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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



49224 to 49255— Continued. 



49247. Tetrapleura sp. Miinosaceie. 

 (Victoria Falls. November 17, 1919. Pod coutaiuiug seed; no labe 



49248. ViGNA SINENSIS (Tomer) Savi. Fabaceie. Co 

 '•(No. 239. Bulawnyo. So-t^em rJio.le>ia November 6. 1919.) 



Indumba Kafir beaii 



49249. VoANDZEiA sui.iii;.:A>i:A i.L. ■ Th 'uar>. l ai-aceje. 



'•(No. 244. Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. November 6, 1919.) 

 Inshluba. Kafir beans." 



49250. XiMENiA AMERICANA L, Olac-acete. False sandalwooiL 

 "(No. 279. Victoria Falls. November 14, 1919.) Impmji. A plunJ 



like fruit similar to No. 24S [S. P. I. No. 491(57]. but larger and lateiJ 

 strong wild-cherry odor." I 



49251. (Undetermined.) I 

 "(No. 259. Victoria Falls. November 15, 1919.) A small tree witl 



a strong odor of pepper when the leaves, stem, or fniits are crushed-! 



49252. TouNATEA madagascabiensis (Desv.) Kuntze. O^'salpiniaceJ 

 iSicart:ia madagascariensis Desv.) I 



• (No. P. 263. Victoria Falls. November 15. 1919.) A medium-sizj 

 tree with long, narrow sugar-bearing ikhIs." I 



49253. Hippoceatea obtusifolia Roxb. Hippoerateaceje. " 



■' < No. 261. Victoria Falls. November lo, 1919.) A peculiar woody 

 vine with clusters of fruits attached by the end of the wing, with the 

 heavy or seed end hanging free." 



49254. Leioptyx congoensis Pierre. Meliace;e. 



"(No. 268. Victoria Falls. November 17, 1919.) A large tree with 

 large pods bearing large winged seeds." 



49255. «, Undetermined I . 



"(No. 25L Victoria Falls. November 13, 1919.) A large acacialike 

 tree with large flat pods," 



49256. BupKANi: disticha (L. f.) Herbert. AmarTllidaceie. 



Fire-lily. 



From Victoria Falls, Rhodesia. Bulbs collected by Dr. H. L. Shantz, Agri- 

 cultural Explorer for the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 

 14, 1920. 



"(No. 292. Victoria Falls. November 17, 1919.) The fire-lily or poison-lily; 

 a flame of fire without leaves. Very characteristio.'" yShantz.) 



For an illustration of this plant as it grows in Northern Rhodesia, see Plate 1. 



49257. ExoGoxiiTM puega (Weuder.) Benth. Convomilaceae. 



ilpomoea purga Hayne.) 

 From Bahia, Brazil Roots presented by H. M. Curran. Received January 

 14, 1920. 



" I am .sei.ding a sample of batata de vurya. It is a strong-growing Ipomoea- 

 like vine, with ornamental white flowers about 3 inches across the corolla. The 

 vine is smooth, quadrangular, with ribbonlike wings at the angles, as in Pa^si- 

 flora quadrangularis. The ends of the twigs and the calyx are pale yellowish 

 green. This plant is common in the second-growth forests and abandoned 



