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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



62397 to 62509— Continued! 



62420 to 62425. FAGOPYBUM VULGARE Hill 

 i /•'. ( 8culentum Moench). Polygona- 

 ceae. Buckwheat. 



62420. No. 1181. Fzuchiawu. Novem- 

 ber 4, 1924. Secured from the priest 

 at the Neptune temple. 



62421. No. 1236. Chihyukou. Novem- 

 ber 0, 1924. A representative of 

 the type grown on the rather heavy 

 day soil, at an altitude of probably 

 3,000 to 4,000 feet. 



62422. No. 1267. November 7. 1924. 

 Secured in Sbibchihying, located on 

 the eastern slope of One Hundred 

 Flower Mountain,- in the Western 

 Hills. 



62423. No. 1301. Huangan. November 

 8, 1924. " Bitter buckwheat." 



62424. No. 1365. Hsiamaling. Novem- 

 ber 10, 1924. 



62425. No. 1475. Peking. November 

 25. 1924. Secured from the Heng- 

 sheng tea shop. 



62426 and 62427. Heliaxthus axnuus L. 

 Asteraceae. Sunflower. 



62426. No. 1499. Peking. November 

 27, 1924. Large seeds sent in to the 

 market from Kalgan. 



62427. No. 1500. Peking. November 

 27. 1924. Smaller seeds than No. 

 1499 [S. P. I. No. 62426]. These 

 were also shipped in from Kalgan. 



Holcus sobghum L. (Sorghum 

 vulgare Pers.). Poaceae. Sorghum. 



No. 1467. Peking. November 25, 

 1924. Red kaoliang secured from Yung- 

 hohseu. 



€2429. HORDEUM VULGARE COELESTE L. 



Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. 



No. 1476. Peking. November 25. 1924. 

 -A broad-grained, hull-less barley from the 

 Xu Mao Hao shop. 



62430. HORDEUM VULGARE PALLIDUM 



Seringe. Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. 



No. 1473. Peking. November 25, 1924. 

 A variety called ' ; King barley " by the 

 Chinese, secured from the Hengsheng tea 

 shop. 



62431. Juniperus chinensis L. Pina- 

 ceae. Chinese juniper. 



No. 1401. Yenchia. November 11, 

 1924. Secured from trees growing in 

 an old Chinese cemetery. 



62432. Lactuca sativa L. Cichoriaceae. 



Lettuce. 



No. 1068. Peking. October 30. 1924. 

 The stalk, after being peeled and cut 

 into small pieces, is boiled with meat. 



62433. Malus sp. Malaceae. Apple. 



No. 1099. Peking. October 31, 1924. 

 These creamy yellow fruits with an oc- 

 casional pink blush were purchased in 

 the market. 



62434. Panicum miliaceum L. Poaceae. 



Proso. 



No. 123q. Chihyukou. November 6, 

 1924. This millet is commonly grow r n 

 in this region in rather heavy clay, at 

 an altitude of 3,000 to 4.000 feet. 



32397 to 62509— Continued. 



62435. Perilla frutescexs (L.) Britton 

 (P. ocymoides L.). Menthaceae. 



Perilla. 



No. 1466. Peking. November 25, 

 1924. Used for bird feed and for the 

 oil contained in the seeds. 



62436 to 62469. Phaseolus spp. Fabaceae. 



62436 to 62440. Phaseolus aureus 

 Roxb. Mung bean. 



62436. No. 1182. Fzuchiawu. No- 

 vember 4, 1924. A yellow bean 

 secured from the priest of the 

 Neptune temple. • 



62437. No. 1185. Fzuchiawu. No- 

 vember 4, 1924. A green bean 

 secured from the priest of the 

 Neptune temple. 



62438. No. 1237. Chihyukou. No- 

 vember 6. 1924. A brown bean 

 growing in heavy clay soil in a 

 mountainous region, at an alti- 

 tude of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. 



62439. No. 1367. Hsiamaling. No- 

 vember 10, 1924. A green bean 

 growing on a terraced mountain 

 side several hundred feet above 

 the Hon River. 



62440. No. 1461. Peking. November 

 25, 1924. A green bean secured 

 from the shop of Yung Ho Hseu. 

 Used extensively in the manufac- 

 ture of vermicelli and for bean 

 sprouts. 



62441 and 62442. Phaseolus calcara- 

 tus Roxb. Rice bean. 



62441. No. 1238. Chihyukou. No- 

 vember 6, 1924. A long, slender, 

 white bean growing in rather 

 heavy clay, at an altitude of 3.000 

 to 4,000 feet. 



62442. No. 1362. November 10. 

 1924. Secured from Hsiamaling 

 where it was growing on a ter- 

 raced mountain side in a friable 

 loam, several hundred feet above 

 the Hon River. This variety is 

 known here as " small southern 

 bean " and in other places as 

 " rice bean." 



62443 to 62469. Phaseolus vulgaris L. 

 Fabaceae. Common bean. 



62443. No. 1100. Peking. October 

 31, 1924. A large, red bean with 

 a white hilum, secured in the 

 market. 



62444 to 62455. Chihyukou. Novem- 

 ber 6 and 7, 1924. These varie- 

 ties of beans are large. 



62444. No. 1240. Red. 



62445. No. 1240a. White. 



62446. No. 1240b. Creamy pink. 



62447. No. 1240c. Black. 



62448. No. 1240d. White with 

 purple marking. 



62449. No. 1240e. Purple. 



62450. No. 1240f. Mottled pink 

 and purple. 



62451. No. 1240g. Creamy yeUow. 



62452. No. 1268. Red or pink. 



62453. No. 1268a. Creamy pink. 



