
          45751. SOLANUM BULLATUM. Capoeira branca. From B. H. Hunni-
rcutt, Lavras, Minas, Brazil. A South American plant which
promises to become a valuable forage plant because of the
high percentage of protein contained in the leaves.

48287. SOLANUM GIGANTEUM. From Cape Town, Cape Province.
Seeds collected by H. L. Shantz, Agricultural Explorer. A
large prickly shrub, 8 feet in height, with fruit an inch in
diameter. The natives place portions of the fruit in hollow
teeth as a remedy for toothache.

45813. SOLANUM MURICATUM. Pepino . From Ecuador. Presented by
F. W. Goding, American Consul General. The pepino is an up-
right, spineless, bushy shrub 2 to 3 feet high. The ovoid
fruit, 4 to 6 inches long, is yellow, overlaid with splotches
of violet-purple. The yellow flesh is aromatic, tender,
juicy, and in taste suggests an acid eggplant. Cultivated
varieties are seedless. Forms part of the diet of the na-
tives, being eaten raw or cooked in various ways.

48288. SOLANUM SODOMEUM HERMANNI. From Cape Town, Cape Pro-
vince. Collected by H. L. Shantz, Agricultural Explorer. A
shrubby, spiny Solanum with purple flowers followed by glo-
bose fruits 1-1/4 Inches in diameter, which are at first
green, variegated with white, and finally yellow.

45023. SOLANUM TUBEROSUM. Potato. From Hawaii. Presented by
J. N. Westgate. A purplish-colored variety of potato which
seems to be quite resistant to blight, wilt, etc.

21967. SOPHORA DAVIDII . From China. Collected by P. N. Meyer,
Agricultural Explorer. An ornamental leguminous shrub, up to
5 feet in height, sometimes used as a hedge plant. Bears
small, pinnate leaves and whitish lilac flowers produced in
immense quantities.

43727. SORBARIA ARBOREA. From the Arnold Arboretum. A beautiful
summer-flowering shrub, 10 to 20 feet in height, with rather
large bright-green pinnate leaves and small white flowers in
large showy panicles. Closely allied to the Spiraeas, and ore
of the most treelike of this group of plants. Native to cen-
tral China. Hardy as far north as Cambridge, Mass.

47216. SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA. From Nigeria. Seeds presented
by A. H. Kirby. A handsome, erect, ornamental flowering tree,
related to the catalpa. The leaves resemble those of the black
walnut. The large orange-red flowers are produced in clusters
at the ends of the branches. Cultivated throughout the Tropics.

47802. SPIRAEA MICRANTHA. Spiraea. From Darjiling, India.
Presented by G. H. Cave, Director, Lloyd Botanic Station. An
ornamental shrub found on the temperate slopes of the Himalayas

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