14 .-ZED- AUTD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



55626 to 55632— Continued. 



55632. Curcuma zedoasia (Bergius) Roscoe. Zinziberacea^ 



"(No. 857.) Rhizomes of ' hak sam keung" (black-hearted ginger); 

 the flowers are rich pink, and a dark purple in the center of the leaves, 

 as well as in the rhizome, gives the plant its name. It is found most 

 abundantly in sandy soil in thickets and along streams and is a very 

 promising ornamental for semitropical regions" 



55633 to 55645. Psumrs mume Sieb. and Zuce. Ainygclalaceae. 



Japanese apricot. 



From Lokong. Kwangtung. China. Seeds presented by the Canton Christian 

 College, through F. A. McClure. Received August 14. 1922. The 



Canton Christian College observation numbers are in parentheses. 



55633. (No. 601.5-B2) Vha Ip mui. 



55634. (No. 601.5-C) CM Ip mui. 



55635. (No. 601. IS i Hak Lok Tsai mui. 



55636. (No: 601 -Ei Hang mui. 



55637. (No. 601.11-B'i Hank mui chit. 



55638. (No. 601.7-C) Hung mui. 



55639. (No. 601.6-C-C'i Xgo Shu mui. 



55640. (No. 601.19) Still Xgan Au mui. 



55641. (No. 601.10-C) Tai mui. 



55642. (No. 601.20) Tai Wang Wat mui. 



55643. (No. 601.4-C2I Tai Wat Tsing mui. 



55644. (No. 601.4-D.i Tai Wat Tsing mui. 



55645. i Xo. 601. S-C I Wang Wat mui. 



55646. Medicago sativa L. Fabacea?. Alfalfa, 



From Peking. China. Purchased from Dr. R. G. Mills. Received August 

 19, 1922. 



Native-grown seeds introduced for alfalfa breeding experiments. 



55647 to 55668. 



From Canton. China. Seeds presented by G. Weidman Groff. general 

 director. Canton Christian College. Received May 22. 1922. Numbered 

 September, 1922. Quoted notes by F. A. McClure. of the Canton Christian 

 College. 



The Canton Christian College introduction numbers are in parentheses. 

 Native names romanized from the Cantonese dialect. 



55647 to 55650. Aleukites Montana (Lour.) Wilson. Euphorbiaceae. 



Mu-oil tree. 



"This is the mu-uu shu (literally, wood-oil tree I of southern China. 

 It is less hardy than the rung-oil tree. Alcurites fordii. and 2-year-old 

 specimens growing at Tallahassee. Fla.. were killed by cold in February. 

 1917. The oil is practically identical with tung oil. The fruit differs 

 from that of A. fordii in having an irregularly ridged surface when 

 mature and the young leaves in being much more deeply lobed than those 

 of that species.'" I R. A. Young.) 



55647. •■ Shek Lut. or Tung Yau Tzz. Secured in the autumn of 1921 

 through Rev. F. Fritz, from Moilim. northeastern Kw 



55648. "(No. 785.)" 55650. '-(No. 7S9.V 



55649. "(No. TSS.r 



For an illustration of the young tree, see Plate I. 



