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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



62397 to 62509 — Continued. 



G2493 to 62495. TRITICIM aestivim I- 

 i 7. ruhnirc Vill. ). I'oaceae. 



Common wheat. 



62493. No. 1177. Fzuchiawu. Novem- 

 ber 4. 1924. A winter wheat se- 

 cured from the temple of Neptune. 



62494:. No. 1469. Tekins. November 

 25, 1924. A winter wheat secured 

 from Yang Ho Hseu. 



62495. No. 147d. Peking. November 

 25, 1HU4. A spring wheat secured 

 from Yung Ho IIs.u. 



62496 to 62504. Yigna sinensis (Tornen 

 Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



62496. No. 11S0. Fzuchiawu. Novem- 

 ber 4. 1924. A red or pink cowpea 

 secured from the Neptune temple. 



62497. No. 1239. Chihyukou. Novem- 

 ber 6. 1924. A red or pink cowpea 

 growing at an altitude of 3,000 to 

 4,000 feet in rather heavy clay. 



62498. No. 1263. Shihchiaying. No- 

 vember 7. 1924. A brown-eyed cow- 

 pea growing in rather heavy gravelly 

 loam. 



62499. No. 129S. Huangan. November 

 S. 1924. A brown-eyed cowpea. 



62500. No. 1305. Huangan. November 

 S. 1924. This cowpea is mottled a 

 light pink. 



62501. No. 136S. Hsiamaling. Novem- 

 ber 10. 1924. A purple-eyed cowpea 

 growing in friable soil. 



625t)2. No. 1369. Hsiamaling. Novem- 

 ber 10. 1924. A pink cowpea grow- 

 ing in friable loam. 



62503. No. 1459. Peking. November 

 25. 1924. A pink and white blotched 

 cowpea secured from Yung Ho Hseu. 



62504. No. 1462. Peking. November 

 25. 1924. A creamy brown coAvpea 



mottled a darker brown. 

 62505 to 62509. Zea MATS L. 



Poaceae. 

 Corn. 



62505. No. 1183. Fzuchiawu. Novem- 

 ber 4. 1924. A small, white flint 

 corn showing a few grains of yel- 

 low : growing in a rather stiff clay 

 loam. 



62506. No. 1231. Chihyukou. Novem- 

 ber 6, 1924. A white flint corn 

 growing in a rather heavv clav. at 

 an altitude of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. 



62507. No. 1232. Chihyukou. Novem- 

 ber 6. 1924. A heavy flint corn 

 growing in a rather heavr clav, at 

 an altitude of 3.000 to 4.000 feet. 



62508. No. 1310. Huangan. November 

 8. 1924. A yellcAr flint corn grow- 

 ing in a friable loam. 



62509. No. 1311. Huangan. November 

 8. 1924. A red flint corn. Three 

 types, yellow, red. and white, are 

 grown in this village. 



62510 to 62512. 



From Canton. China. Seeds collected by 

 F. A. MeClure. agricultural explorer. Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industrv. Received Janu- 

 ary 13, 1925. Notes by Mr. MeClure. 



62510. Aleurites Montana (Lour.) Wil- 

 son. Euphorbiaceae. Mu-oil tree. 



No. 3. October 25, 1924. Tung Yau 

 Shite and Muk Yau SJiue. Seeds col- 



62510 to 62512— ruDrinued. 



leered from a tree growing in a public 

 burying ground (Kung Yik Shan Chong i, 

 about 1% miles from Wuchow. Kwanpsi. 

 re is said to be only one species of 

 -oil tree frown in this region. The 

 fruits of this species are obovate in 

 form, with usually three ridges extend- 

 in? from the base, gaining in prominence 

 as they approach the apex, where they 

 join in a sharp point. The fruits are 

 usually gathered in November and. after 

 beins: husked and dried, are crushed in a 

 crude ox-power grinder, consisting of a 

 deep, circular stone gutter in whi 

 iron wheel runs. The crushed nuts are 

 then placed in a press, crudely fashioned 

 from a log. and the oil expressed by 

 means of wedges driven into place with 

 a battering ram. The tree seems t. - 

 equally well on all soils, from limestone 

 to red sandy soil. 



62511. Pritus sp. Malaceae. Pear. 



No. 21 Wuchow. K wanes!. O " 

 25. 1924. Ea Sha Lei, Tong L- 

 and Sham, Cha Tse. Seeds from fruits 

 brought to the market by natives who 

 collected them in the wild. These rusty 

 brown fruits, about the shape of a round 

 apple and up to 3 centinreters in di- 

 ameter, are pickled or eaten whole by 

 the natives. 



62512. Thea oleifeea (Abel) Rehd. and 

 Wils. Theaceae. 



No. 22. Tungon. KwanETune. Novem- 

 ber 15, 1924. Cha Tsai^smd Yau Cha. 

 Seeds secured by the assistance of Chan 

 Hung On. who gives the following infor- 

 mation : A tree 3 to 4 meters high, grow- 

 ing in the wild, sometimes semicultivated 

 in the hills. It bears flowers and fruits 

 all the year round, fruiting most abun- 

 dantly in August. The flowers are white 

 and fragrant. The oil. expressed from 

 the seeds by the same process used to 

 express the wood oil [see S. P. I. No. 

 62510]. is used in cooking and by the 

 women as a hair dressing, in which case 

 perfume is often added. 



62513 to 62518. Aletbites montaxa 

 (Lour.) Wilson. Euphorbiaceae. 



Mu-oil tree. 



From Canton. China. Seeds collected by 

 F. A. MeClure. agricultural explorer. 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 Januarv 24. 1925. Notes by Mr. Me- 

 Clure. 



62513. No. 4. October 25, 1924. Tunn 

 Yau Shue and Muk Yau Shue. Seeds 

 from a tree found growing in a public 

 burying ground CKungYik Shan Chong) 

 about 1% miles from Wuchow. 

 Kwans-si. The same as No. 3 [S. P. I. 

 No. 62510] in every respect except 

 that the fruits were uniformly more 

 pointed at the apex and the three 

 ridges were sharper. 



62514. No. 5. October 25. 1924. Tung 

 Yau Shue and Muk Yau Shue. Seeds 

 collected from a tree srowin? in a 

 public burying ground (Kuna: Yik Shan 

 Chong i about 1% miles from Wuchow. 

 Kwangsi. This tree was young, per- 

 haps 4 years old. but was bearing very 

 prolifically. 



62515. No. 6. October 25. 1924. Tung 

 Yau 8kme and Muk Yau Sliue. Seeds 

 from a tree growing in the Christian 

 Missionary Alliance compound across 

 the river from Wuchow, Kwangsi. No 

 record has ever been kept of the vield. 

 but an estimate of 4 to 5 piculs' (133 

 pounds) seems consorvr.-.' 



