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56075 to 56079. 



From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Seeds presented by Dr. Mario Cal- 

 vino, director, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received December 

 30, 1922. Quoted notes by Doctor Calvino. 



56075 and 56076. Phaseolus linatus L. Fabacese. Lima bean. 



" The following Lima beans are cultivated in Cuba." 



56075. Light-red beans. 56076. Dark-red beans. 



56077 to 56079. Yigna spp. Fabaceaa. 



56077. Vigna cylindrica (Stickm.) Skeels. Catjang. 



" Frijol precioso. ' 



56078 and 56079. Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) Fruwirth. 



Yard-Long bean. 



56078. " Habichuela china, negra" 



56079. "Habichuela china variegata." 



66080 to 56117. 



From Yunnan, China. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer of the United States Department of Agriculture. Received De- 

 cember 6, 1922. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 



56080 to 56083. Castanea spp. Fagacese. Chestnut. 



56080. Castanea sp. 



"(No. 6682. September 29, 1922.) A tree 60 to 100 feet tall, 

 with trunk 4 to 5 feet in diameter, and hard, tough dark-brown 

 wood, found at an altitude of 8,200 feet, and very common, four 

 and a half days' journey west of Talifu, beyond a village called 

 Paitoupu and 40 li (12 miles) from Yungping, where it forms dense 

 forests. The leaves are large, broadly ovate, coarsely serrate, glossy 

 above and silvery beneath. The burs are borne in spikes, with 

 thick, green, short spines in spiral ridges, similar to those of Cas- 

 ta iipri firm at a. The nuts are very small, someth ng like those of the 

 chinquapin, and very sweet and palatable. The natives cut the 

 tree for firewood a foot above the ground ; it ratoons very freely, 

 sending forth shoots from the old stump. I have not seen any evi- 

 dence of disease in any of the trees of this species, although I have 

 examined many trees. The timber is excellent, being used for 

 building purposes." 



For an illustration of the trunk of this chestnut, see Plate IV. 



56081. Castanea sp. 



"(No. 6683. September 30, 1922.) A tree 50 to 60 feet high, 

 with a straight trunk 1 to 2* feet in diameter and ascending- 

 branches, found in yellow clay loam -in forests 20 li (6 miles) from 

 Paitoupu, four and a half days' journey west of Talifu, at an alti- 

 tude of 8,200 feet. The dark-green leathery leaves are very hand- 

 some, and the numerous burs, larger than those of the following 

 [S. P. I. No. 56082], are borne in lateral spikes. The nuts are very 

 sweet and delicious. These trees are perfectly healthy. Trees of 

 this species are also found on the western slopes of the Tsangshan 

 Range, but their fruits are all attacked by worms." 



56082. Castanea sp. 



"(No. 6683a. September 30, 1922.) A tree of the same size as 

 the preceding [S. P. I. No. 56081] and with leaves similar but a 

 paler green, found in the mountains 20 li (6 miles) from Paitoupu 

 near a hamlet called Shiaoshui. The burs are smaller, with the 

 spines arranged differently, and shorter and sharper. The nuts 

 are the same size." 



