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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



93542. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Ernil 

 Makrinius, Concordia, Oaxaca. Received 

 June 8, 1931. 



Indian name, Chise. Corn grown in the 

 mountains 10,000 feet above sea level. It 

 matures in 11 months. 



93543. Gossypitjm davidsonii Kellogg. 

 Malvaceae. 



From San Marco Island, Lower California, 

 Mexico. Seeds presented through E. H. 

 Page, Oakland, Calif. Received June 8, 

 1931. 



For previous intrc duction and description 

 see 92901. 



93544. MlCHELIA CHAMPACA L. Mag- 



noliaceae. Champac. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by P. H. 

 Rolfs, Consultor Technico de Agricul- 

 tura do Estado de Minas Geraes. Re- 

 ceived June 8, 1931. 



A tall evergreen tree, native to the Hima- 

 layas, with pubescent branchlets, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate leaves 8 to 10 inches long, and axil- 

 lary, usually solitary, pale-yellow fragrant 

 flowers 2 inches across. 



For previous introduction see 73860. 



93545. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Emil 

 Makrinius, Concordia, Oaxaca. Received 

 June 8, 1931. 



Introduced for the use of department 

 specialists. 



93546 and 93547. Lophira alata 



Banks. Dipterocarpaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the con- 

 servator of forests, Forestry Department. 

 Accra, Gold Coast. Received June 9, 

 1931. 



A large tree, native to tropical Africa, 

 with obovate, crispate-undulate, coriaceous 

 leaves 30 inches long, and terminal, pyram- 

 idal panicles of creamy white flowers 1 

 to 2 inches across. The fruit is subtended 

 by the calyx, one lobe of which is enlarged 

 to 4 inches long and is crimson when the 

 nut is ripe. 



93546. Oda No. 1. Collected in a high 

 forest in the Oda district near Foso. 



93547. Kumasi No. 2. Collected in a sa- 

 vanna forest in northwest Ashanti, a 

 few miles south of Kintampo. 



93548. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulaceae. 



From El Cayo. British Honduras. Tubers 

 collected by H. H. Bartlett. director, de- 

 partment of botany, University of Michi- 

 gan, Ann Arbor. Received June 9, 1931. 



Wild sweetpotatoes, obtained from the 

 Indians at San Antonio, a Maya village in 

 the Cayo district. These tubers are used as 

 food by the Indians. 



93549. PlMENTA OFFICINALIS Lilldl. 



Myrtaceae. Allspice. 



From Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. Seeds 

 presented by Harold L. Lyon, in charge, 

 department of botany and forestry, ex- 

 periment station of the Hawaiian Sugar 

 Planters Association. Received June 9, 

 1931. 



93549— Continued. 



A small tree, native to tropical America, 

 whose unripe berries, when dried, form the 

 allspice of commerce. It prefers a hot 

 rather dry climate, with alluvial, well- 

 drained soil. 



For previous introduction see 55102. 



93550 to 93554. Sorghum vulgare 

 Pers. Poaceae. Sorghum. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 publics. Seeds presented by the Insti- 

 tute of Applied Botany. Leningrad. 

 Received June 10, 1931. 



A collection of native varieties of dwarf 

 broomcorn from Turkmenistan. 



93550. Archman. C. I. No. 1005. 



93551. Bairam-Ali. C. I. No. 1006. 



93552. Duslu-Tepe. C. I. No. 1004. 



93553. Mokhtum-Kala. C. I. No. 1003. 



93554. Tolotan. C. I. No. 1007. 



93555. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



Yam. 



From China. Tubers collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received November 7, 1930. Numbered 

 in June, 1931. 



No. 7313. From Fou Chow Ssu Temple, 

 September 29, 1930. Aerial tubers of a 

 yam with cylindrical roots ; one of the 

 small-tubered yams of northern China. 



93556. Pieris sp. Ericaceae. 



From China. Seeds presented by T. D. 

 Payne, China Inland Mission, Luchang, 

 Yunnan. Received June 11, 1931. 



A small tree collected at 5,000 feet alti- 

 tude in latitude 26° north. 



93557 to 93571. Soja max (L.) Piper 

 (Glycine hispida Maxim.). Faba- 

 ceae. Soybean. 



From Manchuria and Japan. Seeds collec- 

 ted by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, 

 agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received June 12, 1931. 



Nos. 93557 to 93566 were received 

 through the Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha 

 (Ltd.), Dairen, Manchuria. 



Nos. 93557 to 93559 came originally from 

 Yinkkou, Manchuria. 



93557. No. 7930. A mixed sample of me- 

 dium to medium-small yellow varieties, 

 used for oil and oil meal. 



93558. No. 7931. Green. A medium-sized 

 light yellowish-green bean with pale 

 hilum and yellow germ. 



93559. No. 7932. Paimei tou (white eye- 

 brow). A medium-sized oval, very 

 light-yellow bean with pale hilum. 



93560. No. 7933. Paimei tou (white eye- 

 brow). Medium-small to medium- 

 sized oval, light-yellow beans with pale 

 hilum ; originally from Mukden (Feng- 

 tieng), Manchuria. 



93561. No. 7934. Gliing yuan tou (excel- 

 lent grade) . An oval light-yellow bean 

 of medium size with light-brown hilum ; 

 originally from Tielling, Manchuria. 



