Inventory 71, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



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The Barajillo, a New Leguminous Shrub from Salvador. (Meibomia 

 rensoni Painter; S. P. I. No. 55446.) 



The use of leguminous plants as green cover crops and soil builders is becoming universal. 

 The one here shown, Meibomia rensoni, has recently been called to the attention of horti- 

 culturists by Dr. Carlos Eenson, of San Salvador. Under favorable conditions of climate 

 and soil it reaches 18 feet in height. Its purplish flowers are borne in terminal racemes. 

 The large roots penetrate deeply into the soil. Like other leguminous plants, M. rensoni 

 gathers nitrogen from the air and stores it in nodules upon the smaller roots. (Photo- 

 graphed by Dr. Carlos Renson, San Salvador, Salvador.) 



