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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



72010. Eragrostis sp. Poaceae. 



Grass.« 



From Bathurst, Gambia, West Africa. Seeds 

 collected by David Fair-child, agricultural 

 explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the 

 Allison V. Armour expedition. Received 

 March 12, 1927. 



No. 1117. Near Cape St. May. A grass, 2 feet 

 high, growing abundantly on cultivated land near 

 the sea. 



72011. Jtjlostylis angustifolia 

 (Arn.) Thwaites. Malvaceae. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Seeds presented by 

 F. A. Stockdale, Director of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived January 28, 1927. 



A low tree, related to cotton (Gossypium spp.), 

 native to Ceylon. The flowers, pale yellow with 

 red centers, are about half an inch across. 



72012. HORDETJM VTJLGARE PALLIDUM 



Seringe. Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. 



From China. Seeds collected by F. A. McClure, 

 agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received January 13, 1927. 



No. 688. Luchowfu, Anhwei Province. Octo- 

 ber, 1926. A local variety. 



72013 to 72066. Soja max (L.) Piper 

 (Glycine hispida Maxim.). Faba- 

 ceae. Soy bean. 



From Nanking, China. Seeds presented by C. 

 M. Hehm, acting head, department of agron- 

 omy, College of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 University of Nanking, through Prof. J. H. 

 Reisner, University of Nanking. Received 

 January, 1927. 



These soy beans have been planted for at least 

 three years in the experimental plots at the Uni- 

 versity of Nanking. 



72013. No. 73. 



72014. No. 178. 



72015. No. 188. 



72016. No. 189. 



72017. No. 192. 



72018. No. 194. 



72019. No. 195. 



72020. No. 197. 



72021. No. 199. 



72022. No. 201. 



72023. No. 214. 



72024. No. 216. 



72025. No. 218. 



72026. No. 221. 



72027. No. 224. 



72028. No. 225. 



72029. No. 226. 



72030. No. 227. 



72031. No. 233. 



72032. No. 234. 



72033. No. 237. 



72034. No. 238. 



72035. No. 242. 



72036. No. 246. 



72037. No. 248. 



72038. No. 249. 



72039. No. 250. 



72040. No. 251. 



72041. No. 254. 



72042. No. 255. 



72043. No. 258. 



72044. No. 261. 



72045. No. 262. 



72046. No. 269. 



72047. No. 280. 



72048. No. 285. 



72049. No. 290. 



72050. No. 296. 



72051. No. 299. 



72052. No. 306. 



72053. No. 311. 



72054. No. 315. 



72055. No. 326. 



72056. No. 332. 



72057. No. 333. 



72058. No. 336. 



72059. No. 337. 



72060. No. 338. 



72061. No. 339. 



72062. No. 343. 



72063. No. 348. 



72064. No. 355. 



72065. No. 359. 



72066. No. 363. 



72067 to 72165. 



From China. Seeds and scions collected bv P. H. 

 Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received January, 1927. 



Numbers 72067 to 72086 are seeds collected in 

 Manchuria through the cooperation of D. McLorn, 

 postal commissioner, Harbin. 



72067 to 72076. HORDEUM VTJLGARE PALLIDUM 



Seringe. Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. 



72067. No. 8627. From Huolunchuan. Kirin 

 Province. 



No. 8631. From Changchiawa, Kirin 

 Province. 



72069. No. 8633. [No other data.] 



72070. No. 8637. From Hsinglungchen, Ki- 

 rin Province. 



72071. No. 8644. From Tanantun. 



72072. No. 8661. From Kuoerlaschienchi. 



72073. No. 8672. [No other data.] 



72074. No. 8678. From Chanan. 



72075. No. 8681. From Hsianglanchisantso. 



72076. No. 8687. [No other data.] 



72077 to 72086. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vul- 



gareVill.). Poaceae. Common wheat . 



72077. No. 8629. From Changchiawa, Kirin 

 Province. 



72078. No. 8635. 



72079. No. 8641. 



[No other data.] 

 From Tanantun. 



Kirin 



72080. No. 8650. From Ershihchiatzu. 



72081. No. 8657. From Tassuchan, 

 Province. 



72082. No. 8664. FromAisimen. 



72083. No. 8669. FromMuhing. 



72084. No. 8673. [No other data.] 



72085. No. 8674. From Bienshuho. 



72086. No. 8682. From Hsianglanchisantso. 



Numbers 72087 to 72165 are scions which were 

 collected at the Fa Hua Ssu Temple near 

 Haitzu, Chihli Province, in November, 1926. 



72087 to 72095. Amygdaltjs persica L. (Prunus 

 persica Stokes). Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



72087. No. 8810. Ma nao hung tao (red agate 

 peach). A freestone variety producing 

 fruits about 3 inches in diameter, which 

 have red skin and white flesh. They 

 ripen the first part of August. 



72038. No. 8811. Ho yieh hung tao (red lotus 

 leaf peach) . A clingstone variety with red- 

 skinned fruits about 2 inches in diameter, 

 which ripen the first part of August. 



72089. No. 8836. White jar peach. A free- 

 stone variety with fruits l\i to 2 inches in 

 diameter, which ripen the last of July 

 and are white with a pink blush. 



72090. No. 8837. Sweet eagle bill peach. The 

 freestone fruits, 1 to IH inches in diameter, 

 are pink and ripen the middle of July. 



72091. Nos. 2611 and 8844. Chu yih ching tao 

 (green bamboo leaf peach) . The fruits, 3 

 to 3H inches in diameter, have pink skin 

 and p ale-pink flesh . They rip en in August . 



72092. No. 8854. White hairy peach. The 

 free-stone fruits, about 1J-2 inches in diam- 

 eter, are white and ripen the middle of 

 August. 



72093. No. 8855. Yellow hairy peach. The 



^ freestone fruits, about an inch in diameter, 

 [ "~ are light yellow and ripen the middle of 

 August. 



