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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



69109 and 69110. 



From Honolulu. Hawaii. Seeds presented 

 by W. A. Setchell. through T. H. Kear- 

 ney. Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 October 18, 1926. 



69109. GOSSYPIUM TOMEXTOSUM Nutt. 



Malvaceae. Cotton. 



Hawaiian-grown seeds. 



69110. Kokia eockii Lewton. Malvaceae. 



Kokio. 



A handsome tree, native to the island 

 of Molokai. Hawaii, which becomes about 

 20 feet high. The somewhat fleshy deep- 

 green orbicular leaves are in whorls at 

 the ends of the branches, and the bright- 

 scarlet flowers, about 6 inches across, are 

 freely produced. 



69111. Deguelia daebeegioides (Baker) 

 Taub. (Denis dalhergioides Baker). 

 Fabaceae. 



From Dar es Salaam. Tanganyika Territory, 

 East Africa. Seeds presented by A. H. 

 Kirby. Director of Agriculture. Received 

 October 26. 1926. 



A small, spreading tree, described by 

 Hooker (Flora of British India, vol. 2. p. 

 241) as being about 20 feet high, with rigid 

 dark-green compound leaves and copious 

 racemes of pink flowers. Native to eastern 

 India and Java. 



For previous introduction see No. 63768. 



69112 to 69117. 



From Manchuria. Seeds obtained by P. H. 

 Dorsett, agricultural explorer. Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received October 11, 

 1926. 



69112. Acer gixxala Maxim. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



No. 6457. Shitankhetsy. August 23, 

 1926. 



69113. Impatiexs nolitaxgere L. Im- 

 patientaceae. 



No. 6459. Near Shitankhetsy. August 

 24. 1926. A yellow-flowered herb. 



69114. Impatiexs sp. Impatientaceae. 



No. 6465. August 26, 1926. A creamy 

 white-flowered herb from 17 Verst, a 

 station on the new branch line of the 

 Cbinese Eastern Railway. 



69115. Rubus crataegifolius Bunge. 

 Rosaceae. Red raspberry. 



No. 6461. Shitankhetsy. August 25, 

 1926. A large red raspberry which caps 

 easily. It may be a wild species or 

 perhaps a seedling from the many culti- 

 vated plants grown here. 



69116. Trifolium pratexse L. Faba- 

 ceae. Red clover. 



No. 6468. Shitankhetsy. August 27, 

 1926. 



69117. Trifolium lupixaster L. Faba- 

 ceae. Clover. 



No. 6469. Shitankhetsy. August 27, 

 1926. 



69118 to 69125. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. L. Koch, Chief of the Plant-Breed- 

 ing Station for Annual Crops. Received 

 October 25. 1926. 



63118 to 69125— Continued. 



69118. Calopogoxium mucuxoides Desv. 

 Fabaceae. 



A tropical American plant which is 

 said to be popular as a cover plant in 

 Sumatra, according to J. N. Milsum and 

 E. A. Curtler (Malayan Agricultural 

 Journal, vol. 13, No. 8. August. 1925, 

 pp. 271-72) . These authorities state that 

 a fair cover is obtained after three 

 months from sowing, when flowering 

 commences. The plant is a vigorous 

 creeping herb which forms a mat of 

 foliage l^o feet or so in thickness over 

 the soil. The stems, 3 to 10 feet long, 

 form roots at each node. The pale-blue 

 flowers are in racemes 1 to 4 inches 

 long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66085. 



69119. Crotalaria axagyroides H. B. K. 

 Fabaceae. 



This species is now given preference 

 here in Java as green manure ; it pro- 

 duces more vegetation and does not pack 

 down easily. It is especially satisfactory 

 in higher altitudes and is in such great 

 demand for the tea plantations in the 

 higher mountains that we bave to limit 

 our seed distributions to small quanti- 

 ties. (Xote by Dr. P. J. 8. Cramer under 

 No. 58166.) 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66251. 



69120. Crotalaria usaramoexsis Baker f. 

 Fabaceae. 



This East African crotalaria has been 

 tested in Java as a green manure, ac- 

 cording to Dr. P. J. S. Cramer, Director 

 of the Department of Agriculture. Buiten- 

 zorg, who also states that it has proved 

 very successful as a green manure when 

 grown in alternation with corn, produc- 

 ing large quantities of vegetation rich in 

 nitrogen. In the cinchona plantations it 

 is very satisfactory, as it endures partial 

 shade and forms a dense low growth 

 which keeps the edges of the terraces 

 together. 



For previous introduction see No. 64064. 



69121. Sorghum vulgare Pers. Poaceae. 



Sorghum. 



Variety Gandroeng Degem 22. A locally 

 developed strain. 



69122. Mimosa ixvisa Mart. Mimosa- 

 ceae. 



A prostrate or ascending tropical le- 

 guminous plant with sensitive feathery 

 foliage and rose-colored flowers. In 

 Javathis has been used as a cover plant. 



For previous introduction see No. 45618. 



69123 to 69125. Soja max (L.) Piper 



(Glycine Jiispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 



Soy bean. 



Locally developed strains. 



69123. Variety Kedelee 16. 



69124. Variety Kedelee 27. 



69125. Variety Kedelee SO. 



69126 to 69142. 



From Kotgarh, Simla Hills. India. Seeds 

 presented by Richard B. Gregg. Received 

 October 20,' 1926. 



Seeds collected in the Spiti region, west- 

 ern Tibet, in August, 1926. 



