Inventory 64, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate IV. 



Types of Eggplants From the Belgian Kongo. (Solanum melongena L., 



S. P. I. Nos. 50915 TO 50918.) 



These types of eggplants are very popular with the natives. Those in the top row (S. P. I. No. 

 .50915) are red on the stem end and yellow on the blossom end; those in the second row (S. P. I. No. 

 .50916) are yellow; those in the third row (S. P. I. No. 50917) have the colors of the first set reversed; 

 while those in the bottom row (S. P. I. No. 50918) are entirely red. AUofthem are shown about 

 one-third natural size. (Photographed by Dr. H. L. Shantz, Nvanza, Urundi, March 10, 1920; 

 P37766FS.) 



