OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1924 



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61916 to 61971— Continued. 



619S3. No. 618. September 16, 1924. 

 Green beans collected across the 

 river from Toli, Chihli. 



61934. No. 619. September 16, 1924. 

 Black beans collected across the 

 river from Toli, Chibli. 



61935 and 61936. Phaseolus vulgaris 

 L. Common bean. 



61935. No. 710. Liangchakou, Chihli. 

 September 19, 1924. Red beans. 



61936. No. 711. Liangchakou, Chihli. 

 September 19, 1924. White beans. 



61937. Physalis sp. Solanacea?. 



Ground cherry. 



No. 699. September 19, 1924. Pinkish 

 Yellow husk tomato collected near the 

 village of Taanshan. May prove of value 

 to plant breeders. 



61938. Pterocaeya stenopteka DC. Ju- 

 glandacese. Chinese wingnut. 



No. 295%. Shanghai. August 15, 1924. 

 Collected from the Bubbling Well ceme- 

 tery, a short distance from the grave of 

 Frank N. Meyer. The long, pendulous 

 catkins make this tree quite attractive. 



61939. Rhamnus globosa Bunge. Rham- 

 naeeae. Buckthorn. 



No. 697. September 19, 1924. From 

 the west side of one of the ranges of the 

 Western Hills, opposite the village of 

 Chianglou. This shrubby, thorny plant, 

 which may be ornamental and may also 

 prove to be a good hedge plant, was 

 found growing in very exposed places. 



61940 to 61952. Soja max (L.) Piper 

 {Glycine hispida Maxim.) . Fabaceae. 

 Soy bean. 



61940 to 61943. Peking. September 4, 

 1924. From plants growing in the 

 Peking Botanical Garden. 



61940. No. 503. Originally from Che- 

 lin. The plants are 2 feet or more 

 high and quite vigorous. 



61941. No. 504. Large, green soy 

 beans from vines about 3 feet in 

 height. 



61942. No. 505. Originally from 

 Shansi. Large, green soy beans 

 from vines about 3 feet in height. 



61943. No. 506. Originally from Ja- 

 pan. These soy beans are large 

 and green ; the vines are about 3 

 feet high. 



61944. No. 568. September 9, 1924. 

 an almost round, creamy yellow soy 

 bean collected between Anshan and 

 Kepo, Chihli, 75 to 100 miles east of 

 Peking. 



61945. No. 569. September 9, 1924. 

 Collected between Anshan and Kepo, 

 Chihli. A creamy soy bean some- 

 what larger than No. 568 [S. P. I. 

 No. 61944]. 



61946. No. 570. September 9, 1924. 

 Brown soy beans mottled with black, 

 collected between Kepo and Wan- 

 kuankechuang. Not nearly so com- 

 mon as the creamy yellow type, No. 

 568 [S. P. I. No. 61944]. 



61947. No. 586. September 10, 1924. 

 An almost round, creamy yellow soy 

 bean, with a brown eye, collected be- 

 tween Kepo and Toukoankechuan. 



61916 to 61971— Continued. 



61948. No. 587. September 10, 1924. 

 Brown and black striped soy beans, 

 collected between Toukoankechuan 

 and Kepo, Chihli. 



61949. No. 604. Shihmen. Chihli. Sep- 

 tember 11, 1924. This black-seeded 

 soy bean, from a field near the rail- 

 way station, is only seen occasionally. 



61950. No. 606. Shihmen, Chihli. Sep- 

 tember 11, 1924. This soy bean, 

 mottled black and brown, is from a 

 field near the railway station. 



61951. No. 708. Liangchakou, Chihli. 

 September 19, 1924. Seeds of a soy 

 bean, rather small, oval, and creamy 

 white, from strong, vigorous vines. 



61952. No. 718. Mentoukou. Septem- 

 ber 21, 1924. From a very rocky 



61953. Solanum melongena L. Solana- 

 ceae. Eggplant. 



No. 509. Peking. September 4, 1924. 

 An attractive eggplant 5 inches in diame- 

 ter and 4 inches in length. 



61954. Spieaea dasyantha Bunge. Rosa- 

 cea?. Spirea. 



No. 670. September 19, 1924. A very 

 free-flowering, rather dwarf plant found 

 growing on Precious Spring or Water 

 Mountain, Chihli. 



61955. Viburnum sp. Caprifoliaceae. 



No. 700. September 19, 1924. A shrub 

 growing on the mountain side, near Li- 

 angchakou. The seed terries or fruits 

 occur two or three in a cluster and are 

 at first red, changing to black when ripe, 



61956 to 61958. Vigna sesquipedalis (L.t 

 Fruwirth. Fabacea?. Yard Long bean. 



Liangchakou, Chihli. September 21. 

 1924. Collected in a field. 



61956. No. 728. Light buff. 



61957. No. 728 a. Black. 



61958. No. 728 b. Reddish brown. 



61959 to 61965. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) 

 Savi. Fabacea?. Cowpea. 



61959. No. 588. Near Kepo, Chihli. 

 September 10, 1924. A creamy white 

 cowpea with a purple eye. 



61960. No. 591. Toukoankechuan, Chihli, 

 September 10, 1924. Cowpeas tinged 

 with greenish pink. 



61961. No. 602. Shihmen. Chihli. 

 September 11, 1924. A red-seeded 

 cowpea collected in a field near the 

 railway station. 



61962. No. 607. Shihmen, Chihli. Sep- 

 tember 11, 1924. Cowpeas speckled 

 dirty gray and reddish brown, col- 

 lected near the railway station. 



61963. No. 620. September 16, 1924. 

 Purple-eyed, white cowpeas collected 

 in a river bottom field between Toli 

 and Koutoutsun, Chihli. 



61964. No. 621. September 16, 1924. 

 Red cowpeas from a river bottom 

 field between Toli and Koutoutsun. 

 Chihli. 



61965. No. 622. Toli, Chihli. Septem- 

 ber 16. 1924. Pink or brick-red cow- 

 peas from a gravelly clay hill. 



