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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30868 
  to 
  30880— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30869. 
  Vrns 
  barbata 
  Wall. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  "A 
  native 
  grape." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  Khasi 
  Hills 
  ascending 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  3,000 
  feet, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Assam, 
  Sylhet, 
  Pegu, 
  and 
  Tenasserim 
  in 
  India. 
  

  

  30870. 
  Operctjlina 
  turpethum 
  (L.) 
  Manso. 
  

  

  "A 
  morning-glory 
  with 
  large 
  white 
  flowers 
  and 
  much-inflated 
  pods. 
  Quite 
  

   ornamental." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  India 
  and 
  extending 
  southeastward 
  through 
  the 
  

   Malay 
  Archipelago 
  and 
  Polynesia 
  to 
  Australia. 
  

  

  30871. 
  Ipomoea 
  sp. 
  Morning-glory. 
  

   "A 
  morning-glory 
  with 
  rather 
  small 
  yellow 
  flowers." 
  

  

  30872. 
  Ipomoea 
  sp. 
  Morning-glory. 
  

   "A 
  slender 
  native 
  morning-glory." 
  

  

  30873. 
  Meibomia 
  lasiocarpa 
  (Beauv.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  "A 
  species 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  feet 
  high 
  producing 
  abundant 
  seed 
  in 
  dense 
  clusters." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  where 
  it 
  ascends 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  4,000 
  

  

  feet, 
  through 
  India, 
  Ceylon, 
  and 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  to 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  and 
  

  

  in 
  Madagascar 
  and 
  tropical 
  Africa. 
  

  

  30874. 
  Meibomia 
  gangetica 
  (L.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  "A 
  species 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  feet 
  high, 
  the 
  seed 
  not 
  very 
  abundant." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  Tropics 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Hemisphere 
  from 
  

   Africa 
  and 
  India 
  eastward 
  to 
  China 
  and 
  Australia. 
  

  

  30875. 
  Meibomia 
  pulchella 
  (L.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  "A 
  half-shrubby 
  species, 
  3 
  to 
  6 
  feet 
  high, 
  producing 
  abundant 
  seed." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  eastern 
  Himalayas 
  in 
  India 
  south 
  westward 
  to 
  Ceylon, 
  

   and 
  in 
  China 
  and 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  to 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

  

  30876. 
  Indigofera 
  nigrescens 
  Kurz. 
  

  

  "An 
  annual 
  legume 
  with 
  pink 
  flowers 
  and 
  abundant 
  seed. 
  Grows 
  1 
  to 
  4 
  feet 
  

   high. 
  Herbage 
  odorous 
  and 
  not 
  eaten 
  by 
  cattle. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  as 
  a 
  green- 
  

   manure 
  plant 
  in 
  Florida 
  and 
  Biloxi, 
  Miss." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Khasi 
  Hills 
  in 
  India 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  south- 
  

   western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Yunnan, 
  China. 
  

  

  30877. 
  IXDIGOFERA 
  NIGRESCENS 
  KuTZ. 
  

  

  "A 
  legume 
  1 
  to 
  4 
  feet 
  high, 
  quite 
  erect. 
  Annual, 
  perhaps 
  of 
  value 
  for 
  green- 
  

   manure 
  crop." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Same 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  number. 
  

  

  30878. 
  Moghania 
  macrophylla 
  (Willd.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  "An 
  erect, 
  stout 
  legume, 
  3 
  to 
  7 
  feet 
  high, 
  quite 
  leafy 
  but 
  with 
  coarse 
  stems. 
  

   The 
  pods 
  are 
  produced 
  in 
  dense 
  clusters. 
  Try 
  for 
  forage 
  and 
  green 
  manure." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  central 
  Himalayas 
  in 
  northern 
  India 
  southwestward 
  

   to 
  Ceylon, 
  and 
  in 
  Malakka, 
  southern 
  China, 
  and 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  to 
  the 
  

   Philippines. 
  

  

  30879. 
  Canavali 
  turgid 
  um 
  Graham. 
  

  

  "A 
  seashore 
  species, 
  climbing 
  the 
  trees 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  20 
  feet, 
  Not 
  eaten 
  by 
  

   the 
  natives. 
  It 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  Canavali 
  obtusifolium 
  (C. 
  lineata). 
  

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