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  32043 
  to 
  32060— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32054. 
  Dolicholus 
  phaseoloides 
  (Swartz) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  "A 
  little 
  vine 
  that 
  grows 
  wild 
  and 
  bears 
  a 
  very 
  pretty 
  bean. 
  All 
  the 
  people 
  

   of 
  the 
  East 
  Indies 
  use 
  these 
  beans 
  for 
  ornament, 
  stringing, 
  etc. 
  " 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  and 
  from 
  Nicaragua 
  southward 
  through 
  

   tropical 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  32055. 
  Ormosia 
  monospermy. 
  (Swartz) 
  Urban. 
  

  

  "A 
  hardwood 
  timber 
  forest 
  tree 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  rivers. 
  " 
  

  

  32056. 
  Gossypium 
  sp. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  32057. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Rice. 
  

   "Black 
  rice. 
  Planted 
  here 
  in 
  fields 
  to 
  fool 
  the 
  birds. 
  " 
  

  

  32058. 
  Canavali 
  sp. 
  (?) 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  known 
  throughout 
  the 
  Parahyba 
  Valley, 
  also 
  between 
  Sao 
  Paulo 
  and 
  

   Rio 
  Janeiro. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  easy 
  and 
  luxuriant 
  grower 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  woodlands 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  timber, 
  thrives 
  in 
  the 
  dense 
  shade, 
  the 
  vines 
  climbing 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  tops 
  

   of 
  the 
  trees 
  at 
  least 
  20 
  feet 
  until 
  they 
  find 
  the 
  sun. 
  Not 
  cultivated 
  at 
  all. 
  

   Some 
  people 
  seem 
  to 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  poisonous 
  and 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  cattle 
  after 
  eating 
  

   the 
  beans 
  and 
  pods 
  and 
  drinking 
  water 
  will 
  die. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  prolific 
  bearer; 
  the 
  

   pods 
  are 
  about 
  8 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  remember 
  are 
  smooth. 
  It 
  has 
  

   three 
  leaflets 
  somewhat 
  separated 
  from 
  each 
  other, 
  not 
  close, 
  as 
  with 
  the 
  

   cowpea. 
  " 
  

  

  32059. 
  Astragalus 
  sinicus 
  L. 
  

  

  "From 
  Parahyba 
  Valley. 
  A 
  giant 
  clover 
  growing 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  feet 
  high. 
  Flowers 
  

   pink 
  to 
  yellow. 
  Bears 
  a 
  slightly 
  curved, 
  fuzzy 
  pod 
  1J 
  inches 
  long. 
  The 
  

   roots 
  are 
  well 
  covered 
  with 
  nodules. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  weed 
  at 
  present, 
  but 
  by 
  planting 
  

   closely 
  it 
  will 
  get 
  finer 
  and 
  softer. 
  May 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  for 
  plowing 
  under. 
  " 
  

  

  32060. 
  Vigna 
  sinensis 
  (Tomer) 
  Savi. 
  Cowpea. 
  

   "From 
  a 
  bean 
  exposition 
  in 
  Sao 
  Paulo. 
  " 
  

  

  32061 
  and 
  32062. 
  Andropogon 
  sorghum 
  (L.) 
  Brot. 
  Sorghum. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  at 
  the 
  

   request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  October 
  5, 
  

   1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carleton 
  R. 
  Ball: 
  

  

  32061. 
  "Seeds 
  brown 
  (clay 
  on 
  the 
  included 
  portion 
  and 
  burnt 
  sienna 
  to 
  

   claret 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  exposed 
  tips), 
  narrowly 
  obovate, 
  cuneate 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  

   3 
  by 
  5 
  millimeters 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Glumes 
  transversely 
  shouldered, 
  black, 
  and 
  

   indurated 
  below 
  the 
  shoulder, 
  somewhat 
  scarious 
  above; 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  pubes- 
  

   cent. 
  " 
  

  

  32062. 
  "A 
  form 
  of 
  white 
  durra. 
  Seeds 
  white, 
  sublenticular; 
  3^ 
  by 
  4 
  milli- 
  

   meters 
  to 
  4 
  by 
  4 
  \ 
  millimeters 
  in 
  diameter. 
  No 
  glumes 
  present. 
  " 
  

  

  32063 
  . 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  From 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fred. 
  Birch, 
  Theophilo 
  Ottoni, 
  Minas 
  Geraes, 
  

  

  Brazil. 
  Received 
  November 
  4, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "Seeds 
  of 
  a 
  forest 
  shrub 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  discovered 
  here. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  pleasure 
  to 
  find 
  

  

  a 
  new 
  fruit 
  thus. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  shrub 
  about 
  4 
  feet 
  high, 
  of 
  very 
  compact 
  growth; 
  stem 
  and 
  

  

  branches 
  tough 
  and 
  elastic, 
  leaves 
  dark 
  green, 
  glossy, 
  and 
  fairly 
  tough, 
  about 
  \\ 
  to 
  2 
  

  

  inches 
  long 
  by 
  1 
  inch 
  wide, 
  built 
  like 
  so 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  here 
  for 
  living 
  through 
  a 
  

  

  long 
  dry 
  season. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  seen 
  the 
  flower. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  elongated 
  

  

  261 
  

  

  