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67377 to 67396— Continued. 



67391. No. 9447. Variety lutescens. Selec- 

 tion No. 0479. From the Western Si- 

 berian Experiment Station. 



67392. No. 9449. Variety milturum. Selec- 

 tion No. 0254. From the Western Si- 

 berian Experiment Station. 



67393. No. 10244. Variety graecum Korn. 

 Sary Mahiz. Selection No. 0289 A IV. 

 From Turkestan. 



67394. No. 10245. Variety graecum Korn. 

 Sary Mahiz. Selection No. 0283 A IV. 



67395 and 67396. Triticum durum Desf. 

 Poaceae. Durum wheat. 



67395. No. 2995. Variety hordeiforme. Belo- 

 tourka. Selection No. 189. From, the 

 Samara Government. 



'67396. No. 2996. Variety melanopus Al. 

 Belotourka. Selection No. 69. From the 

 Samara Government. 



"67397. Saccharum officinartjm L. 

 Poaceae. Sugar cane. 



From Herrandura, Cuba. Cuttings presented by 

 F. S. Earle, through E. W. Brandes, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received June 1, 1926. 



P. R. No. 492. 



67398 and 67399. 



Poaceae. 



Phyllostachys spp. 

 Bamboo. 



From Canton, China. Rhizomes collected by 

 F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received January and Feb- 

 ruary, 1926. Numbered May, 1926. Notes by 

 Mr. McClure. 



67398. Phyllostachys sp. 



No. 247. November 22, 1925. Koon yam 

 >chuk, Kan chuk. A small monopodial bamboo 

 growing wild along the banks of the West River, 

 near Wuchow, Kwongsai. The culms are 1 to 

 1.5 meters high and 1 to 1.5 centimeters in 

 diameter. The young shoots which begin to 

 appear in April are 'edible and considered very 

 delicious by the Chinese. It is not necessary 

 to parboil them. 



■87399. Phyllostachys sp. 



No. 258. November 25, 1925.' Fa hok chuk. 

 These rhizomes were purchased from a grove 

 near Takhing, West River. This bamboo is 

 cultivated for its edible shoots, which begin to 

 appear in April. The culms, medium thin- 

 walled and rather tough, are used to some 

 extent in weaving bamboo articles, such as 

 baskets and trays. 



67400 to 67404. Saccharum offici- 

 nartjm L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. 



From China. Cuttings collected by F. A. 

 McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry- Received May 3, 1926. Notes by 

 Mr. McClure. 



Obtained at T'owa, a village near the Canton 

 Christian College, March 9, 1926. 



67400. No. 435. Haak kwat che, Tsz che, Hung 

 che. A very large variety, characterized by 

 the purple color of the stalks. It has a thick 

 "skin" and is considered the most durable 

 in shipment. Most of the crop of this variety 

 is consumed fresh. 



67401. No. 436. Paak che. A smaller and 

 thinner skinned variety than No. 435 [No. 

 67400]. It is largely consumed fresh. 

 Though this variety contains the most juice, 

 the flavor is said to be not so rich as that of 

 others. 



67400 to 67404— Continued. 



67402. No. 437. Kam shaan che. This variety 

 is said to have originally come from Aus- 

 tralia. It is very large and coarse and is 

 seldom eaten fresh, though it is said to give 

 the best sugar return of any variety. 



67403. No. 438. Chuk che, Maau che. This 

 variety is characterized by a very hard "skin" 

 and is consequently very little eaten fresh. 



67404. No. 439. Muk che. This variety is said 

 to have been introduced from Singapore and 

 is considered the poorest from the Chinese 

 point of view. The stalks are extremely 

 hard (hence the name "wooden cane") and 

 are said to reach the largest stature of any. 



67405. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



From Sumatra. Seeds collected by David Fair- 

 child and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received May 23, 1926. 



No. 707. A kidney cotton found near the mili- 

 tary camp of Lawe Aonan, in the very heart of 

 Atjeh, at an altitude of 800 meters. It may be a 

 form introduced into the Battak lands many years 

 ago. 



67406. Strophanthus gratus Baill. 

 Apocynaceae. 



From Ibadan, Nigeria, Africa. Seeds presented 

 by R. A. Sykes, senior conservator of forests. 

 Received May 26, 1926. 



A handsome woody climber, native to tropical 

 Africa, with fragrant flowers, white tinged with 

 pink, and seeds which furnish crystalline strophan- 

 thus, according to Holland (Useful Plants of Ni- 

 geria, pt. 3, p. 447). This substance is used in 

 medicine, and the seeds of this species are preferred 

 to the common strophanthus seeds of commerce, 

 which yield this glucosid in an amorphous 

 condition. 



67407. Prunus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



Smith plumcot. 



Growing at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, 

 Calif. A form developed from scions of un- 

 named plumcots obtained in 1915 from M. 

 Sharpe, Vacaville, Calif. Numbered June, 1926. 



Fruit medium sized to medium large, 1% to 2 

 inches long and V/ 2 to 1% inches in diameter. Prac- 

 tically all fruits are decidedly compressed. The 

 shape is irregular, as with most plumcots and 

 apricots, some specimens tending to be kidney- 

 shaped. Stem short, medium stout. Suture a 

 distinct line in most specimens, but a quite promi- 

 nent depression in a few. Apex rounded to semi- 

 pointed in some specimens. Some specimens 

 almost completely overlaid with dark red; the 

 majority, however, have only a limited amount of 

 coloring, it not being uncommon for one side only 

 to be entirely colored. Skin medium thick, me- 

 dium tough. Flesh light yellow, medium juicy, 

 with rather numerous small fibrous threads which 

 are not objectionable. Mildly subacid, except in 

 very ripe fruit. Flesh clings tightly to the medium- 

 sized pit. Pit 1 inch long, five-eighths of an inch 

 wide, and medium compressed. This plumcot is 

 early, ships well, and is of fairly good quality. 

 The irregular size and shape of the samples at hand 

 perhaps may be overcome in part by good cultural 

 methods. The shy bearing habit of this tree may 

 be a handicap to commercial production. Row 8, 

 tree 1, old test orchard; row 16, tree 45, and row 19, 

 tree 34, new test orchard. 



67408. Melilotus 

 Fabaceae. 



indica (L.) All. 

 Sweet clover. 



From Rabat, Morocco. Seeds presented by A. 

 Pochon, Directeur, Jardin d'Essais de Rabat. 

 Received May 28, 1926. 



Locally grown seed. 



For previous introduction see No. 61322. 



