13 



62395 and 62396— Continued. 



extremely valuable tree in the mountains 

 of the West Indies ; it may grow in the 

 southern United States. (C. S. Sargent, 

 Arnold Arboretum,, Jamaica Plain, Mass., 

 in- note under 8. P. I. No. 55^84.) 



62396. Phoenix dactylifera L. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Date palm. 



From Nalut. 

 62397 to 62509. 



From China. Seeds and corms collected by 

 P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry. Received Janu- 

 ary » 1925. Notes by Mr. Dorsett. 



62397. Arisaema sp. Araceae. 



No. 1283. Eastern slope of One Hun- 

 dred Flower Mountain, while en route 

 from Shihchiaying to Huangan. Novem- 

 ber 8, 1924. Our cook found this spike 

 of small, bright-red, closely clustered 

 fruits resembling an Indian turnip. 



62398 and 62399. Avena ndda Hoejer. 

 Poaceae. Naked oats. 



62398. No. 1299. Huangan. November 

 8, 1924. A variety known here as 

 " oil wheat " and said to be com- 

 monly grown 100 miles north of 

 Peking, in Kalgan. 



. No. 1477. November 25, 1924. 

 " Oil wheat " secured from the Yu 

 Mao Hao shop in Peking. It is said 

 that this variety should be planted 

 in the spring. 



62400. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Wax gourd. 



No. 1444. Peking. November 20, 1924. 

 A dark-green Chinese gourd about 10 

 inches in diameter and 24 inches or more 

 long, having snow-white flesh. After 

 peeling and cutting into pieces it is 

 boiled with meat. 



62401 to 62403. Cannabis sativa L. Mo- 

 raceae. Hemp. 



62401. No. 1302. Huangan. November 

 8, 1924. 



62402. No. 1360. Hsiamaling. Novem- 

 ber 10, 1924. 



62403. No. 1498. Peking. November 

 26, 1924. This variety, which is 

 used chiefly for bird seed, was se- 

 cured in the market. 



62404. Capsicum annuum L. Solanaceae. 

 Red pepper. 



No. 1051. October 27, 1924. Yang 

 Chiao Chin CMao (goat-horn pepper). 

 These long, slender, bright-red peppers 

 were grown in the vicinity of Peking. 



62405. Chaenomeles 



Malaceae. 

 Chinese quince. 



No. 1438. Peking. November 19, 1924. 

 A small to medium-sized, bright-yellow 

 quince with a delightful fragrance ; se- 

 cured in the market. 



62406 and 62407. Chaetochloa italica 

 (L.) Scribn. (Setaria italica Beauv.). 

 Poaceae. Millet. 



62406. No. 1464. Peking, November 25, 

 1924. A small white-grained millet 

 secured from Yung Ho Hseu. 



62407. No. 1465. Peking. November 25, 

 1924. Red-seeded millet secured 

 from Yung Ho Hseu. 



62397 to 62509 — Continued. 



62408. Chrysanthemum morifolium 

 (Ramat.) Hemsl. Asteraceae. 



No, 694. October 10. 1924. A pink- 

 flowered chrysanthemum growing wild 

 in the Western Hills between the Ming 

 tombs and the Fa Hua Ssu temple. 



62409. Colocasia sp. Araceae. 



No. 1452. Peking. November 24, 1924. 

 These corms, secured in the market and 

 reported to be grown locally about Pe- 

 king, are small compared with the ones 

 produced in the United States. 



62410 to 62413. Cucurbita moschata 

 Duchesne. Curcurbitaceae. Cushaw. 



62410. No. 1092. Peking. October 31, 

 1924. A rather long-necked, winter 

 squash, secured in the market ; 

 striped with terra eotta- and green, 

 and having a golden yellow flesh. 



62411. No. 1093. Peking. October 31, 

 1924. A small, rather thin though 

 attractive terra-cotta colored pump- 

 kin purchased in the market. 



62412. No. 1230. Neptune temple, Hu- 

 lungkuau. November 6, 1924. A 

 good-sized, flat, yellow pumpkin with 

 golden yellow flesh of fair thickness, 

 growing on a terraced mountain 

 side. 



62413. No. 1309. Huangan. November 

 8, 1924. A black-seeded winter 

 squash. 



62414. Cucurbita pepo L. Cucurbitaceae. 



Gourd. 



No. 1450. Peking. November 21, 1924. 

 This gourd is a peculiar shape and color, 

 the color being scarlet with stripes of 

 creamy white and blotched with grayish 

 olive green. The flesh is yellow, and the 

 seeds are medium large and white. 



62415. Daucus carota L. Apiaceae. 



Carrot. 



No, 1069. Piking. October 30, 1924. 

 A reddish carrot of good quality. 



62416. Deutzia sp. Hydrangeaceae. 



No. 1287. En route from Shihchiaying 

 to Huangan. November 8, 1924. A 

 flowering shrub growing on the east slope 

 of One Hundred Flower Mountain. 



62417. Diospyros lotus L. Diospyraceae. 



Persimmon. 



No. 1440. Peking. November 20, 1924. 

 Secured in the market. The so-called 

 black date, the wild persimmon, univer- 

 sally used in this region as a stock upon 

 which to graft the large Chinese varieties. 



62418. Euonymus bungeanus Maxim. 

 Celastraceae. 



No. 1134. Peking. November 1, 1924. 

 A fine-looking specimen of Euonymus 

 growing out of a stone wall of a canal 

 about one of the buildings in the Temple 

 of Heaven grounds. The yellowish green 

 leaves with pink stems and bright-red 

 berries with yellowish arils make a re- 

 markably fine showing. 



62419. Fagopyrum t a t a r i c u m (L.) 

 Gaertn. Polygonaceae. 



Kangra buckwheat. 



No. 1300. Huangan. November 8, 

 1924. Seeds of a variety known here as 

 " sweet buckwheat." 



