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63800 to 63820 — Continued. 



63811. Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) 

 Hook, and Arn. Fabaceae. 



No. 2270. Nikoljsko-Ussurijsk 

 ince of Primorskaya. 



63812 and 



Fabaceae, 



Prov- 

 Medicago falcata L 



63812. No. 1327. Province of Omsk. 



63813. No. 2111. District of Minu- 

 sinsk, Province of Yeniseisk. 



63814. Medicago platycarpa (L.) Trautv. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 1311. Province of Irkutsk, eastern 

 Siberia. 



A Siberian alfalfa of erect habit, with 

 yellow flowers and large, flat, black pods. 



63815 and 63816. Medicago sativa L. Fa- 

 baceae. Alfalfa. 



63815. No. 1783. District of Slav- 

 gordsk, Province of Omsk. 



63816. No. 1784. District of Tatarsk, 

 Province of Omsk. 



63817. Onobrychis vulgaris Hill (O. 

 viciaefoha Scop.). Fabaceae. 



No. 2110. District of Minusinsk, Prov- 

 ince of Yeniseisk. 



63818. Phleum phleoides (L.) Karst. 

 (P. boehmeri Wibel.). Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 2115. District of Minusinsk, Prov- 

 ince of Yeniseisk. 



A perennial, thickly matted grass, na- 

 tive to Europe and western Asia, with 

 stems 1 to 2 feet high and gray-green 

 leaves up to 8 inches long. 



63819. Tripolidm repsns L. Fabaceae. 



White clover. 



No. 1842. Harbin, Manchuria. 



63820. Vicia amoena Fisch. Fabaceae. 



Vetch. 



No. 2109. District of Minusinsk, Prov- 

 ince of Yeniseisk. 



A perennial, hairy Siberian vetch, with 

 yect stems up to 2 feet bigh and pur- 

 plish flowers. 



63821. Musa UKANoscoPos Lour. Musa- 

 ceae. Banana. 



From China. Offshoots collected by F. A. 

 McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received April 27, 1925. 



No. 107. March 10, 1925. Shaan pa tsw, 

 Shui tsiu. From plants growing on a trash 

 pile near tbe Hengwan monastery on the 

 Tengoou Mountain, Kwangtung. The plants 

 ffte 1% to 2 meters high, with leaves one- 

 half to 1 meter long, bright-red flowers 

 blooming in the summer, and fruits said to 

 be very seedy and not edible. The plants 

 do not appear to be cultivated by the Chi- 

 nese around Canton, nor used by tbem for 

 any purpose. (McClure.) 



63822. Berberis replicata^ W. W. 

 Smith. Berberidaceae. Barberry. 



From Wisley, Ripley, Surrey, England. 

 Seeds presented by Fred J. Chittenden, 

 director, Royal Horticultural Society 

 Gardens. Received April 24, 1925. 



An evergreen barberry originally collected 

 by George Forrest in thickets on tbe Shweli- 



Salwin Divide, southwestern China, at an 

 altitude of 11,000 feet. The rather small 

 leaves have recurved margins and are gray 

 beneath. It is an early and profusely flow- 

 ering species, bearing its blossoms all along 

 tbe branches in a very attractive fashion, 

 and the deep-crimson berries make it hand- 

 some in the fruiting stage. It appears to 

 be very hardy in England. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 



No. 58463. 



63823 to 63826. 



rom Kwangtung Province, China. Collected 

 by F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 April 24, 1925. Notes by Mr. McClure. 



63823. Euryalei ferox Salisb. Nympha- 

 eaceae. 



No. 103. Shiuhing, on the West River. 

 CM sat. Seeds of a hydrophytic plant 

 said to resemble the lotus somewhat. It 

 is covered with short spines, however, 

 and has very large, floating leaves. The 

 seeds must be kept moist from maturity 

 (September) until planting time (April), 

 or they will not grow. They are stored 

 wet in large eartben jars. If used for 

 food, however, they are immediately 

 dried, the shell removed, and the starchy 

 kernels placed on the market. The most 

 notable use to which the seeds of this 

 plant are put is the feeding of a famous 

 variety of cultivated fish known as man 

 hing long lei ue. These fish are said to 

 be characterized by very soft bones, fins, 

 and scales, the latter being eaten with 

 the flesh. The Chinese attribute these 

 peculiar qualities of this fish to the fact 

 that they are fed on the seeds of chi sat. 

 These seeds are also used for human con- 

 sumption and are considered to be a par- 

 ticularly beneficial food. 



63824. Stizolobium pachylobium Piper 

 and Tracy. Fabaceae. 



No. 101. March 2, 1925. Tai Icau tsau 

 tsu. Seeds obtained at the Canton Chris- 

 tian College. This plant is a luxuriant 

 vine and is used in parts of China as 

 green manure. It makes a prodigious 

 growth. 



63825. Pothos sp. Araceae. 



No. 120. March 14, 1925. SheJc p'o 

 Vang. Cuttings obtained from the wilds 

 near the village of Heunglokauk. This 

 is a pretty creeping plant which covers 

 the granite rocks in moist, shady situa- 

 tions. 



63826. (Undetermined.) Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



No. 105. March 6, 1925. Waek chuJe. 

 Cuttings obtained at the Canton Chris- 

 tian College. This is a very striking or- 

 namental bamboo with golden-yellow 

 culms, marked vertically with random 

 narrow stripes of bright green. It reaches 

 a diameter of 9 or 10 centimeters and a 

 height of 10 meters when well estab- 

 lished. This bamboo is not common, but 

 is seen here and there as an ornamental 

 in the Chinese gardens and monasteries. 



63827 and 63828. Lilitjm spp. Lilia- 

 ceae. Lily. 



From Harbin, Manchuria. Seeds presented 

 by P. Pavlov, president of the natural 

 history section, Manchuria Research So- 

 ciety. Received April 28, 1925. 



