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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



76416 to 76453— Continued. 



76438. Pennisetum sp. 



No. 371. Big Tororo grass. November 4, 

 1927. A grass similar to No. 370 [No. 70437], 

 but with much larger heads. It was found 

 along the road east and west of Tororo, 

 Uganda. 



76439. Pennisetum sp. 



No. 374. November 10, 1927. A tall 

 bunch grass, 5 to 7 feet high, growing among 

 elephant grass along the road near the Crater 

 Lakes, south of Fort Portal, Uganda. It is 

 one of the few grasses which appear to hold 

 their own in the rank elephant grass covering 

 the lower slopes and foothills of Ruwenzori. 



76440. Pennisetum sp. 



No. 391. November 19, 1927. Presented 

 by W. L. Watt, superintendent, Scott Agri- 

 cultural Laboratories, Nairobi, Kenya Colony. 

 It appears to be the "Pennisetum with 

 witch-broom tufts," common in moist places 

 all over the East African plains. 



76441. Phaseolus semierectus L. Fabaceae. 



No. 600. November 8, 1927. A common 

 legume growing in the grassland at Kyegegwa, 

 Uganda. The flowers are large and purple, and 

 the brown hairy pods are long and slender. 



For previous introduction see No. 61008. 



76442. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. Pea. 



No. 379. November 12, 1927. Presented by 

 G. O. Ishmael, Kampala. An edible pink- 

 flowered pea said to be indigenous in south- 

 western Uganda, and the only good-flowered pea 

 that does well in Uganda. When cooked the 

 peas are darker colored than English garden peas, 

 but they are quite as palatable. 



76443. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 661. November 9, 1927. A variety grow- 

 ing locally in the forest and at the edge of the 

 bamboo zone on Ruwenzori Range, near Bu- 

 wanda Pass. 



76444. Tricholaena rosea Nees. Poaceae. 



Natal grass. 



No. 388. Government Plantation, Kampala, 

 Uganda, November 12, 1927. Grass No. 8. 

 One of the series of nine grasses selected by T. 

 D. Maitland, former botanist of Uganda, as 

 being the most promising indigenous grasses for 

 forage in Uganda. 



For previous introduction see No. 73262. 



76445 to 76447. Trifolium spp. Fabaceae. 



Clover. 



76416 to 76453— Continued. 



'6445. Trifolium sp. 



No. 368. November, 1927. Near Tim- 

 boroa, Kenya Colony, at an altitude of 

 9,000 feet on the Eldoret Road, en route to 

 Uganda. A pointed-leaved, white-flowered 

 creeping clover growing in natural sward in 

 deep-red "coffee" soil. It is believed that 

 this species had not been collected elsewhere, 

 though the identity is uncertain. 



76446. Trifolium sp. 



No. 369. November, 1927. Near Tim- 

 boroa, Kenya Colony, at an altitude of 

 9,000 feet, on the Eldoret Road, en route to 

 Uganda. A fine grazing type of clover with 

 large violet, magenta, or deep-red flowers 

 growing in natural sod. It is a promising 

 clover for cool moist regions. 



76447. Trifolium sp. 



No. 372. November 9, 1927. A clover 

 with small red flowers, found at the foot of 

 Buwanda Pass, Ruwenzori Range, Uganda. 

 This is the only clover found on Ruwenzori 

 Range or known to occur there. 



78448. Vigna sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 392. November, 1927. A not-uncom- 

 mon vine in Kenya Colony, said to be of poten- 

 tial usefulness for forage or green manure. It 

 grew voluntarily at the Scott Agricultural 

 Laboratories, Nairobi, Kenya Colony. The 

 plant from which these seeds were taken was 

 very leafy and luxuriant. 



76449. Leonotis nepetaefolia (L.) Ait. Men- 

 thaceae. 



No. 393. Nakuru, Kenya Colony. Novem- 

 ber 1, 1927. A herbaceous orange-flowered 

 perennial resembling monarda, found through- 

 out east Africa and at an altitude of 10,000 feet 

 on Mount Kenya where it becomes 12 feet high. 

 It has been introduced into England as an 

 ornamental. Several forms occur with flowers 

 varying from light pink through rather deep red 

 to bright orange. The latter color predominates. 



76450. (Undetermined.) 



No. 633. November 1, 1927. A tree growing 

 near a small stream between Gilgil and Nakuru, 

 Kenya Colony. 



76451. (Undetermined.) 



No. 692. November 11, 1927. A legume 

 common on grassland and hills between Kye- 

 gegwa and Kampala, Uganda. 



76452. (Undetermined.) 



No. 696. November 11, 1927. A shrublike 

 honeysuckle found between Kyegegwa and 

 Kampala, Uganda. 



76453. (Undetermined.) 



No. 702. November 13, 1927. A low tree 

 growing in a garden at Kampala, Uganda. 



