1127 
Sojamax (L.) Piper. (Fabaceae.) 44212. Soybean* 
from Malanyu, Chihli province, China. Ch'ing tou, mean- 
ing "Green bean'. A green variety of soybean, often 
used as an appetizer with meals, when slightly sprouted 
and salted, or when fried and salted." (Meyer.) 
Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. (Fabaceae.) 44218. 
Cowpeas from China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer. 
"No ling tan ehiang tou, meaning 'Wren' s egg precious bean' . 
A speckled variety of cowpea with white top. Cowpeas 
are in great favor with the Chinese as a human food; 
they are eaten boiled with rice, stewed in meat-dishes 
and cooked in soups; they are believed to promote 
speedy excretion of waste matter from the body." 
(Meyer. ) 
Zea mays L. (Poaceae.) 44204. Seed corn from Ma- 
lanyu, Chihli province, China. Collected by Mr. Frank 
N. Meyer, November 25. 1916. "Yu mi, meaning 'Imperial 
rice'. A large-grained, yellow flint maize, culti- 
vated on rich bottom-lands in the mountains." (Meyer.) 
NOTES ON BEHAVIOUR OF PREVIOUS INTRODUCTIONS. 
Abelmo8ehu8 eseulentus (33749) Okra. An Egyptian Va- 
riety presented by Mr. E. A. Mcllhenny. Mrs. Anna 
Breckwold of Hammond, Louisiana, in her letter of No- 
vember 20, 1916, says: "No. 33749, okra, is the most 
prolific strain I ever saw. It Is certainly doing 
well. I saved a great deal of seed as every one who 
saw it wanted some." Mrs. J. W. Clark of Georgetown, 
Texas, also says that the okra proved "all that the 
description claimed for it. My plants were full of 
pods when cut down by the freeze last week." 
Abelmosehus manihot (18580) This plant (from Peking, 
China) is reported to have "flowered continuously with 
the seed pods cut off; blooms enormous, open blossoms 
were frozen on it." (Mrs. J. W. Clark, Georgetown, 
Texas.) 
Aleurites fordii (27518) Tung-oil tree from China. A 
letter from Mr. F. D. Learning, Little Rock, Arkansas 
November 14, 1916 states that his tung-oll tree re- 
ceived in 1912 bore this year nearly a bushel of fruits 
which made nearly a peck of nuts after the flesh was 
removed . 
