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43590. HoLCus sorghum vERTicrLLirLORus (Steiid.) Hitchc. Poa- 



cese. Sorghum. 



From the Seychelles Islands. Presented by Mr. P. Rivaly Dupont, curator, 

 Botanic Station. Received June 22, 191.5. Numbered November 25, 1916. 



•' Seeds of a wild sorghum collected at Anse aux Pins, Mahe, Seychelles." 

 (Dupont.) 



Seed separated from S. P. I. No. 40848 and grovp^n during the season of 1916. 



43591 and 43592. Trifolium pratense L. Fabacese. 



Red clover. 



From Reading, England. Presented by Messrs. Sutton & Sons. Received 

 November 21, 1916. 



43591. " Sutton's cow-grass, which invariably gives only one cutting in 

 the year in this country and lasts four to five years." (Sutton.) 



43592. " English red clover, the ordinary stock of red clover." (Sutton.) 



43593. Passiflora NAPALENsis Wall. Passifloracese. Granadilla. 



From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr, M. Buysman. Received November 

 18, 1916. 



A glabrous climbing plant, found up to 6,000 feet in India, with slender angu- 

 lar branches and distant leaves. The leaves are deep green above and up to 4 

 inches in length. The small cup-shaped flowers occur in lax few-flowered cymes, 

 and the nearly globular fruit is purplish and about the size of a large pea. 

 (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 600.) 



43594. DoLiCHos lablab L. Fabacese. Bonavist bean. 



From Georgetown, British Guiana. Presented by Mr. J. F. Waby. Re- 

 ceived November 13, 1916. 



" Var. Nankinicus. Secured through one of the traveling instructors of the 

 Department of Science and Agriculture in the County of Berbice, adjoining the 

 County of Demerara. We use them as a side dish, mixed with rice, and prefer 

 them to all other bonavists for this purpose." (Waby.) 



43595 to 43597. Melilotus spp. Fabacese. Sweet clover. 



From Erfurt, Germany. Purchased from Messrs. Haage & Schmidt, through 

 Mr. Julius G. Lay, American consul general, Berlin. Received November 

 14, 1916. 



43595. Melilotus neapolitana Ten. 

 (M. gracilis DC.) 



An herb with slender roots and a straight, slender, glabrous stem 6 to 

 9 inches high. The leaflets are slightly serrate, and the racemes are 

 straight and slender with pale-yellow flowers. The pods are straight and 

 almost globular and contain two seeds. This plant has been reported 

 from Frejus and Perpignan, France. (Adapted from DeCandolle, Flora 

 Francais, vol. 5, p. 565.) 



43596. Melilotus segetalis (Brot.) Seringe. 



An herb, sometimes erect and sometimes lying along the ground, with 

 ovate leaflets somewhat serrate near the bases. The flowers occur in lax 

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