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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



56459 and 56460. Malus spp. Ma- 

 lacese. Apple. 



From western Yunnan, China. Seeds collected 

 by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. Received 

 January 18, 1923. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 



56459. Malus sp. 



"(No. 6724. November 9, 1922.) A wild 

 apple tree 30 feet high, with wide-spreading 

 branches, found in sandy soil along water- 

 courses between Tsinchi and Chansi on the 

 Tengyueh-Sadon Trail, at an altixude of 6,500 

 feet. The very numerous dark-carmine long- 

 stemmed fruits are the size of small cherries." 



56460. Malus sp. 



"(No. 6734. November 12, 1922.) A wild 

 apple tree 25 feet high, with long whiplike 

 ascending branches, found in sandy loam on 

 the hills back of Mengka at an altitude of 

 5,700 feet. The dark-carmine fruits are half 

 an inch in diameter." 



56461. C A S T A NO P S I S ARGENTEA 



(Blursie) A. DC. Fagacese. Chestnut. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by 

 Carl Hartley. Received January 18, 1923. 



"Seeds of this edible chestnut were collected in 

 western Java." (Hartley.) 



An evergreen tree 50 to 60 feet high, with narrow 

 thin leaves 5 to 7 inches long and very dense clusters 

 of spiny burs; each bur is about 2 inches wide and 

 contains normally a single nut an inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 55811. 



56462. Datura innoxia Mill. Sola- 

 naceae. 



From San Luis Potosi, S. L. P., Mexico. 

 Seeds purchased through Walter F. Boyle, 

 American consul. Received January 18. 

 1923. 



Introduced for the use of specialists studying the 

 genus Datura. 



A plant with •;• purplish stem 3 to 4 feet high, with 

 several strong branches and oblong heart-shaped 

 leaves. The large erect, axillary white flowers are 

 succeeded by oval fruits which are covered with 

 long, soft, harmless spines. (A dapted from Journal 

 of the Washington Academy of Sciences, vol. 11, p. 

 179.) 



56463. Euterpe edulis Mart. Phce- 

 nicacese. Palm. 



From Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana. 

 Seeds presented by R. Ward, superintendent, 

 Botanic Gardens, through Dr. B. E. Dahl- 

 gren, of the Field Museum, Chicago, 111. 

 Received January 18, 1923. 



A shade-loving palm with a slender, generally 

 inclined trunk 30 to 40 feet in height and edible 

 fruits about the size of marbles. The inhabitants 

 of Para. Brazil, where this palm is native, prepare 

 a nutritious beverage from the thin coating of fibrous 

 flesh surrounding the seed. 



56464 to 56471. Saccharum offici- 

 narum L. Poacese. Sugarcane. 



From Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana. 

 Seeds presented by James Crabtree, super- 

 intendent, British Guiana Sugar-Planters' 

 Experiment Station. Received January 19, 

 1923. Quoted notes by Mr. Crabtree. 



" Ml of the following varieties grow strongly here 

 and do not appear to suffer from any disease, except 

 leaf spots on the Java seedlings. I have never seen 

 any evidence of mosaic disease on them. These are 

 not regarded as good commercial varieties here. 

 The minimum temperature in the sugar belt is 

 70° F." 



56464 to 56471— Continued. 



56464. Java 139. 56465. Java 2:28. 



"The three following varieties are very 

 closely similar." 



56466. Bamooo. 



56467. Uoa. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 

 No. 41154. 



56468. Zicinga. 



"The following thin purple canes are prob- 

 ably Indian; they produce fertile seeds and 

 the seedlings resemble the parent fairly 

 closely." 



BrekereU 



56470. Kaniba Kamba Sati. 



56471. Kara Kara Wa. 



56472 to 56477. 



From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 

 Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. Received Jan- 

 uary 24, 1923. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 



58472. Castanopsis sp. Fagacea?. Chestnut. 



"(No. 6729. Mengka. October 12, 1922.) 

 Seeds of a tree 50 to 60 feet high, which grows 

 in the mountains at an altitude of 6,500 

 feet. The glossy glabrous leaves are ovate- 

 acuminate and toothed near the apices, and 

 the burs, an inch to an inch and a half in 

 diameter, inclose two or three brown hairy 

 nuts in each bur. The bur is quite similar 

 to that of -Castanopsis armata." 



56473. Ligustrum sp. Oleacese. Privet. 



"(No. 7670. November 30, 1922.) Seeds 

 of a small tree 20 feet high, found in dense 

 forest on the Salwin Ridge at an altitude of 

 8,000 feet, This is evidently a very orna- 

 mental tree, judging by the large panicles, 

 which bear numerous bluish black fruits." 



56474 and 56475. Malus spp. Malacea?. 



Apple. 



56474. Malus sp. 



"(Puerhfu. December, 1922.) Seeds 

 of a wild apple tree which grows in the 

 hills at an altitude of 6,000 feet. The 

 small globose fruits are yellowish with a 

 tinge of pink on the sun-exposed side. 

 Obtained through Miss Clara Peterson, 

 a missionary of Puerhfu." 



56475. Malus sp. 



"(Puerhfu. December 6, 1922.) Seeds of 

 a wild apple tree obtained from the hills 

 at an altitude of 6.000 feet, by Miss Clara 

 Peterson, a missionary of Puerhfu." 



56476. Pyrus sp. Malacca?. Pear. 



"(Szemao. December, 1922.) Seeds of a 

 wild pear tree from the mountains; obtained 

 through Miss Clara Peterson, a missionary of 

 Puerhfu." 



584T 



RosAsp. Rosacea?. 



Pose. 



"(December 3, 1922.) Cuttings of a wild 

 rose found in the valley of the Upper Salwin. 

 It is very attractive with thousands of large 

 white flowers, each 3 inches across, and could 

 easily be trained on arbors. Strange to say, 

 the flowers are double; perhaps it is a sport." 



56478 to 56482. Saccharum offici- 

 narum L. Poacca>. Sugarcane. 



From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Seeds 

 presented by Dr. Mario Calvino. E 

 Experimental Agronomica. Received Janu- 

 ary 25, 1923. Quoted notes by Doctor Calvino . 



