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200791 to 200869— Continued 



200836. Hibiscus sp. 



No. 101. Plant 8 to 10 feet high ; flowers yellow, 1 inch across. 



200837. Ipomoea reniformis Choisy. Convolvulaceae. 



No. 55. A creeper with very small yellow flowers ; possibly weedy. 



200838 and 200839. Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. Cucurbitaceae. 



Suakwa towelgourd. 



200838. No. 60. Bhamo, Kachin State. 



200839. No. 69. Lashio, Shan State. 



200840. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Fabaceae. Mung bean. 



No. 58. Bhamo, Kachin State. 

 200841 and 200842. Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb. Rice bean. 



200841. No. 14. Bazar, Bhamo, Kachin State. 



200842. No. 15. Bhamo, Kachin State. 



200843. Pinus armandii Franch. Pinaceae. Armand pine. 

 No. 36. Bazar, Lashio, Shan State. 



200844. Prosopis chilensis (Molina) Stuntz. Mimosaceae. 

 No. 109. 



200845. Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC. Fabaceae. 

 No. 81. Roots eaten. 



200846. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. 



No. 91. Sinlumkaba, Kachin State. A wild pear, apparently blight-resistant. 

 The russet fruits are a little larger than those of the Kieffer pear. 



200847. Rhynchosia sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 15. Native species, very abundant. 



200848. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. Raspberry. 

 No. 85. Bushy plant growing wild on mountains, Taunggyi, Shan State. 



200849 and 200850. Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir. Fabaceae. 



200849. No. 74. Flowers white ; eaten by natives. 



200850. No. 75. Flowers red. Burmese name agati. 

 200851. Sesbania sesban (L.) Merrill. 



No. 28. Shrub 6 to 10 feet high. 

 200852 to 200854. Solanum ferox L. Solanaceae. 



200852. No. 1. Elephant tomato. Fruits orange-yellow ; a common vegetable 

 in Burma, eaten when cooked. 



200853. No. 46. Rangoon. 



200854. No. 71. Near Myitkyina. 

 200855. Solanum sp. 



No. 27. Fruits round, yellowish with pink blush, eaten raw by natives. 

 200856 and 200857. Solanum melongena L. Eggplant. 



200856. No. 66. Curved-cylindrical variety, very common in Burma. 



200857. No. 90. Fruits small, round, white with purplish blush ; eaten raw. 



200858. Solanum quitoense Lam. Naranjillo. 

 No. 70. Bazar, Maymyo. Fruits golden-yellow. 



200859. Sterculia foetida L. Sterculiaceae. 

 No. 37. Sagaing. Tree 40 to 50 feet high. 



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