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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



96519 to 96527 — Continued 



A tree with 3- to 5-lobed cordate ser- 

 rulate leaves 2 to G inches long, native 

 to Manchuria and Chosen. The small 

 flowers are in slender pendulous racemes 

 3 to 4 inches long and are followed by 

 winged fruits which spread almost hori- 

 zontally. 



For previous introduction see 90654. . 



96521. Daphxiphyllum glaucescexs 

 Blume. Euphoibiaceae. 



An East Indian tree with entire ob- 

 long-lanceolate leaves, inconspicuous flow- 

 ers, and fleshy drupes. 



96522. Daphxiphyllum maceopodum Mi- 

 guel. Euphorbiaceae. 



An evergreen shrub with elliptic-ob- 

 long, dark-green leathery leaves 5 to 8 

 inches long, inconspicuous flowers, and 

 small ellipsoidal fruits in axillary ra- 

 cemes 3 inches long. Native to eastern 

 Asia. 



96523. Iris mixuta Franch. and Sav. 

 Iridaceae. 



A curious little yellow-flowered beard- 

 less iris, apparently only known as a 

 cultivated plant in Japan, but said to 

 grow wild in Chosen (Korea). The 

 flowers, which appear in April or May, 

 have short, pale-yellow standards, and 

 the rounded falls are marked with 

 brown. The leaves are short at flower- 

 ing time, but eventually reach a height 

 of about 12 inches. 



96524. Leucothoe keiskei Miquel. Eri- 

 caceae. 



A slender spreading evergreen Japa- 

 nese shrub with ovate-oblong remotely 

 crenate-serrate leaves 1 to 3 inches long 

 and axillary and terminal racemes of 

 large white cylindrical flowers closely re- 

 sembling the American L. racemosa. 



96525 to 96527. Rhododendrox spp. Eri- 

 caceae. 



96525. Rhododexdrox reticulatum D. 

 Don. (R. dilatation Miquel). 



A much-branched deciduous Japa- 

 nese shrub up to 25 feet high belong- 

 ing to the section Sciadorhodion. The 

 branchlets are yellow brown ; the reti- 

 culate broadly ' ovate leaves. 2 to 3 

 inches long, are in clusters of 2 to 3, 

 and the slightly 2-lipped, rotate-cam- 

 panulate flowers are rose purple to 

 magenta. There are two forms — the 

 ordinary form with 10 stamens, often 

 called R. rhombicum, and a form with 

 5 stamens called R. dilatation. 



For previous introduction see 95542. 



96526. Rhododexdrox sp. 



96527. Rhododexdrox sd. 



96528 and 96529. 



From England. Plants purchased from 

 V. N. Gauntlett & Co., Ltd., Japanese 

 Nurseries. Chiddingfold. Surrey. Re- 

 ceived February 8, 1932. 



96528. Loxicera chaetocarpa Render. 

 Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckle. 



An upright shrub about 6 feet high, 



native to western China, with oblong 



leaves, nodding yellowish flowers, and 

 red fruits. 



For previous introduction see 76582. 



96528 and 96529 — Continued 



96529. Loxicera pyrexaica L. Caprifo- 

 liaceae. Pyrenees honeysuckle. 



A small upright shrub 3 to 4 feet high, 

 native to southern Europe. The leaves 

 are ovate to oblong, blue-green above and 

 whitish below, and the nodding flowers, 

 on slender stalks, are pinkish white and 

 nearly an inch long. The subglobose 

 berries are red. 



96530 to 97251. 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 February 6, 

 1932. 



A collection of soybeans presented by 

 the Seisen Shijo (western branch) of the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station of the 

 Chosen Government, Shariin, October 24, 

 1931. 



Notes by TV. J. Morse. 



96530 and 96531. Medium size, straw-yel- 

 low with brown hilum. 



96530. No. 8649. Station no. 679. 



96531. No. 8650. Station no. 680. Lit- 

 tle purple spot. 



96532. No. 8651. Station no. 681. Me- 

 dium large, straw-yellow with dark- 

 brown hilum ; slightly mottled with 

 brown. 



96533. No. 8652. Station no. 682. Me- 

 dium small, straw- to olive-yellow with 

 brown hilum ; mottled 'with dark 

 brown. 



96534. No. 8653. Station no. 683. Me- 

 dium small, straw-yellow with brown 

 hilum ; heavily mottled with dark 

 brown. 



96535. No. 8654. Station no. 684. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with light- 

 brown hilum. 



96536 and 96537. Medium size, straw-yel- 

 low with brown hilum. 



96536. No. 8655. Station no. 685. 

 Mottled with brown. 



96537. No. 8656. Station no. 686. 

 Slightly flattened. 



=.. No. 8657. Station no. 687. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with a light- 

 brown hilum. 



96539. No. 8658. Station no. 688. Me- 

 dium-size, straw-yellow with pale 

 hilum ; heavily mottled with brown. 



96540. No. 8659. Station no. 689. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with pale 

 hilum ; heavily mottled with brown ; 

 more or less purple spot. 



96541. No. 8660. Station no. 690. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with brown 

 hilum ; heavily mottled with brown. 



96542. No. 8661. Station no. 691. Me- 

 dium small, straw-yellow with brown 

 hilum. 



96543 and 96544. Medium size, straw-yel- 

 low with brown hilum ; slightly mot- 

 tled with brown. 



96543. No. 8662. Station no. 692. 



96544. No. 8663. Station no. 693. 



