OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER :{1, lt>20. 25 



51545. Trifoliu3i tembense Fivs. Fabaci'iu. Clover. 



From Keiiia. JIuterial collected by Dr. H. L. Shaiit/., A;<ricultur:il Ilxpluier 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture. Ut'ceivt'<l Ot-tober 20. 

 1920. 

 "(No. 1175. Near Ul)lands, Kiku.vu, Kenia ; altitude 7.G78 feet. .Fiil\ !t. 1020.) 

 A clover with small heads; fonn.'< hw^xv patches in very wet soil." i!<h<nilz.) 



51546 to 51555. 



From Kenia. Seeds collected b.y Dr. H. L. Sliantz. AKricultui'iil Kxplorcr of 

 the United States Department of Aiiriculture. Keceivt-d SeiilfUilier 7. 

 1920. Numbered October. 1920. (,)uoted notes by Doctor Shantz. 



51546. (Undi'ternuned. ) 



"(No. 904. Merile, Nyanzu Province, Kenia. .lune 12. 1920.) One of 

 the principal desert shrubs; about G feet high, resembling a buttonbush." 



51547. ( IJndeternnned.) 



"(No. 1012. Meru, Kenia Province, Kenia. .Tune 15. 1920.) Miirah iu 

 tlie Somali language; also called 'Somali food.' A desert shrub G to 8 

 feet high, not spiny, with small leaves. The fruit consists of four orange 

 carpels, each covered with a thin sweet pulp." 



51548. (Undetermined.) Fabacea'. 



"(No. 1040. Uaso Nyiro Hiver, Kenia. June Id, 1920. ) A leguminous 

 l^l.-int with a two-seeded pod." 



51549. ( I'ndeternuned. ) Fabaci'a'. 



"(No. 1048. Uaso %iro River, Kenia. .Tune l.^>. 1920.) A tall legu- 

 nunou.s jilant." 



51550. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 10.59. En route from Meru to Embu, Kenia Province, Ivenla. 

 .Tune 16, 1920.) A small upright velvet bean." 



51551. CoRni.v hoi.stii Gurke. l?oraginacert>. 



"(No. 1074. Embu. Ivenla Province. Ivenia. .Tune 17. 1920.) A catal- 

 palike tree very abundant in this high country, where it is the principal 

 park tree. It is of good shape, with broad leaves, and often covered with 

 very delicate white flowers." 



51552. (Undeternuned.) 



"(No. 1144. Nairobi. Ukamba Province, Kenia. July 3, 1920.) A 

 large evergreen tree with trumpet-shaped upright flowers with five alter- 

 nate stamens and a purple mottled throat. It bears quantities of fruits 

 filled with seeds." 



51553. Pentas zanzibakica (Klotzsch) Vatke. RubiaceiO. 



"(No. 1147. Escarpment, Ukamba Province, Kenia. July 4. 1920.) A 

 very handsome Senec'olike vine with very fleshy large waxy leaves and 

 a large cluster of yellow flowers." 



51554. p:ri.angea marginata (O. and H.) Moore. Asteracea?. 



"(No. 1156. Kijabe. Ukamba Province. Kenia. July 5, 1920.) An 

 especially attractive plant with very large flowers." 



51555. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 1167. Kijabe, Ukamba Province. Kenia. July 5, 1920.) WUd 

 along banks of streams." 



51556 to 51571. 



From Bogota, Colombia'. Collected by Wilson Popen(je. Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer of the United States Department of Agriculture. Receive<l No- 

 vember 1, 1920. Quoted notes by Mr. Popenoc. 



51556. CEitKis iiEXAGOXUs (L.) Mill. C^ictaceu'. Cactus. 

 "(No. 472. October 8, 1920.) Cuttings of a columnar cactus about 



10 feet high, cultivated in a garden at Ouaduas, Cundinamarca. at an 

 altitude of about 3,300 feet." 



Introduceil for the sy.stematic investigations of Dr. J. N. Rose, of the 

 United States National Herbarium. 



