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diameter, with wliitish, firm, ratlier dry, sweet flesh of rather indefinite flavor, 

 and four to eight large seeds. 



" Notwithstanding its size and attractive appearance it has never gained the 

 favor of the European, although very popular with the natives. This seedless 

 variety is oblate, sweet, and juicy, and of good flavor, absolutely coreless, and 

 without seed. Like the banana, the entire fruit is edible, the thin skin excepted, 

 and it is a very superior fruit. According to the owner of the trees, 80 per cent 

 of the fruit is seedless; the remainder contains from one to three seeds." 

 (Wester.) 



53556. Ferraria avelwitschii Baker. Iridacese. 



From Bela Vista, Angola. Bulbs presented by H. A. Neipp. American 

 Mission. Received June 28, 1921. 



"A number of bulbs, which may be of some interest Should they blossom in 

 America." (Neipp.) 



53557. Bromus unioloides (Willd.) H. B. K. Poacese. 



Brome-grass. 



From Vlakfontein, Colesberg. South Africa. Seeds presented by Col. A. J. 

 Bester. Received May 25, 1921. 



" Rescue grass. A grass which grows in the most exposed parts during the 

 winter." (Bester.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34806. 



53558 to 53562. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum. 



(Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 



From Bombay, India. Seeds presented by Grindlay & Co., through the 

 Director of Agriculture, Bombay Department of Agriculture. Received 

 May 28, 1921. 



For experimental work of the Office of Forage-Crop Investigations. 



53558. Bile Fulgar. 53561. Sadgar Nandyal. 



53559. HasarUja. 53562. Tidgamfu. 

 53560. Pattansali. 



53563 to 53590. 



From Allahabad, United Provinces, India. Seeds collected by Dr. L. A. 

 Kenoyer and Winfield Dudgeon, Ewing Christian College. Received 

 May 27, 1921. Quotes notes by Mr. Dudgeon. 



53563. Acacia caesia (L.) Willd. Mimosaceae. 



"A scandent shrub in pioneer monsoon-deciduous forests of peninsular 

 India. Collected at Shankargarh, 25 miles south of Allahabad, April 8, 

 1921." 



The flowers of this climbing shrub ai-e pale yellow and are borne in 

 stalked globose heads forming large panicles. Native to the Dekkan 

 and Canara. (Adapted from Cooke, Flora of Bombay, vol. 1, p. 451.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 30776. 



53564. Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd. Mimosaceje. 



"A conspicuous component of survival thorn scrni) on the Indo-Gangetic 

 Plains, and a pioneer in forest areas of peninsular India. Collected at 

 Shankargarh, 25 miles south of Allahabad. April 8, 1921." 



A large, fast-growing tree with yellowish bark used in the distillation 

 ■of spirit. The bark also yields a strong fiber said to be much valued 

 for fishing nets. Native to the plains of the Punjab and Kajpntana 

 and the forests of central and southern India and Burma. (Adapted 

 from Watt, Commercial Products of India, p. 15.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33432. 

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