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115873 to 115973— Continued. 



115948 to 115950. Luffa CYLINdrica (L.) 

 Roemer. Cucurbitaceae. 



Suakwa towelgourd. 



Young fruits eaten cooked ; mature fruit 

 fibers used as sponges. 



For previous introduction see 114964. 



115948. No. 425. Turai. From Agra, 

 United Provinces, March 29, 1936. 



115949. No. 357. Q-h-i turai or Oosara. 

 From Bombay, March 20, 1936. 



115950. No. 426. Turai. From Agra, 

 United Provinces, March 29, 1936. 



115951. Lycopersicon esculentdm Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 



No. 383. From Agra, United Provinces, 

 March 24, 1936. Fruits red, round to lat- 

 erally elongate, up to 3 inches in diameter. 

 Probably naturalized. 



115952. MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L. Cuciir- 



bitaceae. Baisam-pear. 



No. 430. Karela. From Agra, United 

 Provinces, March 29, 1936. Fruits bitter, 

 eaten fried ; considered medicinal and used 

 in various ways. 



115953. Mords sp. Moraceae. 



No. 388. From Agra, United Provinces, 

 March 27, 1936. Tree up to 35 feet high, 

 well-formed, with large shiny dark-green 

 leaves. Fruits red-purple, acid, up to 2 

 inches long and one-fourth of an incb in 

 diameter. 



115954. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Faba- 

 ceae. Mung bean. 



No. 366. From Jalgaon, Kbandesb, 

 Bombay Presidency, March 21, 1936. Dry 

 beans popular as "split peas," also used 

 as fodder. 



115955 to 115958. Raphanus SATivus L. 

 Brassicaceae. Radish. 



From Agra, United Provinces, March 

 27 to 29, 1936. 



115955. No. 393. Feziabad Mult. 

 Leaves said to be small, root about 

 18 inches long, the upper fourth 

 green and the rest white. Said to 

 grow all year. 



115956. No. 396. Muli. A form with 

 large leaves ; root white, 18 inches 

 long ; said to grow the year round. 

 Both leaves and roots are eaten. 



115957. No. 413. Muli. 



115958. No. 438. Sen gar. Used as 

 vegetable in all of its parts, espe- 

 cially the elongated seed pods. 



115959. Rumex vesicarius L. Polygona- 

 ceae. 



No. 355. GhuTca bhaji. From Bombay, 

 March 20, 1936. Leaves used as a pot- 

 herb. 



Fabaceae. 

 Soybean. 



No. 358. From Bombay, March 20, 

 1936. Dry beans used as food ; the plant 

 and pods used as fodder. 



115961 to 115964. Solanum melongena L. 

 Solanaceae. Eggplant. 



115961. No. 370. From Jalgaon, Khan- 

 desh, Bombay Presidency, March 21, 

 1936. Fruits yellow, faintly marked 

 with purple, very seedy, 1% inches in 

 diameter, somewhat elongated. 



115960. Soja max (L.) Piper. 



115873 to 115973 — Continued. 



115962. No. 434. Sufed Brinjal. From 

 Agra, United Provinces, March 29, 

 1936. Fruit white, rounded, about 4 

 inches long ; considered very good. 



115963. No. 442. B hat iy a bengan. 

 From Agra, United Provinces, March 

 29, 1936. Fruit said to be purple- 

 black, rounded, and 3 inches in diam- 

 eter. 



115964. No. 364. Wanga. From Jal- 

 gaon. Khandesh, Bombay Presidency, 

 March 21, 1936. Fruit yellow to 

 gold, rounded, and 4 inches in diam- 

 eter. 



115965. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopodi- 

 aceae. Common spinach. 



No. 415. Palag. From Agra. United 

 Provinces, March 29, 1936. A potherb. 



115966 and 115967, Trichosanthes an- 

 guina L. Cucurbitaceae. Snakegourd, 



From Agra, United Provinces, March 

 28 and 29, 1936. 



For previous introduction see 115035. 



115968. No. 406. Chachera. Said to 

 grow to 10 feet and to be a strain 

 from the Bombay region. 



115967. No. 443. Chachinda. 



115968. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. 



Broadbean, 



No. 412. Bagala. From Agra, United 

 Provinces, March 28, 1936. A forage crop. 



115969 to 115972. Vigna spp. Fabaceae. 



115969. Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) Fru- 

 wirth. Asparagus-bean. 



No. 395. Labia. From Agra, United 

 Provinces, March 27, 1936. A strong- 

 growing vine ; the green pods and seeds 

 are used as food. 



115970. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. 



Cowpea. 



No. 405. Lamas. From Agra, United 

 Provinces, March 28, 1936. Pods 6 

 inches long, much esteemed as a green 

 vegetable. 



115971. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. 



Cowpea. 



No. 359. Ghawl. From Bombay, 

 March 20, 1936. Pods and dry beans 

 eaten. 



115972. Vigna sp. 



No. 441. Labia. From Agra, United 

 Provinces, March 29, 1936. A mixture 

 of varieties of wbich the green pods are 

 eaten. 



115973. Wrightia tinctoria R. Br. Apo- 

 cynaceae. 



No. 354. From Kaligan, Bombay Presi- 

 dency. March 18, 1936. A small bushy 

 tree about 8 feet high, with opposite 

 elliptic lanceolate leaves 3 to 5 inches long 

 and large cymes of small white flowers. 

 Native to central and eastern India. 



115974. Betula corymfolia Regel and 

 Maxim. Betulaceae. Birch. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by Dr. T. 

 Nakai, Director, Botanical Garden of the 

 Imperial University, Tokyo. Received May 

 22, 1936. 



Tbis is allied to the river birch (Betula 

 nigra) of tbe eastern United States. The 



