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SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



48428 to 48503— Continued. 



characterized by the presence of prominent warts on the trunk and main 

 branches, wheMce it has received the vernacular name of Knopjesdoom. 

 (Adapted from Kcic Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 1907, p. 361.) 



48429. Albizzia katangensis Wildem, Mimosacere. 



" (No. 16C.) Musaasi. A large deciduous tree with valuable timber, 

 from the wireless station, Elizabethville, Belgian Kongo." 



A tree from Katanga, Belgian Kongo, the roots of which are used in 

 an infusion as a disinfectant. (Adapted from WiMeman, Etudes sur la 

 Flore du Katanga, J^th ser., p. ^37.) 



48430. Albizzia sp. Mimosaceie. 



" (Xo. 211.) From Choma, Northern Rhodesia." 



48431. Amerimnon sp. Fabacese. 

 (Dalbergia sp.) 



" ( No. 120.) iloobango. From near Elizabethville, Belgian Kongo." 



48432. Amebimnon sp. Fabacere. 

 (Dalbergia sp.) 



" (No. 190.) From Elizabethville, Belgian Kongo." 



48433. Amomum sp. Zinziberacese. 



••(No. ISO.) ilootungulu. An herb with bright-red fruits, which are 

 eaten by the natives. These fruits have the fragrance of some of the 

 species of Kaempferia. Note the similarity of the name to the Zulu 

 name for Cari^sa edulis {ama-tungulu) ; moo, like ama, is a prefix. From 

 Elizabethville, Belgian Kongo." 



48434. Antidesma sp. Eupliorbiace?e. 



"(No. 194.) Found on termite nests, in Likasi. Kambove, Belgian 

 Kongo." 



Received as Antidesma venosum, but it does not agree with our mate- 

 rial of A. venosum. 



48435. Akachis hypogaea L. Fabacese. Peanut. 

 *' (No. 208.) Peanuts grown by natives at Kapiri M'Poshi, Northern 



Rhodesia." 



48436. Baikiaea plurijuga Harms. Cfesalpiniaceie. Rhodesian teak. 

 "(No. 215.) From Victoria Falls, Rhodesia; found growing on a sand 



veld." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 48234. 

 48437 to 48439. Bauhixia reticulata DC. Csesalpiniacese. 



48437. "(No. 188.) Kifnmhe. The pods are much relished by cattle. 

 A cattleman in Matabeleland, Southern Rhodesia, grinds them up to 

 mix with concentrates for his pedigreed stock." 



A spreading shrub or small tree; from its roots a mahogany- 

 colored pigment is obtained, used by the Manyoro for staining 

 wooden utensils. The stain is most effective; the liquid applied 

 when only slightly diluted, dries rapidly and with a gloss. The 

 shrub grows in quantity also in parts of Toro and Chagwe and is 

 sometimes used in native medicine. (Adapted from Dawe, Eco- 

 nomic Resources of Uganda, p. 26.) 



48438. "(No. 210.) From Elizabethville, Belgian Kongo." 



48439. "(No. 205.) From Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia." 



