JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1925 



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62319 and 62320. Spenceria ramalana 

 Trimen. Rosaceae. 



From Edinburgh, Scotland. Presented by 

 Dr. William Wright Smith, regius keeper, 

 Roval Botanic Garden. Received Janu- 

 ary 3, 1925. 



A free-flowering and attractive rosaceous 

 plant native to the dry upland pastures of 

 western Szechwan and Yunnan, China. It 

 is described (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 

 pi. 9007) as a perennial herbaceous plant 

 about a foot high, with erect or ascending- 

 stems, which are covered with silvery hairs. 

 The stem leaves are reduced to one or two 

 pairs of narrowly oval leaflets, and the 

 golden or reddish yellow flowers are in stiff, 

 open racemes. In England tests made with 

 this plant appear to show that it requires 

 well-drained, calcareous soil for the best 

 results. 



62319. Seeds. 



62320. Plants. 



62321. COTONEASTEK SEROTINA Hutch- 



inson. Malaceae. 



From Flax Bourton, England. Seeds pre- 

 sented by G. H. Wollaston. Received 

 January 3, 1925. 



A small-sized tree, originally discovered 

 in western China by the well-known col- 

 lector, George Forrest, and described (Cur- 

 tis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 8854) as hav- 

 ing elliptic, papery leaves, small, white 

 flowers, borne in many-flowered corymblike 

 clusters, and attractive, bright-red berries 

 which persist throughout most of the win- 

 ter. It appears to be perfectly hardy in 

 southeastern England, and thrives best in 

 a sunny position. 



62322 and 62323. Rubus spp. Rosa- 

 ceae. 



From Yenfangwan, Hupeh, China. Seeds 

 presented by Rev. A. S. Cooper, Ameri- 

 can Church Mission. Received January 

 5, 1925. 



" Corn berries " from Hupeh ; collected 

 at an altitude of about 3,500 feet. They 

 mature in the fall. (Cooper.) 



62322. Rubus sp. 

 Red variety. 



62323. Rubus sp. 



Yellow variety. 



62324. ECHINOCHLOA CRUSGAIXI EDUIJS 



Hitclic. Poaceae. Barnyard millet. 



From Nanking, China. Seeds presented by 

 George E. Ritchey, College of Agriculture 

 and Forestry, University of Nanking. Re- 

 ceived January 5, 1925. 



Locally grown seeds. 



62325. Trifolium repens L. Faba- 

 ceae. White clover. 



From Scheemda, Netherlands. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the Hommo Ten Have's Seed 

 Co. Received January 9, 1925. 



A local strain, growing wild at Scheemda. 



62326. Dioscorea macroura Harms. 

 Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 



From Edinburgh, Scotland. Tubers pre- 

 sented by Dr. William Wright Smith, 

 regius keeper. Royal Botanic Garden. 

 Received January 7, 1925. 



A tropical African vine with simple, 

 heart-shaped leaves about a foot in width 

 and inconspicuous flowers in large racemes 

 2 feet long. Introduced for specialists in- 

 vestigating nitrogen-fixing bacteria. 



22529—27 2 



62327 and 62328. Lespedeza spp. Fa- 

 baceae. 



From Fukuoka, Japan. Seeds presented by 

 Mitsunaga Fujioka, Kyushu Imperial 

 University. Received January 7, 1925. 



62327. Lespedeza juncea Pers. 



Medohagi. From tbe crop of 1924. 

 (Fujioka.) 



A Siberian bushclover which is semi- 

 shrubby in habit, with slender branches 

 and bright-yellow flowers marked with 

 violet. 



62328. Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) Hook, 

 and Arn. 



Yahazuso. From the crop of 1924. 

 (Fujioka.)' 



62329 to 62338. Cicer arietinum L. 

 Fabaceae. Chick-pea. 



From Dacca, Bengal, India. Seeds pre- 

 sented by D. Dutta, second economic 

 botanist. Received January 8, 1925. 



Introduced for trial as stock feed in the 

 southwestern United States. 



62329. No. 1. 



62330. No. 2. 

 32331. No. 3. 



62332. No. 4. 



62333. No. 5. 



No. 6. 



No. 7. 



62336. No. 8. 



62337. No. 9. 



62338. No. 10. 



62339. Actinidia purpurea Render. 

 Dilleniaceae. 



From Nancy, France. Plants purchased 

 from Victor Lemoine & Son. Received 

 January 13, 1925. 



A woody vine, native to western China, 

 described by Render (Plantae Wilsonianae, 

 vol. 2, p. 378) as 10 to 25 feet in height, 

 with papery, elliptic leaves about 4 inches 

 long, axillary clusters of small, white flow- 

 ers, and edible ovoid purple berries about 

 an inch long. 



62340. Attalea sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



From Palmira, Valle, Colombia. Seeds 

 purchased from the director, Compania 

 Agricola Caucana. Received January 9, 

 1925. 



Gorozo de puerco palm. This palm 

 thrives abundantly in the Cauca Valley, 

 especially in the neighborhood of Rolda- 

 nillo, on the left bank of the Cauca River 

 and about 7 miles north of Cali. (Di- 

 rector.) 



62341. (Undetermined.) 



From Nanking, China. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. J. H. Reisner, College of Agriculture 

 and Forestry, University of Nanking. Re- 

 ceived January 16, 1925. 



Seed of Ku Tsao which, translated, 

 means " bitter grass." This is a legume 

 grown in the northern part of this Prov- 

 ince, Kiangsu, on land that is too. alkaline 

 to grow anything else. This crop is used 

 for fuel, and after it has been grown on tbe 

 land for several years the farmers plow it 

 up and plant it to a regular crop. (Reis- 

 ner.) 



