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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



Indigo. 



104070 to 104102— Continued. 



Collected in Urundi Territory- A 

 tropical American plant about 3 feet 

 high, erect, branched, somewhat 

 shrubby, and softly pubescent. The 

 yellow flowers are crowded in 12- to 20- 

 flowered elongated racemes, 2 to 8 

 inches long. The plant occurs in waste 

 places throughout the Tropics and is 

 in flower all the year. 



For previous introduction see 64059. 



104077. Cytisus prolifeeus L. f. Fa- 

 baceae. Tagasaste. 



A stout leguminous shrub up to 12 feet 

 high, of rather lax habit, with long 

 slender branches and green trifoliolate 

 leaves with silky pubescent lower sur- 

 faces. The white flowers are in axillary 

 clusters among the branches. It is na- 

 tive to the Canary Islands where it is 

 considered an excellent drought-resistant 

 forage plant. 



For previous introduction see 90725. 



104078. Eledsine coracana (L.) Gaertn. 

 Poaceae. African millet 



Collected in Urundi. 



104079. Eriosema montandm Baker. Fa- 

 baceae. 



An erect perennial leguminous plant 

 with trifoliolate leaves ; the ovate-oblong, 

 acute leaflets are about 2 inches long. 

 The small yellow flowers are in axillary 

 racemes. Native to eastern and north- 

 eastern Africa. 



104080. Indigofera sp. Fabaceae. 



104031. Lupinus sp. Fabaceae. 



Collected at Kevin. 

 104082. Lupinus sp. Fabaceae. 



Collected at Kidega. 



104083 to 104092. Phaseolus spp. Fa- 

 baceae. 



104083 to 104085. Phaseolus lunatds. 

 Lima bean. 



104083. A small brown bean with 

 blackish areas. 



104084. A small gray bean with deep- 

 brown blotches. 



104085. A small white bean. 



104088 to 104092. Phaseolus vulgaris 

 L. Common bean. 



104086. A large, deep reddish-brown 

 bean. 



104087. A rose-brown bean with 

 deeper brown marbling. 



104088. A brownish-yellow bean with 

 brown marbling. 



104089. A black bean. 



104090. A reddish-brown bean. 



104091. A light-gray bean with black 

 marbling. 



104092. A greenish-yellow bean. 



104093. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. 



Pea. 



104094. Sesbania sp. Fabaceae. 



104095. Sesbania sp. Fabaceae. 



104096. Smithia aeschyxomexoides 

 Welw. Fabaceae. 



104099 to 104101. Zea mays L. 



104070 to 104102— Continued. 



Collected at 6,000 feet altitude. An 

 erect shrub about 2 feet high, with numer- 

 ous slender bristly branches, pinnate 

 leaves about 1 inch long with sensitive 

 leaflets, and racemes of small yellow, pur- 

 ple-veined flowers. Native to Angola, 

 Africa. 



104097. Sorghum v u l g a r e P e r s. 

 Poeceae. Sorghum. 



A red variety. 



104098. Sorghum vulgarb Pers. 

 Poaceae. Sorghum. 



Poaceae. 

 Corn. 



104102. Sesamum angolense Welw. Peda- 

 liaceae. 



An erect herb, often 6 feet high, native 

 to tropical Africa. The square stems are 

 clothed with numerous oblong to ovate, 

 wavy-margined leaves 2 to 4 inches long. 

 The solitary axillary flowers have brilliant 

 violet-purple, obliquely campanulate co- 

 rollas 2 to 3 inches long. '■ 



For previous introduction see 61681. 



104103 to 104124. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the 

 Director, Botanic Gardens, Buenos Aires. 

 Received January 12, 1934. 



104103. Acacia bonariensis Gillies. 

 Mimosaceae. 



An almost glabrous tree, with angular 

 branches sparsely covered with short re- 

 curved spines. The long bipinnate leaves 

 and branches are glabrous ; the youngest 

 leaflets and the peduncles are silky hairy, 

 as are also the short panicled flower 

 spikes. 



For previous introduction see 88198. 



104104. Acacia moniliformis Griseb. 

 Mimosaceae. 



A shrub with fragrant yellow flowers, 

 common in the subtropical forests of Tu- 

 cuman, Argentina, bearing dusty four- 

 angled branches and petioles and glabrous 

 bipinnate leaves. The flat linear leathery 

 pods when young are used -as cattle feed. 



For previous introduction see 48054. 



104105. Acnistus parviflorus Griseb. 

 Solanaceae. 



A small shrub with elliptic, acute, long- 

 cuneate papery leaves about 3 inches long 

 and small, fragrant, funnel-shaped white, 

 flowers one-third inch long, in small clus- 

 ters Tt is native to Argentina. 



104106. Anneslia tweedii (Benth.) JLdn- 

 den (C alii an dr a tweedii Benth. ) . 

 Mimosaceae. 



A low tropical tree, with bipinnate 

 leaves made up of 3 to 4 pairs of very 

 small hairy linear-oblong leaflets and glo- 

 bose flower heads with rather showy 

 pui'plish stamens. Native to British 

 Guiana. 



For previous introduction see 94769. 



104107. Chomelia brasiliana A. Rich. 

 Rubiaceae. 



A small spiny shrub, pubescent through- 

 out, with opposite elliptic leaves and silky 

 white flowers in small graceful axillary 

 clusters. Native to Brazil. 



