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Glycine hispida. (Pabaceae.) 37062-063, 37074-075, 
37077, 37080, 37228-325, 37326-356, 37396-404. Seeds of 
soy beans from various parts of Manchuria and Korea. 
These introductions include the largest collection of 
Korean soy bean varieties ever brought to this country, 98 
varieties with full descriptions and native names being 
sent in by the American consul at Seoul, Korea. Other 
collections are from Pyeng-yang, Korea, and from Harbin, 
Manchuria, and Tientsin, China. All introduced in the 
effort to bring together all valuable Manchurian and 
Korean varieties. For distribution later. 
Holcus sorghum. (Poaceae.) 37114-116. Seeds of sor- 
ghums from Zaria, northern Nigeria. Presented by Mr. 
K. T. Rae, Department of Agriculture. Three of the most 
commonly grown varieties introduced for the work of the 
Office of Forage Crop Investigations in bringing together 
the best West African varieties. For distribution later. 
Linum usitatissimum . (Linaceae.) 37085-089. Flax seeds 
from Adls Ababa, Abyssinia. Received through the British 
Legation, in the absence of an American consul. Five 
varieties of flax introduced because of the special promise 
of certain earlier introductions of Abyssinian flax. For 
distribution later. 
Myrciaria edulis. (Myrtaceae.) 37094. Seeds of the 
cambuca from Rio de Janeiro. "A very interesting myrta- 
ceous fruit, closely resembling in foliage and general 
character of fruit the jaboticaba. Leaves lanceolate- 
elliptical, acuminate, deep green above, lighter green 
beneath, 4 to 5 inches long. Fruits oblate in form, 2 
inches in width and 1| inches long, sessile, surface 
smooth, bright orange in color. Skin thin,' outer flesh 
one-fourth inch thick, tough and acid, inner pulp or edi- 
ble portion surrounding the seed about the same thickness, 
soft, translucent, juicy, of average subacid flavor, some- 
what resembling that of Passiflora edulis. Seed oval, com- 
pressed laterally, one-eighth inch long. For trial in 
Florida and California. (Dorsett, Popenoe and Shamel 
introduction.) For distribution later. 
Phaseolus radiatus. (Fabaceae.) 37078. Seeds of bean 
from Tientsin, China. Presented by Dr. Yamei Kin, Pei- 
Yang Woman's Medical School and Hospital. "Lti to. This 
makes a better quality of starch than anything else. It 
is curious that in China the starch obtained from maize 
or wheat is not valued as much as that made of this bean 
for laundry purposes. They also make a vermicelli from 
the starch of this bean, and one can at once distinguish 
