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48192 to 48213— Continued. 



48208 to 48212. Tkiticum dtjktjm Desf. Poacese. Durum wheat. 



48208. " Carita de raton (rat's delight) ; from Spain." 



48209. " Enano de Jaen (dwarf from Jaen) ; from Spain." 

 See S. P. I. No. 47888 for previous introduction. 



48210. " Fanfarron (bully) ; from Spain." 



48211. " Raspinegro (rough black) ; from Spain." 

 See S. P. I. No. 47890 for previous introduction. 



48212. " Rubio enlargado d'Atlemtege (large red from Atlemtege) ; 

 from Spain and Portugal." 

 48213. Tkiticum turgidum L. Poacese. Poulard wheat. 



"Poulard d'Australie (Australian Poulard); grows very well in 

 southwestern lands." 



48214. Litchi chinensis Sonner. Sapindacese. Lychee. 



(Nephelium litchi Cambess.) 

 From Santa Barbara, Calif. Cuttings presented by Mr. E. W. Hadley. 

 Received October 7, 1919. 

 " Cuttings from an interesting lychee tree growing in a garden on East Sola 

 Street, Santa Barbara, Calif., lately owned by Mr. E. W. Hadley. There are 

 only two lychee trees (of which we nave records) that have fruited in the open 

 in the United States, this one and one near Tampa, Fla. These cuttings were 

 obtained for propagation, so that plants can be tried in other sections to see 

 if this variety is more frost resistant than those previously tested." (Peter 

 Bisset.) 



48215 to 48220. 



From Vereeniging, Johannesburg, Transvaal. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt 

 Davy. Received October 8, 1919. Quoted notes by Mr. Davy. 



48215. Acacia sieberiana DC. Mimosacese. 



"(No. 136.) Kecombici. A deciduous tree, on alluvial flats on the 

 outer fringe of river vegetation." 



A shrub or small tree, from Portuguese West Africa, reaching a height 

 of 30 feet, with a very beautiful dilated crown and whitish flowers. 

 The very hard, acute, white spines are 2 to 3 inches long, and the wood 

 is hard and whitish. (Adapted from Hiern, Catalogue of Welwitsch's 

 African Plants, pt. 1, p. 313.) 



48216. Markhamia paucifoliolata Wildem. Bignoniaceae. 

 "(No. 177.) From Elizabethville." 



A tree with compound leaves and young branches yellow pubescent, 

 native to the Belgian Kongo. The oval stipules are sharp-pointed, and 

 the campanulate flowers are in dense panicles. The wood is useful for 

 construction work. (Adapted from Wildeman, Etudes siir la Flore du 

 Katanga, p. 131.) 



48217. Tacca pinnatifida Forst. Taccacese. Fiji arrowroot. 

 "(No. 131.) On termite nests." 



Found from India to tropical Australia and Polynesia, also in Mada- 

 gascar. This perennial plant will live even on sandy shores, and it is 

 not unlikely that it will endure a temperate climate. From the tubers 



