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49443 to 49456— Continued. 



up to 2 inches thick, lemon yellow, with transliK-eiit whitish flesh, whicli 

 is subacid and of fairly pleasant flavor. The seeds ai'e shaped like di- 

 minutive arrowheads. Presented by Harry Johnson." 



49453. SoLANUM SE^UJOKTHiANUM Audrews. Solanacejje. 



"(No. 285f/. Tncuru. Alta Vera Taz. January 19, lf)20.) A climbing 

 plant from the forest in the Finca Mocca, at an altitude of about 3,CX)0 

 feet. It becomes about 20 feet in height, making slender stems and grace- 

 ful foliage, and bears white flowers followed by decorative fruits, which 

 are round, half an inch in diameter, and bright orange-red." 



49454. IxDicoFERA sp. Fabaceae. 



"(No. 284o. Tucuru, Alta Vera Paz. January 19, 1920.) A small 

 leguminous plant of semicreeping habit from the Finca Los Alpes ; altitude 

 3,000 feet. It makes stems about 3 feet long and bears terminal spikes 

 of salmon-pink flowers." 



49455. Vaiota insularis (L.) Chase. Poaceiv. Grass. 

 "(No. 286a. City of Guatemala. February 3, 1920.) A grass culti- 

 vated near El Progreso, in the hot country between the city of Guatemala 

 and Zacapa. It grows to 6 or 7 feet in height, makes abundant foliage, 

 and appears to be a good forage plant." 



I^'or proviuns intioduotion, see S. P. I. No. 470.57. 



49456. ( Undetermined. ) 



"(No. 280a. Tucuru, Alta Vera Paz. January 19, 1920.) Presented 

 by Harry Johnson. An herbaceous perennial from Chama, Alta Vera 

 Paz, growing about a foot high and producing spikes of red flowers." 



49457. Lycopersicox esculentuim Mill. Solanacese. Tomato. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds presented by J. M. Westgate, agronomist 

 in charge, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received March 2, 1920. 

 " Seeds of a cross between the wild species and Earliana." (Westffate.) 



49458. AsrAKAGTTS acuiifolius L. Convallariaceae. 



From Hartsville, S. C. Seeds collected by J. B. Norton, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer for the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March 2, 1920. 



" This is probably the hardiest evergreen species of the genus. Stock grown 

 from S. P. I. No. 34620 has survived four winters at Hartsville, S. C, when the 

 temperature has gone below 10° F. It makes a beautiful thickset hedge of a 

 very dark green color, suggesting a fine-leaved juniper. As the plants grow 

 older there is a tendency to produce vinelike shoots. The tuberlike storage 

 roots and drought-resistant foliage make it valuable for regions of scanty rain- 

 fall. The shoots are edible, although much smaller than those of ordinary as- 

 paragus. The flavor, however, is said by some to be superior to that of the 

 common species." (Norton.) 



49459 to 49471. 



From Kafue, Northern Rhodesia. Seeds collected by Dr. H. L. Shantz, 

 Agricultural Explorer for the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March 

 2, 1920. Quoted notes by Doctor Shantz. 

 49459. Brachystegia sp. Ca^salpiniacese. 



"(No. 300. Bolenga Camp. November 25, 1919. ) MowBo (Chimyanja). 

 A large, spreading acacialike plant with large pods and large flat seeds, 



