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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



56401 to 56437— Continued. 



56417. "(No. 13c. Yihsien, Shan- 

 tung.) Typical nuts from the 

 market." 



56418. "(No. 14c. Wulipu, Shan- 

 tung.) Typical nuts from the 

 market of this town, which is about 

 1% miles southwest of Tsingchow." 



For an illustration of this, see 

 Plate IV. 



56419. "(No. 15c. Shangyen, Shan- 

 tung.) Typical nuts from the 

 market." 



56420. " (No. 16c. Tsingchow, Shan- 

 tung. September 15, 1922.) Typ- 

 ical nuts from an orchard about 

 2J^ miles southwest of Tsingchow." 



56421. "(No. 39c. Fenchow, Shansi.) 

 Typical nuts from a nut-cracking 

 establishment." 



56422. "(Nos. 52c and 55c. Hsin- 

 chuang, Chihli.) Large, rough, 

 thick-shelled nuts from wild trees." 



56423. " (No. 56c.) Exact source for 

 these nuts in China not known." 



56424. "(No. 57c. Tsinan, Shan- 

 tung.) Typical nuts from the 

 market." 



56425. " (No. 64c.) Exact source for 

 these nuts in China not known." 



56426. Juglans sp. 



Walnut. 



"(Nos. 47c, 48c, 50c, and 51c. Hsin- 

 chuang, Chihli.) Local types of wal- 

 nuts." 



56427. Lentilla lens (L.) W. F. Wight. 

 Fabacese. (Lens esculenta Moench.) lentil. 



" (No. 25c. Yihsien, Shantung.) Lentil 

 seeds obtained in the market." 



56428. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Fabacese. 



Mung bean. 

 "(No. 31c. Yihsien, Shantung.) Pur- 

 chased on the streets." 



58429. Pinus bungeana Zucc. Pinacese. 

 White-barked pine. 

 " (Nos. 40c and 49c. Shansi.) Seeds from 

 a planted forest east of Pingting. The erect, 

 slender trees were not more than 20 or 25 feet 

 tall. The wood was found to be very brittle." 



56430 to 56434. Soja max (L.) Piper. Faba- 

 cese. (Glycine hispida Maxim.) Soybean. 



56431. ("Nos. 28c and 29c. 

 Shantung.) Bought on the 



and 

 Yihsien, 

 street." 



56430. 



56431. 



Yellow beans. 



Black beans. 



and 56433. "(Nos. 37c and 38c. 

 Taiyuan, Shansi.) From tbe market." 



56432. Big roundish yellow beans. 



56433. Black beans. 



56434. "(No. 43c. Taiyuan, Shansi.) 

 From the market." 

 Green roundish beans. 



56435 to 56437. 

 Fabacese. 



Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. 

 Cowpea. 



56435. "(No. 26c. Yihsien, Shantung.) 

 From the market." 



Red string beans. 



56436. "(No. 30c. Yihsien, Shantung.) 

 From the market." 



White string beans. 



56401 to 56437— Continued. 



56437. "(No. 41c. Taiyuan, Shansi.) 

 From the market." 

 Pinkish beans. 



56438. Wasabia pungens Mats. Bras- 

 sicacese. (Eutremawasabi Maxim.) 



From Yokohama, Japan. Plants purchased 

 from the Yokohama Nursery Co. Received 

 February 5, 1923. 



A Japanese perennial belonging to the mustard 

 family, with large bright-green, heart-shaped, long- 

 stemmed leaves and white flowers borne in clusters 

 on a flowering stalk over 3 feet in height. The long 

 roots are about an inch in diameter, grayish, with 

 many knots. In the humid valleys in Japan this 

 plant is often spontaneous and is much cultivated 

 on the banks of little streams near dwellings. The 

 grafted roots are uced in the same manner as ordi- 

 nary horse-radish and by many are considered to 

 be superior in all ways. (Adapted from Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Co., Les Plantes Potageres, p. 646.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41567. 



56439. Castanea sp. Fagacese. 



Chestnut. 



From Lancaster, Pa. Nuts presented by J. F. 

 Jones. Received February 3, 1923. 

 "Nuts sent to me by the Kinshan Arboretum, 

 near Shanghai, China. I do not know where they 

 were originally collected." (Jones.) 



56440. Trifolium pratense L. Fa- 

 bacese. Red clover. 



From Milan, Italy. Seeds purchased from 

 Fratelli Ingegnoli. Received February 19, 

 1923. 



' 'This clover was grown in clay soil in dry regions 

 in the mountains of central Italy at an altitude of 

 about 1,300 feet, where the climate is hot and the 

 rains infrequent. Olives are grown in the same 

 regions." (Fratelli Ingegnoli.) 



56441. Trifolium pratense L. Fa- 

 bacese. Red clover. 



From Budapest, Hungary. Seeds purchased 

 from the Hungarian Seed Culture Co. Re- 

 ceived February 10, 1923. 



Locally grown Hungarian red-clover seed intro- 

 duced for department specialists engaged in clover- 

 breeding experiments. 



56442 to 56444. 



From Ibarra, Ecuador. Seeds presented by 

 Jose Felix Tamayo. Received February 10, 

 1923. Quoted notes by Sefior Tamayo. 



56442 and 56443. 

 56442. 



Phaseolus spp. Fabacese. 



Phaseolus coccineus L. 



Scarlet Runner bean. 



' 'A wild perennial climber with brown 

 beans which grows here in Ibarra and in 

 the Chota Valley." 



56443. Phaseolus lunatus L. 



Lima bean. 



' 'Perennial climbing plants which grow 

 at altitudes of 5,000 to 8,000 feet in arid 

 or semiarid places where there is an 

 abundant supply of water available." 



66444. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Faba- 

 cese. Cowpea. 



"A small wild annual, said to be of bushy 

 habit, from the hot humid region in the lower 

 part of the Rio Mira, where the beans are 

 eaten by the natives." 



