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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



95688 to 95705 — Continued 



shrub with glossy green leaves, fragrant 

 white flowers, and small yellow edible 

 fruits. Under cultivation this may 

 prove a good hedge plant for rocky pine- 

 la ml. 



95696 to 95698= Fassiflora spp. Passi- 

 floraceae. 



95696. Passiflora cupraea L. 



No. 2562. Collected near Arthur 

 Town. Cat Island, Bahamas, January 

 4, 1932. A rather attractive vine with 

 dark-brown leathery leaves and flowers 

 of a coppery hue. The small fruits, 

 the size of marbles, turn dark purple 

 or almost black when ripe. 



95697 and 95698. Passiflora pectixata 

 Griseb. 



A red-fruited species with attractive 

 foliage of thickish dark-green leaves. 



95697. No. 2569. Collected January 

 5, 1932 on Conception Island. 



95698. No. 2569-A, Collected Janu- 

 ary 6. 1932 on Rum Key. 



95699. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Faba- 

 ceae. Common bean. 



No. 2566. Collected January 4, 1932 on 

 Cat Island. A white or yellowish-white 

 flowered bean with pure white beans 

 which is a vigorous grower and may he 

 a perennial. It is cultivated in the corn- 

 fields here by the colored folks who eat 

 it wher they cannot get the pigeonpea. 



95700. Phoexix roebelexii O'Brien. 

 Phoenicaceae. Roebelen date palm. 



No. 2560. Collected at Old Fort, Nas- 

 sau, New Providence Island, January 31, 

 1932. 



For previous introduction see 75225. 



95701. Pixus pixea L. Pinaceae. 



Italian stone pine. 



No. 7. A large tree up to 80 feet high, 

 with long horizontal branches eventually 

 forming a flat crown. The rigid acute 

 bright-green leaves are 5 to 8 inches long, 

 and the broadly ovate chestnut-brown 

 cones, 4 to 6 inches long, Bear reddish- 

 brown seeds nearly 1 inch long. It is 

 native to southern' Europe. 



95702 and 95703. Sesamum oriextale L. 

 Pedaliaceae. Sesame. 



95702. No. 8. Collected on Cat Island. 



95703. No. 2556. Benni seed. Col- 

 lected January 2, 1932 at Nassau, 

 New Providence Island. A white- 

 seeded strain. A good cooking oil is 

 made from the seed and is used in 

 making cakes and candies. 



95704. Gouaxia lupcloides (L.) Urban. 

 Rhamnaceae. 



No. 2559. Collected January 3, 1932 

 near Grant Town, Nassau, New Provi- 

 dence Island. A woody vino, native to 

 the West Indies up to 25 feet high, 

 climbing by coiled tendrils. The thin 

 cordate serrate leaves are 1 to 4 inches 

 long ; the small yellow flowers are borne 

 in pubescent racemes and are followed by 

 broadly winged fruits half an inch long. 



95705. Talixum paxiculatum (Jacq.) 

 Gaertn. Portulacaceae. 



No. 2567. Collected January 2, 1932 

 near Grant Town, Nassau, New Provi- 

 dence Island. An ornamental .shrub with 



95688 to 96705— Continued 



smooth dark-green slightly fleshy obovate 

 leaves and loose panicles of deep pink 

 flowers followed by tiny papery pods, 

 filled with dark-brown seeds. 



For previous introduction see 68863. 



95706 to 96383. Soja max (L.) Piper 

 (Glycine hispida Maxim.). Faba- 

 ceae. Soybean. 



From Chosen. Seeds arranged for by the 

 Dorsett and Morse expedition and sent 

 through the American consulate at 

 Tokyo, Japan. Received January 26, 

 1932. 



A collection of soybeans presented by the 

 Seisen Shijo (western branch) of the Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station of the Chosen 

 Government, Shariin, October 24, 1931. 



95706 to 95718. From the Zenra-Nando 

 Prefecture. 



95706. No. 7971. Station no. 1. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with dark- 

 brown hilum ; heavily mottled with 

 brown. 



95707. No. 7972. Station no. 2. Me- 

 dium large, olive-yellow with dark 

 brown hilum ; slightly mottled with 

 brown. 



95708. No. 7973. Station no. 3. Me- 

 dium small green with brown hilum ; 

 green germ ; slightly mottled with 

 brown. 



95709. No. 7974. Station no. 4. Me- 

 dium size, straw to olive-yellow with 

 a pale hilum ; slightly mottled with 

 brown. 



95710. No. 7975. Station no. 5. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with pale 

 hilum ; slightly mottled with brown. 



95711. No. 7976. Station no. 6. Me- 

 dium size, straw to olive-yellow with 

 pale hilum : slightly mottled with 

 brown. 



95712. No. 7977. Station no. 7. Me- 

 dium size, black with yellow germ. 



95713. No. 7978. Station no. 8. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with brown 

 hilum ; slightly mottled with brown. 



95714. No. 7979. Station no. 9. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with brown 

 hilum ; slightly flattened ; slightly 

 mottled with brown. 



95715. No. 7980. Station no. 10. Me- 

 dium small, green with light-brown 

 hilum ; germ green. 



95716. No. 7981. Station no. 11. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with pale 

 hilum ; heavily mottled with brown. 



95717. No. 7982. Station no. 12. Me- 

 dium size, straw to olive-yellow 

 with pale hilum ; slightly mottled 

 with brown. 



95718. No. 7983. Station no. 13. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with pale 

 hilum ; heavily mottled with brown. 



95719 to 95740. From the Zenra-Hokudo 



Prefecture. 



95719. No. 7984. Station no. 14. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with pale 

 hilum ; slightly mottled with brown. 



95720. No. 7985. Station no. 15. Me- 

 dium siz>\ straw-yellow with pale 

 hilum ; slightly mottled with brown. 



