JAl^UARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1920. 



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49443 to 49456— Continued. 



up to 2 inches thick, leraou yellow, with translucent whitish flesh, which 

 is subacid and of fairly pleasant flavor. The seeds are shaped like di- 

 minutive arrowheads. Presented by Harry Johnson." 



49453. SoLAXTTM SEAFOBTHIANUM Audrews. Solanacese. 



"(No. 285a. Tucnru, Alta Vera Paz. January 19, 1920.) A climbing , 

 plant from tJie forest in the Finca Mocca, at an altitude of about 3,000 

 feet. It becomes about 20 feet in height, making slender stems and grace- 

 ful foliage, and bears white flowers followed by decorative fruits, which 

 are round, half an inch in diameter, and bright orange-retl." 



49454. IxDKiOFEBA sp. Fabaceae. 



"(No. 284(7. Tucuru, Alta Vera Paz. January 19, 1920.) A small 

 leguminous plant of semicreeping habit from the Finca Los Alpes ; altitude 

 3,000 feet. It makes stems about 3 feet long and bears terminal spikes 

 of salmon-pink flowers." 



49455. Valota iNsuLABis (L. » Chase. Poacere. Grass. 

 "(No. 286a-. City of Guatemala. February 3, 1920.) A grass culti- 

 vated near El Progreso, in the hot country between the city of Guatemala 

 and Zacapa. It grows to 6 or 7 feet in height, makes abundant foliage, 

 and appears to be a good forage plant" 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 4T0.~)7. 



49456. (Undetermined. I 



"(No. 280o. Tucuru, Alta Vera Paz. January 19, 1920.) Presented 

 by Harry Johnson. An herbaceous perennial from Chama, Alta Vera 

 Paz, growing about a foot high and producing spikes of red flowers." 



49457. Lycopersicon esctlextum ^lill. Solanacece. Tomato. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds presented by J. M. Westgate, agronomist 



in charge, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received March 2, 1920. 

 Seeds of a cross between tlie wild species and EarUaiia." (Westgate.) 



49458. A.sPARAGrs ACUTiFOLirs L. Convallariacese. 



From Hartsville, S. C. Seeds collected by J. B. Norton, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer for the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March 2, 1920. 



■' This is probably the hardiest evergreen species of the genus. Stock grown 

 from S. P. I. No. 34620 has survived four winters at Hartsville, S. C, when the 

 temperature has gone below 10° F. It makes a beautiful thickset hedge of a 

 very dark green color, suggesting a fine-leaved juniper. As the plants grow 

 older there is a tendency to produce vinelike shoots. The tuberlike storage 

 roots and drought-resistant foliage make it valuable for regions of scanty rain- 

 fall. The sh<>f»ts are edible, alrhougli much smaller than those of ordinary as- 

 paragus. The flavor, however, is said by some to be superior to that of the 

 -common species." (yorton.) 



49459 to 49471. 



From Kafuc. Northern Rhodesia. Seeds collected by Dr. H. L. Shantz, 

 Agricultural Explorer for the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March 

 2, 1920. Quoted notes by Doctor Shantz. 

 49459. Bbachystegia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



"(No. 300. Bolenga Camp. November 25, 1919. ) IfomSo (Chimy an ja). 

 A large, spreading acacialike plant with large pods and large flat seeds. 



