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send seeds from a choice fruit given me at the experiment station May 23. The 

 pith of the fruit is small and solid, the color like a good grapefruit." (Extract 

 from letter from W. T. Swingle, dated " Off Shanghai, China, May 25, 1915") 



40894 and 40895. Cracca spp. Fabacese. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Presented by Mr. H. F. Macmillan, superintend- 

 ent, Royal Botanic Gardens. Received June 29, 1915. 



40894. Cracca Candida (DC.) Kuntze. 

 (Tephrosia Candida DC.) 



" Well known in the East as Boga-medelloa. This grows rapidly and 

 attains a height of 8 to 10 feet or more. It is a favorite plant for plant- 

 ing among crops for green manuring and is probably the best for the pur- 

 pose in tropical latitudes." {Macmillan.) 



40895. Cracca villosa purpurea (L.) Kuntze. Kavalai. 

 {Tephrosia purpurea Pers.) 



"A perennial herb, 1 or 2 feet high, with few-flowered racemes of 

 purplish pink flowers, used in the low country of Ceylon as a green ma- 

 nure and in the dry regions as a mulch and sand binder. A decoction of 

 the bitter root is used by the Hindoos for dyspepsia, diarrhea, and flatu- 

 lence. (Adapted from Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening, and 

 Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles.) 



