l^OVEMBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1919. 



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48428 to 48503— Continued. 



48492. "(No. 161.) Musokolohive {kiloho). This appears to be a 

 third form passing under the vernacular name." 



48493. Uapaca sp. Euphorbiaceje. 



"(Xos. 122 and 159.) Moosooku (kiJoko). Found in the Belgian 

 Kongo near Elizabethville. 



48494. Uapaca sp. Euphorbiacese. 



"(No. 111.) A tree growing near a river at Elizabethville, Belgian 

 Kongo (No. 213); rnahohoJiobo from Choma, Northern Rhodesia; and 

 (No. 156) edible fruit of makomhwi from the Kimbembe River, Katanga, 

 Belgian Kongo." 



48495. YiTEX CAMPOEUM Buettn. Verbenaceje. 



"(No. 144.) Mufutu. On termite nests at Elizabethville, Belgian 

 Kongo." 



A tree, native to Upper Guinea and Lower Guinea, with densely pu- 

 bescent branchlets and long-stalked, 3-foliolate, somewhat leathery leaves. 

 The hairy campanulate flowers are in dense, axillary cymes. (Adapted 

 from Thiselton-Di/er, Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. 5, p. 323.) 



48496. ViTEX sp. Verbenacese. 



"(No. 175.) Mufutu. There is more than one species passing under 

 tliis name. From Elizabethville, Belgian Kongo." 



48497. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn. 

 "(No. 186.) Native maize of the Belgian Kongo." 



48498. ZiziPHUs sp. Rhamnacefe. 



"(^No. 124.) Loonkmcle. Growing along rivers and on termite nests 

 in the Belgian Kongo. The fruit is edible but not worth eating. The 

 wood is useful and durable." 



48499. ZiziPHUS sp. Rhamnacefe. 



"(No. 197.) From Lufisa River, Katanga, Belgian Kongo." 



48500. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 106.) From a sand veld, Victoria Falls, Rhodesia." 



48501. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 108.) Tree at Zimba, Northern Rhodesia." 



48502. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 140.) KiJjoho. Edible fruit. From Elizabethville, Belgian 

 Kongo." 



48503. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 153.) Mukaicla. A small edible-fruite<l tree from Kimbembe 

 River, Katanga, Belgian Kongo." 



48504. Myrica rubra Sieb. and Zucc. Myricaceae. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co. 

 Received November 1, 1919. 

 Yama-momo. This very pretty evergreen tree is closely allied to the sweet 

 gale {Myrica gale), well known in America. It is a small tree, attaining a 

 height of some 15 to 20 feet, with oblong or lanceolate, dark-green, smooth, and 

 glistening leaves, 3 to 4 inches long. This tree, or large bush, growls especially 

 in the mountains of southern Japan. Its name, yama-momo, indicates its 

 habitation, as it means literally "mountain peach." How far north it grows 



