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225874 to 225936— Continued 



225917. Tephrosia sp. 



Col. No. 216. Park at Tabora, Tanganyika. Plants upright, about 4 feet high. 



225918. Tephrosia sp. 



Col. No. 161. Near Victoria Falls, Northern Rhodesia. Plants to 2 feet high. 



225919. Tetrastigma sp. Vitaceae. 



Col. No. 150. Herbaceous vines climbing on trees in open woods near Victoria 

 Falls; soil poor, dry; fruit in clusters, up to 0.5 inch in diameter; roots tuberous; not 

 frost hardy. For breeding work and cytogenetic studies. 



225920. Tricholaena repens (Willd.) Hitchc. Poaceae. Natalgrass. 



Col. No. 199. Near Mpkia on roadside, Northern Rhodesia. Plants to 3 feet 

 high; panicles more dense than usual. 



225921 to 225923. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi Fabaceae. Common cowpea. 



225921. Col. No. 135. East Africa. Plant rather hardy, used as cover crop. 



225922. Col. No. 136. Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia. Used as cover crop. 



225923. Col. No. 186. Twenty miles north of Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia. 

 Vines vigorous, to 15 feet long. 



225924. Vigna sp. 



Col. No. 113. Near Tobacco Research Station, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. 

 Prostrate plant, spreading to 4 feet. 



225925. Vigna sp. 



Col. No. 134. Field, 10 miles from Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia. 



225926. Vigna sp. 



Col. No. 163. Near Victoria Falls, Northern Rhodesia. Vines spreading about 

 10 feet. 



225927. Vigna sp. 



Col. No. 181. On roadside 20 miles north of Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia. Vines 

 large, wild, to 15 feet long. 



225928. Vigna sp. 



Col. No. 183. Roaeside 10 miles north of Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia. Vines 

 climbing on bushes, to 15 feet long. 



225929. Vigna sp. 



Col. No. 200. Abercorn, Northern Rhodesia, Vines up to 10 feet long. 

 225930 and 225931. Zornia diphylla (L.) Pers. Fabaceae. 



225930. Col. No. 102. Ten miles from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Pros- 

 trate legume. 



225931. Col. No. 153. Victoria Falls, Northern Rhodesia. Common legume in 

 fields and open woods. 



225932. (Undetermined.) Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 96. Forty miles east of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Legume to 3 

 feet high. 



225933. (Undetermined . ) 



Col. No. 104. Ten miles from Salisbury. Southern Rhodesia. Trailing legume 

 to 7 feet long. Flowers red and yellow, fairly large. 



225934. Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 133. Ten miles from Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia. Vines up to 10 feet 

 long. 



