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41902 to 41916— Continued. 



41909. Indigofeka trlfoliata Torner. Fabacese. Indigo. 

 A perennial having copiously branched trailing or suberect stems 1 to 



2 feet long, soon glabrescent. Found in the Himalayas, ascending to 4,000 

 feet in Kumaon, to Ceylon and Tenasserim. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora 

 of British India, vol. 2, p. 96, under i". trifoliata Linn.) 



41910. Ischaemum AKiSTATUM L. Poacese. Grass. 

 "A perennial grass growing 1 to 4 feet high. Indigenous in China, the 



Malay Peninsula, India, and Ceylon." 



41911. Ischaemtjm pilosum (Klein) Hack. Poacese. Grass. 

 "A perennial grass with creeping rootstocks, native to India, used for 



fodder, being cut mainly for buffaloes. A previous introduction, S. P. I. 

 No. 32438, proved to be unviable seed." 



41912. Ischaemtjm sulcatum Hack. Poacese. Grass. 

 "A grass 12 to 18 inches high, with numerous branched stems. Native to 



central India." 



41913. Iseilema anthephoeoides Hack. Poacese. Grass. 

 "Native to southern Dekkan and closely related to Iseilema laxum. 



Presumably its fodder value is also equal." 



41914. Iseilema wightii (Nees) Anderss. Poacese. Grass. 

 " A grass native to India, occurring in low and swampy land. Stems 



1 to 3 feet high. Duthie considers its fodder value probably equal to 

 that of Iseilema laxum, which is highly valued both as natural pasturage 

 and when cut for hay. Hooker says it is perennial, but I, laxum 

 is annual." 



41915. Pennisetum ciliaee (L.) Link. Poacese. " Grass. 

 (Pennisetum cencJiroides Rich.) 



" One of the most valuable pasture and hay grasses of India. Native 

 to India and Africa and introduced into the American Tropics." 



41916. Sesban aculeatum (Schreb.) Poir. Fabacese. 



"A tall, very rapid growing species, reaching a height in one season 

 of 12 to 20 feet in Florida and Mississippi, the stems woody and 2 to 4 

 inches in diameter. While this species is employed as a green-manure 

 crop in the Tropics, its woody stems and great growth make it unde- 

 sirable for agricultural use in America." 



For a previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 21368. 



41917. Gossypitjm hirstjttjm L. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Mustapha, Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Numbered 

 February, 1916. 

 "A variety of cotton cultivated at Lemnos, grown without irrigation in ordi- 

 nary soil." (Trabut.) 



41918 to 41921. 



From Kirki, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, economic botanist, 

 through Mr. C. V. Piper. Received in January, 1916. Descriptive notes 

 by Mr. Piper. 

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