APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 



-66780. Gossypium Nanking Meyen. 

 Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Nanking, China. Seeds obtained from 

 R. H. Porter, acting head of cotton department, 

 Nanking University, through C. B. Doyle, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Eeceived April 15, 

 1926. 



Million Dollar. 



■66781 to 66789. 



From Canton, China. Rhizomes collected by 

 F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received April 7, 1926. 



66781. Aeundinaria sp. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



No. 334. January 7, 1926. Tip mo chuk. 

 A wild bamboo found in a dense brake on the 

 sandy flood plain of a little stream, Tsehaang, 

 Lungtau Mountains. The rough culms, 1 to 

 4 meters high and three-fourths to 15 centi- 

 meters in diameter, have very long internodes 

 and very small interior cavities; the branches 

 are tufted, very upright, and stiff; the leaves 

 are large and used to line bamboo hats. 



66782 to 66788. Phyllostachys spp. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



66782. Phyllostachys sp. 



No. 335. January 7, 1926. Kam cliuk. 

 A wild bamboo growing on the sandy flood 

 plain of a little stream, Tsehaang, Lungtau 

 Mountains. The young shoots are edible. 

 The culms, up to 8 meters high and 2 or 2.5 

 centimeters in diameter, are pale green and 

 rather thin-walled, and the branches are 

 usually in pairs. 



66783. Phyllostachys sp. 



No. 344. January 9, 1926. Fu chuk. 

 From Lukchukhaang, at the foot of the 

 Lungtau Mountains. A wild variety with 

 culms up to 11 centimeters in diameter and 

 10 meters long, deep green, gradually turning 

 yellow in old age and which are rather thin- 

 walled. The leaves are very narrow, the 

 branchlets slender, somewhat drooping, and 

 the young shoots are edible but must be 

 parboiled to remove a bitter principle which 

 gives to the bamboo its name "bitter bam- 

 boo." 



66784. Phyllostachys sp. 



No. 346. January 10, 1926. Oo chuk. 

 From the wild in a ravine on Peng Mountain, 

 Lungtau Mountains. The culms, which in 

 this region have a height of about 5 meters 

 and a diameter of 2 centimeters, are more or 

 less completely covered with purplish dots, 

 giving them a dark or black appearance from 

 a distance, hence the name "black bamboo." 

 These culms are of no special use excepting for 

 pipes as curiosities. The young shoots, 

 though edible, are not of special merit. The 

 surface of the rhizomes is quite black. 



66785. Phyllostachys sp. 



No. 348. Obtained from the wild near 

 Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountains, January 10, 

 1926. A small bamboo with culms up to 

 4 meters high and 1.5 centimeters in diameter, 

 which turn yellow early. The culm sheaths 

 are said to be spotted with brown, hence the 

 name Fa hok chuk. The young shoots are 

 edible. 



66786. Phyllostachys sp. 



No. 349. Nai chuk. From the wild, near 

 Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountains, January 11, 

 1926. The culms are up to 4 meters high and 

 1.25 centimeters in diameter, with most of 

 the upper portion solid, which makes them 

 -somewhat top-heavy and likely to be bent 

 over by any unusual weight, such as the 

 growth of vines. The young shoots are 

 eaten. 



66781 to 66789— Continued. 



66787. Phyllostachys sp. 



No. 387. Kam chuk. From the wild 

 near Shekwohtsz, Chauen Mountains, Jan- 

 uary 17, 1926. This bamboo is scarcely 

 distinguishable, upon first sight, from Phyl- 

 lostachys pubescens, but upon careful exami- 

 nation, however, it is seen to differ in having, 

 on the average, slightly larger leaves, slightly 

 longer internodes, and a double ridge at the 

 nodes instead of a single ridge; the culms 

 have thinner walls and the rhizomes are 

 rounder in cross section and smaller. The 

 young shoots are highly esteemed by the 

 Chinese. In these mountains, where it 

 covers large areas, the shoots are dried in 

 great quantities for the market. 



66788. Phyllostachys sp. 



No. 388. Woh tsz. Obtained from the 

 vicinity of Shekwohtsz, Chauen Mountains, 

 January 18, 1926. Hills and valleys of these 

 mountains are clad with this soft-green 

 feathery bamboo which in former peaceful 

 times supplied two great industries, paper 

 making and the drying of young shoots. 

 This is the most highly esteemed and in 

 general the bamboo most widely adapted to 

 the everyday needs of the people. Practi- 

 cally all of the paper manufactured in this 

 Province is made of it. It is unusual in that 

 it produces shoots during the winter months 

 which serve as a table delicacy. The pale- 

 green culms, especially adapted to the making 

 of carrying poles, furniture, and household 

 implements, are covered with a dense short 

 stiff pubescence when young. 



66789. (Undetermined.) 



No. 399. Ngau tsin chuk. Obtained from 

 the wild at Waichungpeng Pass, Chauen 

 Mountains. It is a small bamboo with rather 

 thin-walled culms up to 5 meters in height and 

 2 centimeters in diameter. The young shoots, 

 though edible, are of no special merit. 



66790 and 66791. Chayota edulis 

 Jacq. (Sechium edule Swartz). Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Chayote. 



From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Fruits pre- 

 sented by Dr. Gonzalo M. Fortun, Director, Es- 

 tacion Experimental Agronomica. Received 

 April 15, 1926. 



Cuban chayotes. 



66790. A white variety. 



66791. A green variety. 



66792. COIX LACRYMA-JOBI MA-YUEN 



(Rom.) Stapf. Poaceae. Adlay. 



From Impolutao, Bukidnon, Philippine Islands. 

 Seeds presented by Ole Waloe, through P. J. 

 Wester, Ballston, Va. Received April 3, 1926. 



Adlay seeds introduced for testing in tropical 

 America. 



PRATENSE L. 



Red clover. 



From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds purchased from 

 A. Kol, chief of the bureau of introduction, 

 Institute of Applied Botany. Received April 

 20, 1926. 



A central Russian variety from the Shatilov 

 Experiment Station, Government of Orel. 



66794. Spiraea sp. Rosaceae. Spirea. 



From Lexington, Ky. Plant presented by Mrs. 

 Harriet Williams Carter. Received April 21, 

 1926. 



Variety Enchantment. Said to be superior to 

 any of the spireas now in the American trade. 

 (Mrs. Carter.) 



66793. Trifolium 

 Fabaceae. 



