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M ACANTHOPODIUM 



Prickly-ash. 



tree with vertically 

 on the trunk and 



foliage witn a pun- 



The small pale-red 



panicles. Native to 



the subtropical Him- 



between 4,000 and 



102752 to 102787— Continued. 



102785. Vaccinium nummularia Hook. 

 f. and Thorns. 



A small rigid epiphytic shrub with 

 densely hirsute pendent branches, na- 

 tive to the Himalayas at altitudes be- 

 tween 8,000 and 10.000 feet. The 

 leathery glabrous broadly elliptic 

 leaves, one-half inch long, have re- 

 curved margins, and the small tubular 

 rosy flowers are borne in clustered 

 racemes. 



102786. Zanthoxylu 

 DC. Rutaceae. 



A shrub or small 

 flattened prickles 

 branches and dense 

 gent aromatic odor, 

 fruits are in loose 

 the warm valleys in 

 alayas at altitudes 

 7,000 feet. 



102787. Zanthoxylu m a latum Roxb. 

 Rutaceae. Prickly-ash. 



A shrub or small tree native to the 

 subtropical Himalayas ascending to 6,000 

 feet. The compound leaves are made up 

 of 5 to 11 lanceolate to ovate finely ser- 

 rulate leaflets 1 to 5 inches long on a 

 winged prickly rachis. and yellow-green 

 flowers in small panicles are followed by 

 warty red fruits which open and show 

 the lustrous black seeds. 



102788. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Huancayo, Peru. Seeds presented by 

 Paul G. Ledig, Huancayo Magnetic Ob- 

 servatory, Carnegie Institution of Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Received May 1, 1933. 



Morada, A form with purple seeds. 



102789 to 102814. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 presented by Dr. R. H. Compton, director, 

 National Botanic Gardens. Kirstenbosch, 

 Newlands, Capetown. Received May 6, 

 1933. 



102789. Aloe hereroensis Engler. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



A nearly stemless perennial, native to 

 southern Africa, with fleshy ovate-lanceo- 

 late leaves, 10 to 14 inches long, whitish 

 green with purple tips and spiny margins. 

 The tubular red flowers, an inch long, are 

 borne in a dense corymb on pendulous 

 pedicels, at the top of a purple scape 

 about 3 feet high. The variety orpeniae, 

 the name under which these seeds were 

 received, is said to be a more slender form. 



102790. Gloriosa simplex L. 

 ceae. 



Melanthia- 

 Glorylily. 



A vinelike perennial, native to Africa, 

 which supports itself by the tendril-bear- 

 ing tips of the oblong-lanceolate leaves, 

 3 to 6 inches long. The yellow and red 

 flowers, 1 to 3 inches across and borne in 

 a lax terminal corymb, are on recurved 

 pedicels, and the segments are reflexed 

 and slightly undulate. 



102791 to 102793. Indigofera spp. 

 ceae. 



Faba- 



102791. Indigofera cylindrica DC. 



A bushy perennial with slender angu- 

 lar stems, native to southern Africa. 

 The compound leaves are made up of 4 

 to 5 pairs of obovate emarginate leaf- 

 lets one-half inch long, and the small 



102789 to 102814— Continued. 



pink-purple flowers are borne in dense 

 many-flowered racemes. 



102792. Indigofera filifolia Thunb. 



A bushy perennial with stems 3 to 6 

 feet high, native to southern Africa. 

 Only young plants bear ordinary com- 

 pound leaves, those on mature plants 

 being reduced to filiform petioles 3 to 

 5 inches long. The purple flowers are 

 borne in racemes longer than the peti- 

 oles. 



102793. Indigofera langebergensis 

 Bolus. 



A small shrub, closely allied to In- 

 digofera frutescens, and perhaps only 

 a stunted form of that species. It is 

 about 10 inches high, with leathery 

 oval-obovate leaflets and lax many-flow- 

 ered racemes of purple flowers. Native 

 to Cape Province. 



102794. J A S M I N U M TORTUOSUM Willd. 



Oleaceae. Jasmine. 



A woody vine with angular twigs, na- 

 tive to southern Africa. The trifoliolate 

 leaves have glabrous lanceolate leaflets, 

 and the salver-shaped white flowers, 1 

 inch long, are borne in terminal clusters 

 of 3 to 5. 



102795 to 102813. Protea spp. Protea- 

 ceae. 



Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



102795. Protea mellifera Thunb. 



102796. Protea acerosa R. Br. 



102797. Protea amplexicaulis 

 (Salisb.) R. Br. 



102798. Protea cedromontana Schlech- 

 ter. 



102799. Protea compacta R. Br. 



102800. Protea cynaroides L. 



102801. Protea grandiceps Tratt. 



102802. Protea humiflora Andrews. 



102803. Protea latifolia R. Br. 



102804. Protea longiflora Lam. 



102805. Protea longifolia Andrews. 



102806. Protea marginata Thunb. 



102807. Protea mundi Klotzsch. 



102808. Protea neriifolia R. Br. 



102809. Protea obtusifolia Buek. 



102810. Protea pulchella Andrews. 



102811. Protea rouppelliae Meisn. 



102812. Protea scolymocephala (L.) 

 Reichard. 



102813. Protea susannae Phillips. 



102814. Sesamum capense Burm. f. Pe- 

 daliaceae. 



An erect simple or branched herbaceous 

 plant up to 6 feet high, native to south- 

 ern Africa. The leaves are palmately 

 divided into 3 to 5 ovate to linear leaflets 

 1 to 3 inches long, and the tubular violet 

 flowers are 1 inch long with spreading 

 lobes about 1 inch wide. The plant can 

 thrive in very dry situations where the 

 annual rainfall is only 4 inches. 



