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88141 to 88146. Medicago sativa L. 

 Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Madrid, Spain. Seeds presented by 

 J. H. Ford, through J. Sidney Cates. 

 Received May 13, 1930. 



Senor Antonio Estaban de Faura, at the 

 seed station of the Madrid Agricultural 

 Station, says that the two alfalfas, Aragon 

 and Totona, do not resist the parasite 

 11 cuscuta " ; the Hielga rustica may resist 

 better, but is mainly a wild growth and is 

 not cultivated because it gives a smaller 

 yield. 



88141 to 88143. Purchased from Robusti- 

 ano Diez Obeso. 



88141. Aragon. 



88142. Mielga rustica. 



88143. Totona. 



88144 to 88146. Purchased from J. Viey 

 Sallettes. 



88144. Aragon. 



88145. Mielga rustica. 



88146. Totona. 

 88147 to 88164. 



From Victoria, Cameroon, Africa. Seeds 

 presented by T. D. Maitland, Superintend- 

 ent, Botanic Gardens. Received May 15, 

 1930. 



88147. Acacia Senegal (L.) Willd. Mim- 

 osaceae. 



A tree widely distributed in tropical 

 Africa and cultivated in India. It has 

 pinnate leaves and long, dense, clublike 

 racemes of tiny flowers bristling with 

 long stamens. This plant yields the true 

 gum arabic of commerce. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 48064. 



88148. Cajanus indicus Spreng. Faba- 

 ceae. Pigeon pea. 



An erect shrublike plant 4 to 6 feet 

 high, which may prove useful in improv- 

 ing the soil and also as a fodder plant. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 80167. 



88149. Cassia sophbba L. Caesalpinia- 

 ceae. 



A cosmopolitan tropical shrub 3 to 5 

 feet high with pinnately compound leaves 

 made up of five to nine pairs of obliquely 

 lanceolate leaflets and axillary and termi- 

 nal racemes of yellow flowers. 



88150. Cracca villosa purpurea (L.) 

 Kuntze {Tephrosia purpurea Pers.). 

 Fabaceae. 



A purple-flowered, herbaceous perennial 

 of low, spreading habit which is native to 

 tropical Africa. The plant is useful as 

 a cover crop and also as a green manure. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67966. 



88151. Crotalaria retusa L. Fabaceae. 



An annual plant, a foot or more high, 

 distributed throughout the Tropics of 

 both hemispheres. The flowers, yellow 

 streaked with purple, are in terminal 

 racemes. For use as a cover crop. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 64061. 



88152. DlOCLEA REFLEXA Hook. f. 



ceae. 



Faba- 



88147 to 88164— Continued. 



An ornamental, woody, climbing plant, 

 up to 20 feet in length, with compound 

 leaves composed of three thickish leaflets, 

 and rather dense racemes, 4 to 6 inches 

 long, of red flowers. The broad-oblong, 

 leathery pod, 3 to 4 inches long, i& 

 densely covered with yellowish-gray silky 

 hairs. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 45619. 



88153. Dolichos lablab L. Fabaceae. 



Hyacinth-bean. 



A very dark-brown seeded variety of 

 bush bean. It is said to be used as green 

 beans, boiled in the pod, and also used 

 when dried. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 80509. 



88154. Gossypium barbadense L. Malva- 

 ceae. Sea-island cotton* 



88155. Indigofera galegoides DC Faba- 

 ceae. Indigo. 



A tall shrub with twiggy branches, 

 compound leaves a foot long made up of 

 11 to 25 oblong, membranaceous leaflets 

 2 inches long, and short, dense racemes 

 of pale-red flowers. It is native to 

 southeastern Asia. 



88156. Lbucaena glauca (L.) Benth. 

 Mimosaceae. 



A shrub or tree up to 30 feet high 

 with a smooth trunk, bipinnate leaves 

 made up of four to eight pinnae bearing 

 10 to 20 pairs of narrowly lanceolate 

 leaflets half an inch long, and globular 

 heads of small, white flowers. The 

 young branches are used as forage. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 42539. 



88157. Mimosa pudica L. Mimosaceae. 



Sensitiveplant. 



Tbe well-known sensitiveplant of the 

 Tropics, which is to be tested as green 

 manure. 



88158. Monodora myristica (Gaertn.) 

 Dunal. Annonaceae. 



Calabash nutmeg. 



A handsome tropical evergreen tree 

 bearing an abundance of large, fragrant* 

 yellow and white flowers. These are fol- 

 lowed by large fruits containing many 

 oily seeds which are aromatic and used 

 as a condiment by the natives of West 

 Africa. 



For previous introduction see No.. 

 75281. 



88159. Morinda citrifolia L. Rubiaceae. 



India-mulberry* 



An ornamental tropical shrub with 

 large, white, juicy fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73017. 



88160. Mucuna urens Medic. Fabaceae. 



A wide-climbing, woody vine with tri- 

 foliolate leaves of ovate-oblong, papery 

 leaflets 3 to 5 inches long and dense 

 heads of sulphur-yellow flowers 2 inches 

 across. It is native to Brazil and is dis- 

 tributed generally throughout the Tropics. 



88161. Ochrocarpos africanus Oliver* 

 Clusiaceae. 



A tropical tree up to 50 feet high with 

 elliptic-oblong, coriaceous leaves 6 to 10 



