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.SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



62591 to 62598— Continued. 



height, with rough hranches, reddish 

 flowers, and oval capsules about an inch 

 in length. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 

 No. 55410. 



62592 to 62594. Gossypium herbaceum L. 



62592. A brown variety. 



62593. A white variety. 



62594. A form with partly indehiscent 

 capsules. 



62595. Gossypium Nanking Meyen. 



The " Chinese " cotton of commerce is, 

 according to Watt (Wild and Cultivated 

 Cottons of the World), an annual or 

 perennial bush, with delicate, sparsely 

 branched stems and imperfectly cordate 

 leaves. The irregular-shaped seeds are 

 densely coated with rufous velvet and 

 bear a silky fiber, which, in all the better 

 varieties, is white, but often shows a 

 tendency to become reddish or khaki. 

 This cotton is cultivated throughout 

 tropical Asia. 



62596. Gossypium obtusifolium africa- 

 num Watt. 



From French Equatorial Africa. 



An African variety which, according to 

 Watt (Wild and Cultivated Cottons of 

 the World), differs chiefly from the typi- 

 cal Indian species in having more copious 

 and finer fiber. 



62597. Gossypium punctatum Schum. 

 and Thonn. 



A wild cotton, found in tropical 

 America and also in central and western 

 Africa. It is described (Watt, Wild and 

 Cultivated Cottons of the World) as a 

 shrub with hairy, 3-lobed leaves, and 

 yellow flowers spotted with purple. The 

 fiber is pure white and silky. 



62598. Gossypium punctatum X barba- 

 dense. 



Cultivated by the natives, but perhaps 

 of recent introduction. 



62599 to 62647. 



From China. Collected by P. H. Dorsett, 

 agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. Received February, 1925. Notes 

 by Mr. Dorsett. 



62599. Amygdalus davidiana (Carr.) 

 Zabel (P run us da-vidiana Franch.). 

 Amygdalaceae. Chinese wild peach. 



No. 1733. Fa Hua Ssu temple, near 

 Haitzu. December 31, 1924. Seeds of 

 Shan Mao T'ao (wild mountain peach) 

 which is used by the Chinese as stock for 

 their peaches and plums. 



. to 62602. Amygdalus persica L. 

 (Primus persica Stokes). Amygdala- 

 ceae. Peach. 



December 31, 1924. Scions from the 

 Fa Hua Ssu temple. 



62600. No. 1723. Ma Nao Hung T'ao 

 (red agate peach). The freestone 

 fruits, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, are 

 red outside and white within, ripen- 

 ing during the early part of August. 

 They are grafted on the wild peach. 



62601. No. 1739. Pai Tien, T'ao (white 

 sweet peach). The fruits, 2 to 3 

 inches in diameter, are clingstones 

 and ripen in early August. The 

 wild peach is used as stock. 



62599 to 62647— Continued. 



62602. No. 1773. Pi T'ao (flowering 

 peach). The twigs of blossoms, 

 which fade from pink to white and 

 then turn red, are sold here. The 

 fruits, about 1% inches in diameter 

 and resembling apricots in shape, 

 are freestone and ripen in Septem- 

 ber, becoming pink. 



62603 and 62604. Chaetochloa italk v 

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

 Poaceae. Millet. 



62603. No. 1597. Lou Tai. Seeds of 

 a white millet collected in a large 

 valley between Peking and Tientsin. 

 December 16, 1924. 



62604. No. 1737. Fa Hua Ssu temple. 

 December 31, 1924. Seeds of the 

 Fo Shou Nien Ku (Buddha's finger 

 millet).- A millet having yellow 

 seeds. 



62605. Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge. 

 Malaceae. Chinese hawthorn. 



No. 1746. Fa Hua Ssu tenrple. De- 

 cember 31, 1924. Scions of what is re- 

 ported to be a large, red hawthorn, about 

 1 inch in diameter, and which ripens 

 during the middle of October. It was 

 growing on mountain sides and in narrow 

 valleys at an altitude of 6,000 to 12,000 

 feet. 



62606. ECHINOCHLOA CRUSGALLI EDULIS 



Hitchc. Poaceae. Barnyard millet. 



No. 1600. Loutai. December 16, 1924. 

 Seeds of the Pai Tzu (tare). When 

 other foods are scarce this variety is 

 ground into flour and used. 



62607. Fagopyrum vulgare Hill (F. 

 esculentum Moench.). Polygonaceae. 



Buckwheat. 



No. 1590. Loutai. December 16, 1924. 



62608 to 62610. Holcus sorghum L. 

 (Sorghum vulgare Pers.). Poaceae. 



Sorghum, 



Loutai. December 16, 1924. 



No. 1591. Nien Kaoliang (sticky 

 kaoliang). 



62609. No. 1592. Rung Kaoliang (red 

 kaoliang). Said to have long flower 

 and seed stalks. 



62610. No. 1593. Pai Kaoliang (white 

 kaoliang). 



62611. Juglans mandshurica Maxim. 

 Juglandaceae. 



No. 1735. Fa Hua Ssu temple. De- 

 cember 31, 1924. Shan Ho T'ao (wild 

 mountain walnut). Used for stock here 

 when the walnut is grafted. 



to 62615. Juglans regia L. .Ju- 

 glandaceae. Persian walnut. 



Fa Hua Ssu temple. 



62612. No. 1736. December 31, 1924. 

 Seeds of Shan Ma Ho T'ao (wild 

 mountain walnut). The nuts are 

 broader than long and have a heavy 

 keel and are quite rough. Used for 

 stock here. 



S2613. No. 1766. January 5, 1925. 

 Scions of Ying P'i Ho T'ao (thick- 

 shelled walnut) from a 10-year-old 

 tree that has been bearing for three 

 years. 



