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38645. Olea foveolata E. Meyer. Oleacese. Wild olive. 

 From Cape Town. Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. C. W. Mally, 



entomologist, Department of Agriculture, at the request of Mr. C. P. 

 Lounsbury, Division of Entomology, Pretoria, Union of South Africa. 

 Received June 27, 1914. 



"Collected in the neighborhood of East London, Cape Province." (ilally.) 



See S. P. I. Nos. 25846 and 33783 for previous introductions. 



"A tree 30 to 40 feet in height, 9 to 15 inches stem diameter, usually found in 

 what is or has been dense forest, and with a clean, straight stem so similar in 

 marking to black ironwood (O. laurifoUa) that expert woodcutters seldom 

 differentiate between the two, but if they do it is considered of little impor- 

 tance which is used, the value being considered about equal, except that its 

 size makes this more suitable for disselbooms (poles) than 0. laurifolia, while 

 for heavy timber the l^itter is the better. Leaves elliptical or oblong, varying a 

 good deal in size and form, sometimes oval, usually about 2 inches long, three- 

 fourths of an inch to 1^ inches wide, bluntly pointed, entire, coriaceous, gla- 

 brous glossy above, pale below, and with more or less hairy pits in the axils of 

 the veins on the lower surface. Panicles axillary, much shorter than the leaves, 

 few flowered ; flowers one-fourth of an inch across, white ; petals hooded, fruit 

 half an inch long, elliptical, purple, nearly dry, with a large 1-seeded stone. 

 Common in all the eastern and Natal forests, seldom so large as O. laurifolia, 

 and not more sound. Fourcade gives its properties as ' Weight, 63 pounds per 

 cubic foot ; relative hardness, 7 ; coefficient of elasticity, 1,024 tons ; modulus of 

 rupture, 6.22 tons; crushing load, 4.5 tons per square inch.'" {Sim, Forest 

 Flora of Cape Colony). 



38646. KuBus bogotensis H. B. K. Kosacese. Blackberry. 



From Fusagasuga, Colombia. Presented by Mr. F. L. Rockwood, clerk of 

 the American Legation, Bogota, Colombia. Received June 25, 1914.' 

 " Seeds of a large blackberry from Fusagasuga." (Rockwood.) 



38647. Mekremia hederacea (Burm.) Hallier. Convolvulaceae. 

 {Convolvulus flavus Willd.) 



From the island of Guam. Presented by Mr. J. B. Thompson, Agi'icultural 

 Experiment Station, through INIr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received June 29, 1914. 

 "A twining vine of the convolvulus family which is found to be an excellent 

 forage plant here. It is very common here and springs up as volunteer growth 

 on newly cleared and fallow fields at any time of the year providing there is 

 sufficient moisture to germinate the seed. We have a tract of unseeded ground 

 at the station with an area of approximately 2 acres, a portion of which is cov- 

 ered with this growth, and during the past three months three mature 

 fows have been pasturing upon this tract exclusively and have made good 

 gains every month, and this during a season when growth of most forage plants 

 is backward and cattle generally have a tendency to fall in flesh. The tract 

 would probably furnish plenty of pasture for two or three head of animals in 

 addition to the three that are now maintained upon it. I am not aware of 

 any other forage plant here for which stock in general seem to have an equal 

 relish. Animals at the station showing a loss of appetite, during periods of 

 fever, have frequently refused all else than this and the leaves of the bread- 



