-pear. 



From the East Market, Peiping, March 

 2, 1931. 



92867. No. 

 squash. 



No. 

 squash. 



6890. Lai k ic a, horn 

 6894. K'u kwa, bitter 



92869 and 92870. 

 Poaceae. 



Panicdm miliacedm L. 

 Proso. 



From the village of Chingtien, 10 miles 

 south of Peiping, February 24, 1931. 



No. 6802. Shutzu. A variety 

 of millet with white seeds. 



92870. No. 6803. 

 low seeds. 



A variety with yel- 



92871 and 92872. Phaseolus vulgaris L. 

 Fabaceae. Common bean. 



92871. No. 6800. From the village of 

 Chingtien, 10 miles south of Peiping. 

 A white garden bean. 



92872. No. 6878. Pai yun ton, white 

 garden bean. From the village of 

 Hsiangtang, 25 miles north of Pei- 

 ping. 



92873. Rhododendron metternichii Sieb. 

 and Zucc. Ericaceae. 



Leatherleaf rhododendron. 



No. 7736. From the Manshu Nosan 

 Shokai (Inc.), wholesale seed growers 

 and dealers, Dairen, Manchuria, Feb- 

 ruary 11, 1931. A shrub 12 to 15 feet 

 high, native to Japan. The oblanceolate 

 leaves, 2 to 5 inches long, are dark green 

 above and gray tomentose beneath ; and 

 the pale to deep rose-pink campanulate 

 flowers, 2 to 3 inches across, are borne in 

 loose clusters. 



92874 and 92875. Soja max (L.) Piper 



{Glycine hispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 



Soybean. 



Presented by Yen Yi Chai, at the vil- 

 lage of Chingtien, 10 miles south of 

 Peiping. 



92874. No. 6797. Cat eye. 



92875. No. 6798. A green soybean. 

 92876 to 92880. Spinacia oleracea L. 



Chenopodiaceae. Spinach. 



92876. No. 6868. From a Chinese 

 seedsman, southwest of Peiping, 

 February 19, 1931. 



Nos. 92877 and 92878 were grown 

 in the vicinity of Dairen, Manchuria, 

 and presented by the Manshu Nosan 

 Shokai (Inc.), wholesale seed growers 

 and dealers, February 27, 1931. 



92877. No. 6871. Yuen leu. 



92878. No. 6872. San Juae. 



Nos. 92879 and 92880 were obtained 

 in the East Market, Peiping, March 

 2, 1931. 



92879. No. 6886. Chin po tsai, autumn 

 spinach. 



92800 to 92882 — Continued. 



. No. 6887. Huo yueh tsai, fire 

 leaf spinach. A summer variety. 



92881. Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) Fru- 

 wirth. Fabaceae. 



No. 6874. Tsai ton, vegetable bean 

 (long pod). A small oblong, rather flat, 

 black bean with a prominent white hilum. 

 From the village of Hsiangtang, pre- 

 sented by Chu Li Chi. 



92882. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. 

 Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



No. 6799. From the village of Ching- 

 tien, 10 miles south of Peiping, Feb- 

 ruary 24, 1931. A brown-eyed cowpea. 



92883 to 92932. 



From Mexico, Central America, and the 

 West Indies. Material collected by G. N. 

 Collins and J. H. Kempton, with the 

 Allison V. Armour expedition to Mexico 

 and the West Indies, 1931. Received 

 April 14, 1931. 



92883. Fouquieria sp. Fouquieriaceae. 



No. 9177. Cuttings collected south 

 of La Paz, Lower California, March 30, 

 1931. 



The fouquierias are small trees or 

 shrubs which become leafless in dry 

 weather. The fleshy obovate leaves are 

 produced from the axils of the thorns, 

 and the showy tubular flowers are in 

 terminal racemes. 



92884 and 92885. Gossypium harknessii 

 T. S. Brandeg. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



No. 9189. Collected on Carmen Is- 

 land, April 3 and 4, 1931. A shrubby 

 perennial plant forming rounded clumps 

 2 to 3 feet high, with angled branches, 

 broadly cordate leaves, and sulphur-yel- 

 low flowers 2 to 3 inches across. It is 

 native to Lower California. 



92884. Plants. 



92885. Cuttings. 



92886. Persea Americana Mill. (P. gra- 

 tissima Gaertn. f.). Lauraceae. 



Avccados- 



No. 9152. Seeds collected above Tec- 

 pan, Guatemala, at 10,000 feet altitude, 

 March 11, 1931. A wild avocado which 

 is frost resistant. 



92887. Tripsacum sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 9197. Plants collected at San Sal- 

 vador, March 5, 1931. A grass with 

 hairy sheaths. 



92888. Tripsacum sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 9198. Plants collected at Santa 

 Cruz de Naranja, Guatemala, March 9, 

 1931. A grass with smooth sheaths 

 which is cultivated in the region of Los 

 Tezsinte. 



92889. IBERVILLEA SONORAE (S. Wats.) 



Greene {Maximowiczia sonorae S. 

 Wats. ) . Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 9193. Root collected on the Es- 

 peritu Santo Islands, April 1, 1931. An 

 ornamental, watermelonlike vine with a 

 large root which projects above the 

 ground. The leaves are 4 inches broad, 

 twice three cleft, with the lobes coarsely 

 sinuate toothed. The ovate fruits, 1 to 

 2 inches long, have a thick fleshy rind 

 which while green is covered with about 

 10 longitudinal rows of white dots ; 

 when ripe the fruit becomes amber 

 colored. 



