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41902 to 41916— Continued. 



41909. Indigofera trifoliata Torner. Fabacese. Indigo. 

 A perennial having copiously branched trailing or suberect stems 1 to 



2 feet long, soon glabrescent. Found in the Himalayas, ascending to 4,000 

 feet in Kumaon, to Ceylon and Tenasserim. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora 

 of British India, vol. 2, p. 96, under /. trifoliata Linn. ) 



41910. Ischaemum aristatum L. Poacese. Grass. 



"A perennial grass growing 1 to 4 feet high. Indigenous in China, the 

 Malay Peninsula, India, and Ceylon." 



41911. Ischaemum pilosum (Klein) Hack. Poacese. Grass. 

 "A perennial grass with creeping rootstocks, native to India, used for 



fodder, being cut mainly for buffaloes. A previous introduction, S. P. I. 

 No. 32438, proved to be unviable seed." 



41912. Ischaemum sulcatum Hack. Foacese. Grass. 



"A grass 12 to IS inches high, with numerous branched stems. Native to 

 central India." 



41913. Iseilema anthephoroides Hack. Poacese. Grass. 

 "Native to southern Dekkan and closely related to Iseilema la-rum. 



Presumably its fodder value is also equal." 



41914. Iseilema wightii (Nees) Anderss. Poacese. Grass. 

 " A grass native to India, occurring in low and swampy land. Stems 



1 to 3 feet high. Duthie considers its fodder value probably equal to 

 that of Iseilema laxum, which is highly valued both as natural pasturage 

 and when cut for hay. Hooker says it is perennial, but I. laxum 

 is annual." 



41915. Pennisetum ciltare (L.) Link. Poacese. Grass. 

 {Pennisetum cenehroides Rich.) 



"One of the most valuable pasture and hay grasses of India. Native 

 to India and Africa and introduced into the American Tropics." 



41916. Sesban aculeatum (Schreb.) Poir. Fabacese. 



"A tall, very rapid growing species, reaching a heighl in one season 

 of 12 to 20 feet in Florida and Mississippi, the stems woody and 2 to 4 

 inches in diameter. While this species is employed as a green-manure 

 crop in the Tropics, its woody steins and great growth make it unde- 

 sirable for agricultural use in America." 



For a previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 213G8. 



41917. Gossypium HiRsuTUM L. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Mustapha, Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Numbered 

 February, 1916. 

 "A variety of cotton cultivated at Lemnos, grown withoul irrigation in ordi- 

 nary soil." (Trabut.) 



41918 to 41921. 



From Kirki, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, economic botanist, 

 through Mr. C. V. Piper. Received in January, L916. Descriptive ea 



by Mr. Piper. 

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