INVENTORY. 



55569 to 55572. 



From Cuenca, Ecuador. Seeds presented by Dr. Federico Malo. Received 

 July 24, 1922. Quoted notes by Doctor Malo. 



55569 to 55571. Medicago sativa L. Fabacese. Alfalfa. 



" These are from the principal localities where alfalfa is produced ; 

 that which conies from the town of Guanando is considered especially 

 good." 



55569. " From Dr. Jose A. Avilez, town of Guano." 



55570. "Purchased from Paula Iza, who brought it from Cuchi- 

 bamba, near Ambato." 



55571. " Obtained from Antonio Moyano and said to have been 

 grown at Guanando." 



55572. Trifolium eepens L. Fabacese. White clover. 



" This white-flowered clover from the vicinity of Burgay, near Bib- 

 lian, is produced spontaneously ; the stock are very fond of it." 



55573 and 55574. Phaseolus aureus Koxb. Fabacese. 



Mung bean. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by George S. Logan, 

 through the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, United States 

 Department of Commerce. Received July 6, 1922. 



These two varieties of the mung bean were originated at the Lamao Ex- 

 periment Station. The mung bean is cultivated throughout southern Asia 

 and the adjacent islands, where its seeds constitute a very important human 

 food and its straw a valuable fodder. 



55573. Yellow mongo. 55574. Green mongo. 



55575 to 55578. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanacese. 



Tomato. 



From Bogota, Colombia. Seeds presented by Q. U. Thompson. Received 

 July 25, 1922. 



These tomatoes are introduced from various places in Colombia in the 

 hope of finding a strain which will prove immune to leaf-spot, a serious 

 pest in this country. 



55575. From Bogota. 55577. From Fusagasuga. 



55576. From Girardot. 55578. From San Antonio de Tena. 



x It should be understood that the varietal names of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and 

 other plants used in these inventories are those which the material bore when received 

 by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction and, further, that the printing of 

 such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in this coun- 

 try. As the different varieties are studied, their identity fully established, their en- 

 trance into the American trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in 

 American literature becomes necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing in 

 these inventories will be subject to change with a view to bringing the forms of the 

 names into harmony with recognized American codes of nomenclature. 



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