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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



62186 to 62229— Continued. 



62211. No. 1016. Chouchiahsiang, 

 Chihli. October 21, 1924. A winter 

 wheat growing in a broad flat valley. 



62212 and 62213. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. 

 Broad bean. 



Peking. Beans known here as Tsan 

 tou (silkworm bean). These are roasted 

 and are also cooked and used as a 



vegetable. 



62212. No. 7S3. October 15, 1924. A 

 large, broad, brownish green variety. 



62213. No. 1031. October 22. 1924. A 

 pinkish buff variety. 



62214. YlGXA SESQFIPEDALIS (L.) Fl'U- 



wirth. Fabaceae. Yard Long bean. 



No. 802. Between Nankou and Lung- 

 hutai. October 7. 1924. The base of 

 this bean is terra-cotta colored and is 

 blotched or streaked with a deeper shade 

 of red. 



62215 to 62224. Yigxa sinensis (Tomer) 

 Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



803. Between Nankou and 

 Lunghutai. October 7, 1924. A 

 cowpea with a pinkish or purple eye, 

 growing in a very dry situation. 



62216. No. 80S 

 ber 7, 1924. 

 cowpea. 



62217. No. 855. 

 ling. Chihli. 

 pink cowpea. 



Tailungyuan. Octo- 

 A pink or brown eyed 



Yung Lo tomb, Chang- 

 October 9, 1924. A 



62218. No. 932 

 near Haitzu 



Fa Hua Ssu temple, 

 Chihli. October 11, 



1924. A cowpea mottled brown and 



white. 



62219. No. 934. Fa Hua Ssu temple, 

 near Haitzu. Chihli. October 11, 

 1924. A pink or brown eyed cowpea. 



62220. No. 965. Tangshan (Hot 

 Springs). October 12, 1924. This 

 brown-eyed cowpea is one of the 

 leading types grown on this sandy 

 loam river-bottom soil. 



62221. No. 968. Tangshan (Hot 

 Springs). October 12, 1924. Cow- 

 pea mottled pink and white. 



No. 1017. Chouchiahsiang, 

 Chihli. October 21, 1924. A brown- 

 eyed cowpea. 



62186 to 62229— Continued. 



62223. No. 1018. Chouchiahsiang, Chi- 

 hli. October 21, 1924. A pink cow- 

 pea. 



62224. No. 1045. Peking. October 25, 

 1924. A mottled reddish brown and 

 creamy yellow cowpea purchased in 

 the market and reported to have 

 come from the region south of 

 Peking. 



62225. Zaxthoxylu.m sp. 



Rutacea?. 

 Prickly ash. 



No. 903. Yung Lo [Ming] tomb. 

 Changling, Chihli. October 10, 1924 

 This plant is fully as broad as it is high, 

 and the dark-green leaves have a pleas- 

 ant, spicy odor. It may prove to be a 

 good ornamental and possibly a good 

 hedge plant. 



and 62227. Zea mays L. 



Poaceae. 

 Corn. 



62226. No. 806. Lunghutai. October 7, 

 1924. Small ears of flint corn pur- 

 chased in the temple. The keeper re 

 ported that this corn is harvested 

 within 100 days after planting. 



62227. No. 926. Fa Hua Ssu temple, 

 near Haitzu, Chihli. October 11. 

 1924. Yellow flint corn grown here 

 on the mountain. 



Ziziphus jujcba Mill. (Z. sati'sa 

 Gaertn.). Rhamnaceae. Jujube. 



No. 758. Peking. October 1. 1924. 

 These fruits, obtained in the market, are 

 quite acid and of good quality. 



62229. Geewia parviflora Bunge. 



No. 829. Nung Lo tomb, near Chang- 

 ling, Chihli. October 9, 1924. Collected 

 from a small shrub which resembled a 

 Celtis. 



62230. Ehamnus davtjrica Pall. 

 Rhamnacese. Dahurian buckthorn. 



From China. Seeds collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett. agricultural explorer. Bureau of 

 Plant Industrv. Received December 6, 

 1924. 



No. 967. October 12. 1924. A shrub 

 having rather small, deep-green leaves and 

 numerous small, purple or black, one- 

 seeded fruits ; found at Neutang, a short 

 distance from Tangshan (Hot Springs). 

 (Dorsett.) 



