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€4245 to 64272— Continued. 



64270. Salix sp. 



No. 5870. This dwarf willow, bear- 

 ing large leaves and erect spikes 3 

 inches in length, is creeping in habit. 



64271. Salix sp. 



No. 6239. A shrub a foot or 2 high, 

 with erect spikes about 3 inches long. 

 Grows on sheltered gravelly slopes 

 and in marshy places. 



64272. Thalicteum sp. Ranunculaceae. 



No. 5899. A plant 6 to 10 feet high, 

 with small leaves and large mauve 

 flowers. Resembles Thalictrum diptero- 

 carpum, but probably the leaves are 

 smaller and the flowers larger. Grows 

 in loamy soil, in shady places. 



64273 to 64285. 



From Chihli Province, China. Seeds col- 

 lected by P. H. Dorsett, agricultural ex- 

 plorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived May 27, 1925. Notes by Mr. 

 Dorsett. 



The following seeds were collected at 

 the Botanical Garden, Peking, April 10, 

 1925. 



64273. HORDEUM VULGABE NIGRUM 



(Willd.) Beaven. Poaceae. 



Six-rowed barley. 



No. 2658. Feng Tien hei ta mai (black 

 barley of Mukden). This variety is said 

 to have originally come from Mukden, 

 Manchuria. 



64274 to 64276. Hordeum vdlgare pal- 

 lidum Seringe. Poaceae. 



Six-rowed barley. 



64274. No. 2649. Wang ta mai (king 

 barley). This variety appears to be 

 the most commonly grown barley. 



64275. No. 2650. Honcm icang ta mai 

 (king barley of Honan), said to 

 have originally come from Honan 

 Province. 



64276. No. 2659. Eo Kuo ta mai (Rus- 

 sian barley), originally from Russia. 



64277 and 64278. Phaseolus calcaratus 

 Roxb. Fabaceae. Rice bean. 



64277. No. 2652. Pai ch'ang hsiao toil 

 (white long small bean). This 

 variety is said to be a product of 

 Chihli Province. 



64278. No. 2660. Tsung so ch'ang hsiao 

 tou (long brown small bean). These 

 were selected from the small white 

 bean, No. 2652 [S. P. I. No. 64277], 

 and may prove to be a different 

 strain. 



64279 to 64283. Pisum sativum L. Fa- 

 baceae. Pea. 



64279. No. 2653. Eo Kuo pai wan tou 

 (white field pea of Russia), said to 

 have come originally from Russia. 



64280. No. 2654. Szeclvwan pai wan 

 tou (white field pea of Szechwan). 

 A product of Szechwan. 



64281. No. 2655. Feng Tien pai wan 

 tou (white field pea of Mukden), 

 said to have come originally from 

 Mukden, Manchuria. 



64282. No. 2656. Te Kuo lu wan tou 

 (green field pea of Germany). Orig- 

 inally from Germany. 



64273 to 64285— Continued. 



64283. No. 2657. Szechwan lu wan tou 

 (green field pea of Szechwan), origi- 

 nally from Szechwan Province. 



64284. Soja max (L.) Piper {Glycine his- 

 pida Maxim.). Fabaceae. Soy bean, 



No. 2651. Tsung se tou (brown soy 

 bean) said to be a product of Chihli 

 Province. 



64285. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vul- 

 gare Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 



No. 2648. Pai mai tze (white winter 

 wheat). Originally from Chinghsien. 



64286. Dahlia variabilis (Willd.) 

 Desf. Asteraceae. 



From Lima, Peru. Tuber collected by 

 Wilson Popenoe, agricultural explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 February 28, 1925. Numbered April, 

 1925. 



This is considered to be the parent of 

 the great majority of cultivated dahlia 

 varieties, and is, as the name indicates, 

 very variable in both vegetative and 

 floral characters. 



64287 and 64288. 



From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Dr. Pacheco Leao, director, Bo- 

 tanic Garden. Received June 29, 1925. 



64287. HOLCUS SORGHUM VERTICILLI- 



elorus (Steud.) Hitchc. Poaceae. 



Tabucki grass. 



Locally grown seeds. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 61674. 



,. Meibomia discolor (Vogel) 

 Kuntze {Desmodium discolor Vogel). 

 Fabaceae. 



A shrubby erect hairy plant from 

 southern Brazil, with oval membranous 

 leaflets and large panicles of light-blue 

 flowers. 



64289 to 64309. 



From Tiflis, Georgia, Caucasus. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the director of the Botanic 

 Garden. Received June 30, 1925. 



64289. Abies spectabilis Lambert (A. 

 we'boiana Lindl.). Pinaceae. Fir. 



An Asiatic fir, which, in its native 

 home in the Himalayas, becomes at times 

 150 feet in height, according to Bean 

 (Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 1, p. 128). The dark-green 

 leaves are arranged in two opposite series 

 so as to leave a V-shaped opening along 

 the top ; the individual leaves are 1 to 2 

 inches long. The cones, about 5 inches 

 long, are violet-purple at first, becoming 

 brown. It is probable that this fir will 

 prove hardy only in the southern United 

 States. 



64290. Acer divergens Koch and Pax. 

 Aceraceae. Maple. 



According to Koch (Engler's Botan- 

 ische Jahrbiicher, vol. 7, p. 234), this 

 maple, native to the Caucasus, is prob- 

 ably a tree ; the bark is ash brown. The 

 leathery dark-green leaves are pale be- 

 neath and five lobed. 



