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103861 to 103900 — Continued. 



103900. Viola violacea Wie'sb. 



A stemless violet with long stolons 

 and triangular cordate obtuse leaves. 

 The fragrant flowers are violet, with 

 the spur paler violet. It is also native 

 to Austria. 



103901 and 103902. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by W. E. 

 Schevill, of Harvard University, with the 

 Ellis expedition for the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology, Cambridge. Received 

 November 17, 1933. 



Collected 40 miles west of Barrow Creek, 

 Northern Territory, in September 1932. 



sp. Elaeocarpa- 



103901. Elaeocarpus 

 ceae. 



A plumlike fruit. 



"103902. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



Quinine-plum. A very bitter plumlike 

 fruit. 



103903 to 103908. Triticum aestivuh 

 L. (T. vulgare Vill.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



Erom Australia. Seeds presented by H. 

 Wenholz, director of plant breeding, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Sydney, New 

 South Wales. Received November 17, 

 1933. 



A collection of locally grown Australian 

 wheat, introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



103903. Cleveland. 



103904. Ford. 



103905. Queen Fan. 

 103998. Rymer. 



103907. Tamus communis L. Dios- 

 coreaceae. 



From Italy. Seeds received through David 

 Lumsden, Bureau of Entomology and 

 Plant Quarantine, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, November 20, 1933. 



A twining herbaceous vine with a tuber- 

 ous root, ovate-cordate, obscurely lobed 

 leaves about 3 inches long, and loose 

 clusters of small yellowish-green flowers 

 followed by bright-red berries. Native to 

 the Mediterranean countries. 



For previous introduction see 76768. 



103908 to 103927. 



Erom Africa. Seeds and bulbs presented by 

 Rev. Kenneth H. Prior. Missao de Dondi, 

 Bela Vista, Angola. Received November 

 17, 1933. 



103908. Albizzia sp. Mimosaceae. 



Okapilangau. A useful timber tree. 

 The hai'd wood has a pungent odor when 

 planed ; it resists decay. 



103909. Albizzia sp. Mimosaceae. 



QmaliO. A close-grained, hard wood! 

 timber tree with greenish-brown bark. 

 The wood resists decay. 



103910 and 103911. Brachystegia spp. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



The brachystegias are unarmed trees, 

 native to tropical Africa, with pinnate 

 leaves and small inconspicuous flowers in 

 dense racemes. 



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103908 to 103927— Continued. 



103910. Omanda. A useful timber tree 

 whose wood is used for agricultural 

 implements ; the bark of saplings is 

 made into rope by the natives of 

 Angola. 



103911. Usamba. A good shade tree 

 with an umbrella top. The timber 

 is not used. 



103912. Chrysophyllum sp. Sapotaceae. 



Onjali. An erect tropical tree with 

 milky juice, » leathery short-stemmed 

 leaves, and dense clusters of small whit- 

 ish flowers, followed by pods resembling 

 those of the honeylocust. The pods are 

 eaten by antelopes. The timber of the 

 tree is not used. 



103913. Ficus sp. Moraceae. 



Ukuyu. A wild fig with very soft, light, 

 coarse-grained wood. The tree grows 

 rapidly from seed or cuttings and fruits 

 abundantly. 



Gladiolus spp. Iri- 



103914 and 103915. 



daeeae. 



Red-flowered species. 



103914. Seeds. 103915. Bulbs. 



103916. Luff a cylindrica (L.) Roemer. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Suakwa towelgourd. 



Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



103917 and 103918. Moraea spp. Irida- 

 ceae. 



A blue-flowered species. 



103917. Bulbs. 103918. Seeds. 



103919. Parinari mobola Oliver. Rosa- 

 ceae. 



Usia. A handsome forest tree with 

 dense evergreen foliage. The leaves are 

 deep green above and white beneath, and 

 the fruit, much like an olive in appear- 

 ance, has an edible kernel in a very hard 

 shell. The hard wood is used for furni- 

 ture and building purposes. 



For previous introduction see 87474. 



103920. Securidaca longipedunculata 

 Fres. Polygalaceae. 



Rhodesia violet-tree. 



Utata. A much-branched divaricate 

 shrub, sometimes 10 feet high, native to 

 Upper Guinea, Ethiopia, and Mozambique. 

 The coriaceous leaves are revolute-mar- 

 gined when dry, and the flowers, in ter- 

 minal spreading racemes, are rose, shades 

 of purple or violet, or variegated with 

 white. 



For previous introduction see 81982. 



103921. Tounatea madagascariensis 

 (Desv.) Kuntze. Caesalpiniaceae. 



Onganlia. A tropical leguminous tree, 

 without spines, that grows 20 to 30 feet 

 high in central and south-central Africa. 

 The compound leaves are about 6 inches 

 long, with 9 to 11 leathery green oblong 

 leaflets. The roundish yellow flowers, 

 almost an inch across, are solitary or in 

 small racemes. Native to south-central 

 Africa and Madagascar. 



103922. (Undetermined.) 



Olohengo. A native wild plum ; used 

 for jelly and preserves. 



