APRIL 1 TO MAY 31, 1920. 



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1 60382 to 60387— Continued. 

 50384. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Fabacese. Mnng bean. 



' Small green pea from Futsing." 



50385. SoJA MAX (L.) Piper. Fabaeeae. Soy bean. 

 (Glycim hispida Maxim.) 



"Yellow bean from Hokchiang (Futsing)." 



50386. ViGXA SESQL'iPEDALis (L.) Fruwirth. Fabacese. Yard-Long bean. 

 " Black bean from Futsing."' 



50387. ViGNA SINENSIS (Torner) Savi. Fabaeeae. Cowpea. 

 • Red bean from Futsyig." 



50388. Maxihot esculexta Crantz. Eiiphorbiaceoe. Cassava. 



( M. utilissima Pohl.) 

 From Rahia. Brazil.' Tiittings presented by Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferriio. Received 

 May 27. 1920. 



''A ver\^ curious and interestijig variety from the highlands of the interior. It is 

 called vumioc of 10 years, because it may remain 10 years in the gi'ound and produce 

 I roots that weigh more than 500 kilogi-ams (1.102. 3 pounds) on one tree, if they are 

 j planted from 10 to 12 meters apart. The roots are very long. It is interesting for 

 countries where there is no fi'ost and where droughts may occur from time to time." 

 (Argollo Ffirao.) 



50389. Saccharum officixarum L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. 



From Santiago de las Vegas. Cuba. Cuttings presented by Dr. Mario Calvino, 

 director. Agricultural Experiment Station. Received May 29, 1920, 

 The Cristalina variety of sugar cane for trial in connection Avith the sugar-cane 

 work of the United States Department of Agriculture. 



50390. Saccharum officixari m L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. 



I>om Rio Piedras. Porto Rico. Cuttings presented by Prof. F. S. Earle. Insular 

 Experiment Station. Received May 24. 1920. 

 " Kavangln seed cane grown from that received from Argentina last summer." 

 j {Earlc.) 



50391 to 50394. 



From Montevidc ). I'ruguay. .'^eeds pre-^ented by Luis (iuilloT. Direccion (Gen- 

 eral de Pa-eos Publicos. Received May 19. 1920. 



50391. Clematis movtevidexsis Spreng. Raimnciilacpfe. Clematis. 

 A very attractiAe clematis found in thickets in vaiious parts of Uruguay, 



especially near the town of Salto. where it climbs tiees and shrubs. The large 

 AvhitLsh yellow flowers are about 2 centimeters (four-fifths of an inch) in diameter 

 and are borne in axillary and terminal clusters. The ashy green leaves are 

 either entire or more or less three lobed. (Adapted from Arechavalefa, Flora 

 Urvjjwnia, vol. 1, p. 24-) 



50392. EuGExiA r;i.AUCESCj:NS 'Cani^)es8. ' jlfATtacea'. 



A large shrub, native to southern Brazil, with rather short, lanceolate leaves 

 up to 2\ inches in length and small white flowers borne singly in the axils of the 

 leaves. (Adapted from St. Hilaire, Flora Brasiliae Miridionalis. vol. 2, p. 368.) 



