' APRIL 1 TO MAY 31, 1920. 31 



49977 to 50054 — Continued . 



50041 and 50042. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea, 



50041. "(No. 462. Mulongo. January 19, 1920.) Kafir beans; grown on 

 river lands by natives." 



50042. "(No. 391. Elizabethville. January 5, 1920.) Beans grown by 

 the natives around through the villages." 



50043. Vigna sp. Fabaceae. 



"(No. 456. Kadia. January 18, 1920.) Seeds of a small-podded Vigna." 

 50044 to 50050. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Com, 



50044. "(No. 390. Elizabethville. January 5, 1920.) Corn secured fronj 

 the natives; grown about their villages." 



50045. "(No. 443. Uionga. January 18, 1920.) Corn grown by the native* 

 near the water level on the banks of the Liialaba." 



60046. "(No. 447. Kadia. January 18, 1920.) A yellow corn grown on 

 low land near the river." 



50047. "(No. 448. Kadia. January 18, 1920.) A white and purple corii. 

 This and No. 447 [S. P. I. No. 50046J are the staple crops of the country. 

 They are planted in November at the beginning of the rainy season and 

 repeated plantings made up to about January. The ripe corn is soaked, 

 half pounded in mortars, dried, winnowed (of the pericarp), pounded t/» 

 a fine meal, and made into a stiff mush. This is the staple food of aH 

 natives." 



50048. "(No. 505. January 26, 1920.) A white flint corn; the type most 

 commonly grown here; from a rice-corn field." 



50049. "(No. 517. Kindu. January 28, 1920.) A white dent corn, not 

 common here." 



50050. "(No. 518. Kindu. January 28, 1920.) A white flint corn, not 

 common here." 



50051. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 509. Kindu. January 27, 1920.) A large forest tree with dry fruit* 

 a little smaller than an orange." 



50052. Pseudarthria hookeri Wight and Arn. Fabaceae. 



"(No. 523. Malele to Kindu. January 31, 1920. Herb. No. 632.) A tall 

 herbaceous leguminous plant which looks like a pink spirea at a distance. li 

 is abundant in the tree savanna country and may be useful as a green manure 

 or even as an ornamental." 



50053. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 537. Mongolo. February 3, 1920. Herb. No. 644.) A river-bank 

 tree with oval red fruits about If inches long, with edible nuts." 



50054. SoLANUM MELONGENA L. Solauaccae. Eggplani 

 "(No. 540. Kongolo. February 5, 1920.) A yellow-fruited eggplant, said 



to be native; of very good quality." 



50055 and 50056. 



From Belgian Kongo. Collected by Dr. H. L. Shantz, Agricultural Explorer 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 5, 1920. Quoted notes by 

 Doctor Shantz. 



50055. DioscoREA sp. Dioscoreacese. Yam. 

 "(No. 515. Kindu. January 28, 1920.) Aerial tubers of one of the moat 



common vines. It may be valuable as an ornamental, as well as a food plant." 



