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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



63700 to 63726 — Continued. 



63720. No. 217G. Hei tou (black soy 

 bean). 



63721. No. 2180. Ching tou (green soy 

 bean). 



63722. Trigonella foenum-graecum L. 

 Fabaceae. Fenugreek. 



No. 2102. Peking. February 12, 1925. 

 Hsiang tsao (fragrant grass). Obtained 

 at the market and said to bave origi- 

 nally come from one of tbe southern 

 provinces. Tbe Chinese use it in their 

 rooms and sometimes put it in their 

 pillows. 



63723. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vul- 

 gar e, Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 

 No. 2178. Loutai. February 15, 1925. 



Chiu mai (winter wheat). 



63724 and 63725. Vigna sinensis (Tor- 

 ner) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



63724. No. 2174. Loutai. February 15, 

 1925. Hung yeu pai Chiang tou 

 (brown-eyed white cowpea). 



63725. No. 2179. Loutai. February 15, 

 1925. Tax li pang tsai tou (fat-in- 

 the-pod vegetable bean). These may 

 be a pink-striped cowpea. 



63726. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



No. 2177. Loutai. February 15, 1925. 

 Pai yu mi (white corn). 



63727 to 63731. 



From French West Africa. Seeds presented 

 by Prof. R. H. Forbes. Received April 9, 

 1925. Notes by Professor Forbes. 



63727 and 63728. Gossypium obtusifolium 

 apricanum Watt. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



63727. From the vicinity of Bobodiou- 

 lasso, in the Haute Volta. This is a 

 perennial tree cotton considerably 

 grown in the rainy regions south of 

 the Niger. The fiber is strong and 

 very short. The yield is low. 



63728. From the Sudan, north of 'the 

 Niger. This is probably the same as 

 the above [S. P. I. No. 63727]. 



63729. Gossypium punctatdm Schum, and 

 Thonn. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Segou, French Sudan. This is 

 the species cultivated by the natives 

 throughout the Sudan proper. It yields 

 a strong but short fiber, 20 to 22 milli- 

 meters. It is mostly used by the natives, 

 only small quantities being exported to 

 France. 



63730. Syntherisma sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Segou, French Sudan. This is 

 the " fonio " of the natives, a " famine 

 crop." Matures quickly during a scant 

 rainfall, while all other crops fail. 



63731. Voandzeia subterranea (L.) 

 Thouars. Fabaceae. 



From Segou, French Sudan. There 

 are two varieties, red and white, which 

 mature quickly on scant rainfall. A 

 " famine crop." 



63732. Saccharum officinarttm L. Po- 

 aceae. Sugar cane. 



From Haiti. Cuttings presented through 

 John A. Stevenson, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. Received April 20, 1925. 



A locally developed strain. 



63733. Sacchakum officinarttm L. Po- 

 aceae. Sugar cane. 



From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Cut- 

 tings presented by Gonzalo M. Fortun, 

 director, Estaci&n Experimental Agro- 

 nomics, through E. W. Brandes, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received April 20, 

 1925. 



H 109. 



A locally developed strain. 



63734 to 63736. 



From Valley River, Manitoba, Canada. 

 Plants presented by W. J. Boughen, Val- 

 ley River Nurseries. Received April 21, 

 1925. Notes by Mr. Boughen. 



63734. Viburnum americanum Mill. 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



Highbush cranberry from banks of the 

 Skeena River, about 53° N. Lat. 



63735. PRUNUS PENNSYLVANIA L. f. 



Amygdalaceae. Pin cherry. 



Selected pin cherry, from 51.5° N. Lat. 



63736. Ribes sp. Grossulariaceae. 



Gooseberry. 



Thornless gooseberry from Fort La 

 Corne, about 53° N. Lat. 



63737 and 63738. Landolphia spp. 

 Apocynaceae. 



From Loanda, Angola, Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by John GO'Ssweiler, Servicos de 

 Agricultura. Received April 24, 1925. 



Rubber-yielding shrubs. 



63737. Landolphia klainii Pierre. 



A tropical African climbing shrub 

 which is said (Flora of Tropical Africa, 

 vol. 4, sec. 1) to be the principal rubber- 

 producing plant in the Gabon district, 

 French Equatorial Africa. The oblong 

 leathery leaves are glossy green, and the 

 hard globose fruits are 6 to 10 inches in 

 diameter. 



63738. Landolphia parvifolia Schum. 



This is described by Otto Stapf (This- 

 elton-Dyer, Flora of Tropical Africa) as 

 a much-branched, climbing shrub with 

 small oblong leaves and pale-yellow or 

 white flowers in small dense clusters. 

 The greenish purple fruits, about 2 

 inches in diameter, have a smooth thick 

 rind. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 61015. 



63739 and 63740. Helianthus tube- 

 rosus L. Asteraceae. 



Jerusalem artichoke. 



From Erfurt, Germany. Tubers purchased 

 from Haage & Schmidt. Received April 

 22, 1925. 



Locally grown tubers. 



63739. ErdUrne. 



63740. Received as Helianthus doroni- 

 coides, now referred to H. tuoeros-us. 



63741 to 63750. 



From Ottawa, Canada. Presented by 

 W. T. Macoun, Dominion horticulturist, 

 Central Experimental Farm. Received 

 April 23, 1925. 



