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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



68420 to 68825— Continued. 



68809. No. 0450-tr. Harbin. Beans 

 buff brown, a mixed collection culled 

 our of the many samples of commer- 

 cial soy beans submitted to tbe grad- 

 ing board of tbe Chinese Eastern 

 Railway, season of 1925. 



68810. No. 6450-h. Harbin. Beans 

 long, green, a mixed collection culled 

 out of the many samples of commer- 

 cial soy beans submitted to tbe grad- 

 ing board of the Chinese Eastern 

 Railway, season of 1925. 



68811. N«. 6450-i. Harbin. Beans 

 brown, a mixed collection culled out 

 of tbe many samples of commercial 

 soy beans submitted to the grading 

 board of the Chinese Eastern Rail- 

 way, season of 1925. 



68812. No. 6450-j. Harbin. Beans 

 buff, a mixed collection culled out 

 of the many samples of commercial 

 soy beans submitted to the grading 

 board of the Chinese Eastern Rail- 

 way, season of 1925. 



68813. No. 6450-k. Harbin. Beans 

 dull greenish, a mixed collection 

 culled out of the many samples of 

 commercial soy beans submitted to 

 the grading board of the Chinese 

 Eastern Railway, season of 1925. 



68814. No. 6450-1. Harbin. Beans 

 long, black, a mixed collection culled 

 out of the many samples of commer- 

 cial soy beans submitted to the 

 grading board of the Chinese Eastern 

 Railway, season of 1925. 



68815. No. 6450-m. Harbin. Beans 

 reddish brown, a mixed collection 

 culled out of the many samples of 

 commercial soy beans submitted to 

 the grading board of the. Chinese 

 Eastern Railway, season of 1925. 



68816. No. 6450-n. Harbin. Beans 

 light greenish yellow, a mixed col- 

 lection culled out of the many sam- 

 ples of commercial soy beans sub- 

 mitted to the grading board of the 

 Chinese Eastern Railway, season of 

 1925. 



68817 and 68818. Lonicera caerulea edu- 

 lis (Turcz.) Regel. Caprifoliaceae. 



Honeysuckle. 



6S817. No. 5983. Kaolingtzu. June 22, 

 1926. A bush 10 to 12 feet in 

 height, producing oblong fruits, one- 

 half to three-fourths of an inch in 

 length and about one-fourth of an 

 inch in diameter, which are very 

 dark purple, almost black with 

 plenty of bloom. The fruits are not | 

 very good when fresh, but are ex- 

 tensively used in the vicinity of 

 Vladivostok for making jam. 



68818. No. 6143. Hingan. July 8, 

 1926. Found in peaty soil where the 

 climate, though now dry, is at sea- 

 sons apparently very wet. 



68819. Prunes sibirica L. Amygdala- 

 ceae. Siberian apricot. 



No. 6315. From the White River Val- 

 ley, near Bariam. July 29. 1926. Shan 

 Using (wild mountain apricot). The 

 plants are rarely more than 3 feet in 

 height and are frequently heavily fruited. 

 The fruits vary greatly in size and shape. 

 the largest found being three-fourths of 

 an inch in diameter. They range from 

 pale yellowish green to golden and very 

 often to almost red. 



68420 to 68825— Continued. 



68820. Prunes padus L. Amygdalaceae. 



European bird cherry. 



No. 6305. Bariam. July 19, 1926. 



68821. Ribes diacantha Pall. Grossu- 

 lariaceae. Red currant. 



No. 6312. Near Bariam. July 21, 

 1926. The fruit is bright red and of 

 very good quality. 



68822. Rosa sp. Rosaceae. Rose. 



No. 6326. From the White Riyer Val- 

 ley, near Bariam. July 24, 1926. Verv 

 spiny plants, with the hips pale pink to 

 almost red. 



68823. Rebus idaees strigosus (Michx.) 

 Maxim. Rosaceae. Raspberry. 



No. 6322. From the White River Val- 

 ley, near Bariam. July 23, 1926. A pale- 

 pink fruited raspberry of good size, which 

 caps easily. 



68824. Rebus saxatilis L. Rosaceae. 



Dewberry. 



No. 6323. From the White River Val- 

 ley, near Bariam. July 24, 1926. A 

 dewberry producing large bright-red fruits 

 of good quality. 



68825. Viola texuicorxis W. Becker. 

 Vioiaceae. Violet. 



No. 5987. Kaolingtzu. June 22, 1926. 

 The flowers of this plant are rather light 

 purple or violet, and are of fairly good 

 size for a wild variety. 



68826 to 68828. Feagakia sp. Rosa- 

 ceae. Strawberry. 



From St. Jean le Blanc, par Orleans. 

 France. Plants presented by Edmond 

 Versin. Received March 4, 1926. Num- 

 bered September, 1926. 



Locally developed varieties. 



68826. Fragaria sp. 

 Geante Rouge. 



68827. Fragaria sp. 

 L'lndispensWle. 



68828. Fragaria sp. 

 XomVlot Bruneau. 



68829 to 68835. 



From Sao Paulo. Brazil. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. Henrique Lobbe, Eng. Agronomo. 

 Director do Campo de Sementes de Sao 

 Simao, through A. J. Pieters. Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received September 27. 

 1926. 



68829 to 68831. Arachis spp. Fabaceae. 



Peanut. 



68829. Arachis htpogaea L. 



A small-podded form from southern 

 Brazil. 



68830 and 68831. Arachis xamby- 

 quarae Hoehne. 



A Brazilian relative of the peanut, 

 which, according to Hoehne (Historia 

 Natural Botanica. Matto Grosso. Brazil. 

 Part XII), is a much-branched, pros- 

 trate, or ascending plant. The pod 

 is 2 to 3 inches long, wirh usually two 

 seeds which are edible and very oily. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65296. 



