16 SEEDS Ai^D PLANTS niPOETED. 



49224 to 49255— Continued. 



49247. Tetrapleura sp. Mimosaceje. 



("Victoria Falls. November 17, 1919. Pod contuiiiing seed; no label.) 



49248. ViGXA SINENSIS (Torner) Savi. Fabacere. Cowpea. 

 "(No. 239. Bulawayo, Soiitlieni Rhodesia. November G. 1919.) 



Iiidumba Kafir bean." 



49249. VoANDZEiA SUBTERRANEA ( L. ) Tbouar.s. Fabaceie. 



"(No. 244. Bulawayo, Southern Pvliodesia. November G, 1919.) 

 Inshhiha. Kafir beans." 



49250. NniENiA Americana L. Olaeaceie. False sandalwood. 

 "(No. 279. Victoria Falls. November 14, 1919.) Impinji. A plum- 

 like fruit similar to No. 248 [S. P. I. No. 491G7]. but larjrer and later; 

 strong wild-cherry odor." 



49251. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 2.59. Victoria Falls. November 1.5. 1919.) A small tree with 

 a strong odor of pepper when the leaves, stem, or fruits are crushed." 



49252. Tounatea madagascariensis (Desv.) Kuntze. CtesalpiQiaceie. 

 {Sioartzia madagascariensis Desv.) 



" (No. P. 2G8. Victoria Falls. N.iveml)pr 1.5, 1919.) A nu'dium-s'.zed 

 tree with long, narrow sugar-bearing pods." 



49253. Hippocratea obtusifolia Roxb. Hippocrateacese. 



" (No. 261. Victoria Falls. November 15, 1919.) A peculiar woody 

 vine with clusters of fruits attached by the end of the wing, with the 

 heavy or seed end hanging free." 



49254. I.eioptyx congoensis Pierre. Meliaceiie. 



"(No. 26S. Victoria Falls. November 17, 1919.) A large tree with 

 large pods bearing large winged seeds." 



49255. (Undetermined). 



"(No. 251. Victoria Falls. November 13, 1919.) A largo acacialike 

 tree with large flat pods." 



49256. BuPHAXE disticiia (L. f.) Herbert. Amaryllidace«i3. 



Fire-lily. 



From Victoria Falls, Rhodesia. Bulbs collected by Dr. H. L. Shantz, Agri- 

 cultural Explorer for the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 

 14, 1920. 

 '•(No. 292. Victoria Falls. November 17, 1919.) The fire-lily or poison-lily; 

 a flame of fire without leaves. Very characteristic." (^^hantz.) 



For an illustration of this plant as it grows in Ni)rtliern Rhodesia, see Plate I. 



49257. ExoGo>;iUM turga (Wender.) Bentli. Convolvidacese. 



{Ipoiuoea purga Hayne.) 



From Bahia, Brazil. Roots presented by H. M. Curran. Received January 



14, 1920. 



" I am sending a sample of haiata dc piiri/a. It is a stnmg-growing Ipomo'ea- 



like vine, with ornamental white flowers about 3 inches across the corolla. The 



vine is smooth, quadrangular, with ribboulike wings at the angles, as in Passi- 



flora qtiadrmujuUtris. The ends of the twigs and the calyx are pale yellowish 



green. This plant is common in the second-growth forests and abandoned 



