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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



71261 to 71387— Continued. 



71381 to 71386. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



71381. No. 792. En route from Shuching to 

 Chungmuihoh, Anhwei Province. Octo- 

 ber 16, 1926. Pau luk. A semident 

 variety. 



71382. No. 809. En route from Chungmui- 

 hoh and Taaihohhau, Anhwei Province. 

 October 18, 1926. Luk kok. A variegated 

 variety with a flinty endosperm. 



71383. No. 830. Taaihohhau, Anhwei Prov- 

 ince. October, 1926. Luk kok. A pale- 

 yellow flint variety. 



71384. No. 840. Taaihohhau, Anhwei Prov- 

 ince. October, 1926. Hung kuk kok. A 

 red sport which occurs very frequently in 

 the corn in this vicinity. 



71385. No. 841. Taaihohhau, Anhwei Prov- 

 ince. October 22, 1926. Paak luk kok. A 

 white dent variety with a white cob. 



71386. No. 652. Tungchan, Anhwei Prov- 

 ince. October 28, 1926. Ue tso luk. An 

 early variety of flint corn. 



71387. Tricyrtispilosa Wall. Melanthiaceae. 



71388. Ixophorus unisetus (Presl.) 

 Schlecht. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds presented by J. 

 M. Westgate, Director, Hawaii Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, through H. N. Vinall, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 

 21, 1927. 



A coarse perennial tropical grass, 2V 2 to 4 feet 

 high, which is excellent stock feed. In Hawaii it 

 yields about 45 tons of green feed per acre. {West- 

 gate.) 



For previous introduction see No. 50650. 



71389. Cajantts indicus Spreng. Fa- 

 baceae. Pigeon pea. 



From Antigua, British West Indies. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the Superintendent of Agriculture. 

 Received January 22, 1927. 



Locally grown seeds. 



71390. Fraxinus mandshurica Rupr. 

 Oleaceae. Ash. 



From Manchuria. Seeds obtained by P. H. Dor- 

 sett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received January *>2, 1927. 



No. 8703. Slinkins Forest Concession. Octo- 

 ber, 1926. Collected by I. V. Kosloff, Manchurian 

 Research Society, Harbin. A tall handsome tree 

 with dull-green foliage, native to northeastern 

 Asia. 



For previous introduction see No. 64235. 



71391 and 71392. Soja max (L.) Piper 



{Glycine hispida Maxim.) . Fabaceae. 



Soy bean. 



From Cawnpore, United Provinces, India. Seeds 

 presented by D. Youngman, economic botanist. 

 Received January 23, 1927. 



Locally grown varieties. 



71391. Black-seeded variety. 



71392. White-seeded variety. 



71393. ECDEIOCOLEA MONOSTACHYA F. 



Muell. Baloskionaceae. 



From Perth, Western Australia. Seeds presented 

 by W. M. Carne, botanist and plant pathologist, 

 Department of Agriculture. Received January 

 21, 1927. 



Collected at Marchagee, Western Australia, 

 November 25, 1926. Locally known as "Sand- 

 plain." (Carne.) 



A perennial rushlike herbaceous plant, intro- 

 duced for testing as a possible source of paper- 

 making material. It is native to Western Aus- 

 tralia, where it grows in deep sand. 



For previous introduction see No. 62232. 



71394 to 71403. 



From Kharkof, Ukrania, Russia. Seeds presented 

 by All-Ukrainian Seed-Producing Association, 

 through J. W. Pincus, Amtorg Trading Cor- 

 poration, New York City, N. Y. Received 

 January 22, 1927. 



Locally developed varieties. 



71394. Anethum graveolens L. Apiaceae. 



Dill. 



For previous introduction see No. 64340. 



Schrad. Cucur- 

 Watermelon. 



71395. ClTRULLUS VULGARIS 



bitaceae. 



Piatogorski (favorite). 



71396 to 71398. Cucumis sativus L. Cucur- 

 bitaceae. Cucumber. 



71396. Nejiski. 



71397. Zelenka (green). 



71398. Viaznikovski. 



71399. CUCURBITA PEPO L. 



Greek squash. 



Cucurbitaceae. 



Pumpkin. 



71400 and 71401. Phaseoltjs vulgaris L. Fa- 

 Common bean. 



71400. Wonder of France. 



71401. Emperor William. A Russian bush 

 bean. 



71402 and 71403. Trifolium pratense L. Fa- 

 baceae. Red clover. 



A southern Russian variety which gives two 

 crops a year. 



71402. No. 1. 71403. No. 2. 



71404. Juglans regia L. Juglanda- 

 ceae. Walnut. 



From Gibraltar, Spain. Seeds obtained by David 

 Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, with the Allison V. Armour expedi- 

 tion. Received January 22, 1927. 



No 926. December, 1926. A large variety of 

 the English walnut sold in a single shop in Gibraltar 

 and which is said to be grown around Ronda, Spain. 

 The quality of the meat is very fine. 



71405. CORMONEMA OVALIFOLIUMDonn. 



Smith. Rhamnaceae. 



From the city of Guatemala, Guatemala. Seeds 

 presented by Jorge Garcia Salas, Director 

 General of Agriculture, through Paul C. Stand- 

 ley, United States National Museum. Received 

 January 12, 1927. 



A small tropical tree, native to Guatemala, 

 where it is planted as an ornamental in parks and 

 used as a shade tree for coffee. In Guatemala it 

 is known as coxte. 



