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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



64058 to 64065— Continued. 



zorg. Doctor Cramer states that it has 

 proved very successful as a green manure 

 when grown in alternation with corn, 

 producing large quantities of vegetation 

 rich in nitrogen. In the cinchona plan- 

 tations it is very satisfactory, as it en- 

 dures partial shade and forms a dense 

 low growth which keeps the edges of the 

 terraces together. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 57831. 



64065. CROTALARIA VERRUCOSA L. 



An annual leguminous plant, cosmopoli- 

 tan in the Tropics, which reaches a 

 height of a foot and a half, with simple 

 oval leaves, and racemes of showy white 

 and hlue flowers 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 51119. 



64066 to 64070. 



From Giza, Egypt. Seeds presented by 

 Mah. Abaza, "director, horticultural sec- 

 tion, Ministry of Agriculture. Received 

 June 27, 1925. 



To he tested as green-manure and cover- 

 crop plants. 



64066 to 64068. Crotalaria spp. Fab- 

 aceae. 



64066. Crotalaria candicaxs Wight 

 and Arnott. 



A stiffly erect, much - branched, 

 shrubby species, with hairy and some- 

 what leathery, broadly rounded leaves, 

 and panicles of small silky yellow 

 flowers. Native to southwestern India. 



For previous introduction see 

 S. P. I. No. 59318. 



64067. Crotalaria leioloba Bartling. 



A species from the mountainous 

 districts of northeastern India and 

 also distributed throughout the East 

 Indies. It is one of the more robust 

 of the herbaceous species, with fine 

 silky branches and leaves, the latter 

 being oblong and about 2 inches in 

 length. 



For previous introduction see 

 S. P. I. No. 59320. 



64068. Crotalaria tetragona Roxb. 



An erect stiff shrub, often 6 feet in 

 height, which grows wild in the Hima- 

 layas cf northeastern India, ascending 

 to an altitude of 3,500 feet. The silky 

 membranous narrow leaves are some- 

 times a foot long, and the lemon-yel- 

 low flowers are produced in lax ra- 

 cemes 6 inches or more in length. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 59321. 



64069. Sesban aculeatum (Schreb.) Poir. 

 Fabaceae. 



A tall-growing annual plant from trop- 

 ical and subtropical Asia, which is used 

 there as green manure and also for fod- 

 der. It is a vigorous grower and is said 

 to thrive in semiarid regions. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 



No. 58978. 



64070. Sesban sericedm (Willd.) DC. 

 Fabaceae. 



An unarmed shrubby annual, often sev- 

 eral feet in height, native to the plains 



64066 to 64070— Continued. 



of Ceylon. The silky pinnate leaves are 

 about a foot in length, and the flowers, 

 pale yellow dotted with red, are in lax 

 racemes. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 59322. 



64071 to 64074. 



From Kwangtung Province, China. Seeds 

 collected by F. A. McClure, agricultural 

 explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived June 30, 1925. Notes by Mr. 

 McClure. 



64071. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. 



Pea. 



No. 147. Ahliuwat, near Taip'ingshi. 

 April 20, 1925. Suet tau, Chun tzu. A 

 pea grown rather extensively in this 

 region and promising for two reasons : 

 The vines are self-supporting, and the 

 young pods are tender enough to be eaten. 

 I have eaten them and find them de- 

 liciously tender and sweet. 



64072. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 144. En route from Want'ong to 

 Kongt'uen. April 23, 1925. P'o tsai lck f 

 Tarn p'o tsai. A wild red berry with a 

 flavor somewhat resembling that of a 

 blackberry. The fruits do not separate 

 readily from the receptacle. The bram- 

 bles are low, being 1% to 3 feet in height, 

 and very spiny. They seem to be growing 

 well on a red subsoil laid bare by erosion. 



64073. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 145. Near Kongtuen. She p'aau. 

 lak. A large, globular, loosely organized 

 wild raspberry which bears white flowers. 

 The fruits separate freely from the recep- 

 tacle. The low herbaceous brambles ap- 

 pear to thrive well on the sandy soil 

 near streams, where they grow 7 in pro- 

 fusion. 



64074. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vul~ 

 gare Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 



No. 148. Ahliuwat, near T'aipingshi. 

 April 20, 1925. Mill nak. A locally 

 grown wheat sown broadcast in Septem- 

 ber or October, after the last rice crop 

 is harvested (usually during the month 

 of March), or in time for the first crop 

 of rice. It is sown at about the rate of 

 24 pounds per acre, and sos-bean cake, 

 peanut cake, or animal excreta are ap- 

 plied as fertilizer. 



64075 to 64083. 



From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. 

 Seeds presented by S. Youngberg, acting 

 director, Bureau of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived June 18, 1925. 



64075 to 64081. Coix lacryma-jobi ma- 

 yuex (Rom.) Stapf. Poaceae. Adlay. 



The rna-yuen, or adlay, has attracted 

 considerable attention as a cereai for 

 tropical regions. According to P. J. 

 Wester, it is better than upland rice for 

 tropical agriculture in being more 

 drought resistant, a heavier yielder, and 

 much less expensive to cultivate. The 

 seeds can be used largely in the same 

 manner as corn. 



64075. Cebu. 



64076. CotaMto. 



64077. Lamao. 



64078. La Union Red. 



