lr 



in all the dry region-. From this Colony seeds were obtained 

 and distributed by the Director, Kew, to other Colonies and 



India. 



tree 



I. In reference to India, Sir G. King j n 1878 reported 

 as " a more hopeful source of cattle fodder than the Can 



tbe 



ob" 



(Ceratonia SUiqua) (see Kew Hep. 1878). The mature pods are 

 good fodder for stock, for which purpose they are largely used in 

 Jamaica. In many countries where this tree has been introduced 

 it is principally valued as an ornamental shade tree, 



ia. ix. 2 (1911) pp. 300-301. 



African Locust Beans" {Parkm biglobo*a % Bth. & I 



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filicoidea, Wrlw.j, West Africa; pulp of the pods eaten (K.B. 



1908, pp. 314-315; Add. 8er. ix. 2, pp. 281-282). 



' fc Bambarra Groundnut " or " Mozambique Gram" (Vaandzeu 

 tublcrranea, Thouars), Tropical Africa; seed used as i<x»d (K.B. 



1906, pp. 68-70). 



"Chiga Bread " (Camysiandra comosa, lienth.), a tree oi 



tropical South America, from the seeds of which a flour is 

 obtained, used for making bread {K.B. 1889, pp. 71-72). 



"Doi" or "Dohi" [Kerstingiella geocarpa, Harms.) of 

 Dahomey and Yoruba : beans used like those of " Haricot" (K.B. 



1912, pp. 209-213). 



''Birds Foot Trefoil" (Lotus corniculatus, Linn.), Britain, a 

 small plant in mixed pastures, eaten by all kinds of stock. 



"Fenugreek" (Trigonella Foenum-graecum, Linn.), native of 

 the Mediterranean region, cultivated in Turkey and India, seeds 

 used as a condiment for stock. 



"Guar" (Cyamopsis psoralioides, DC), India, where the 

 plant is cultivated both as a green forage crop and for the seed 

 used as a cattle feed. 



"Kuzu" or "Kudzu" {Pueraria Thunbcrgiana, Bth.), oi 

 Japan. A large climber, 40 to 60 ft. in length, with largi 

 tuberous roots from which a starch is made for use as food ; the 

 leaves are fed to cattle. In the United States it has recently 

 attracted some attention as a forage crop; " the leaves and cured 

 hay are eaten freely by horses and cows and for permanent hay 

 fields, especially in the south it ifl likely to become of soim 

 importance " (Piper). Some enquiries were made at Kew during 

 1917 as to the suitability of this plant for cultivation in England. 

 It is not. probable that it would be of any value here as the seeds 

 do not ripen freely outside Japan, and cuttings or layers, the 

 tlternative method of propagation, would be costly on a field 

 scale ; moreover, the plant will not stand frost and the experience 

 in the United States (idem) is that the field does not produce 

 the best results until the third year. 



"Prairie Turnip" (Psoralea esculcnta, Pursh.), of North 

 West America, where the tuberous roots are largely used as food 

 by the aborigines. 



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Serradella " (Ornithopiis sativus, Brot.), of S. Europe and 

 Morocco, grown for forage in Spain, Portugal, France, 

 Germany, &c. 



" Sword Bean " or " Jack Bean " (Canavalia ensiformis, DC.) 

 cosmopolitan in the Tropics; cultivated in many parts for the 

 young pods, eaten like "French Beans. " The beans are some- 



