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49582 to 49612— Continued. 



49610. Thuxbeegia sp. Acanthacese. 



"(No. 341. Kafue. December 7, 1919.) An attractive plant with a 

 trumpet-shaped flower. This would make a fine garden flower." 



49611. Trochomeria garcini (L.) Benth. and Hook. Cucurbitacese. 

 (Zehneria garcini Sond.) 



"(No. 350. Kafue. December 7, 1919.)" 



An annual vine, native to Africa and India, with cordate, palmately 

 r>-lobed leaves and small greenish flow^ers followed by 2-seeded fruits 

 the size of a cherry. (Adapted from Harvey, Flora Capensis, vol. 2, 

 p. .',87.) 



49612. Printzia sp. Asteracea?. 



"(No. 355. Kafue. December 7, 1919.) A low perennial resembling 

 Centaureu. May be valuable as a border plant." 



49613 to 49661. 



From Darjiling. Bengal, India. Seeds presented by G. H. Cave, curator, 

 Lloyd Botanic Garden. Received March 12, 1920. 



49613. AiRA sp. Poacese. Grass. 

 Received as Dcyeuxia fiiformis; identified at the Grass Herbarium. 



49614. Alangium alpinum (C. B. Clarke) Smith and Cave. Cornaceae. 

 A deciduous tree, approaching 39 feet in height, with ascending 



branches and coriaceous leaves, glabrous above and pilose veined be- 

 neath. The lax, axillary, 3-flowered inflorescences with almost glabrous 

 stamens are followed by black fruits, which are at first elongate tur- 

 binate, afterwards compressed ellipsoid. Native to the eastern Hima- 

 layas at altitudes of 5,000 to 9,000 feet. (Adapted from Records of 

 the Botanical Survey of India, vol. 6, p. 96.) 



49615. Anemone vitifolia Buch.-Ham. Ranunculaceae. 



One of the commonest and most ornamental plants in Nepal, where 

 it grows in all the forests of the great valley and the surrounding 

 mountains, delighting in the most shady, retired, and moist situations 

 in the vicinity of rills and torrents. It is also found in Kumaon and 

 in Gossam Than in the Himalayas. The erect, nearly simple stem, 

 clothed with oppressed hairs, is 1* to 3 feet high. The cordate radical 

 leaves are long stalked, lobed, and coarsely serrated, much veined and 

 somewhat wrinkled, glabrous above, downy and paler beneath. The 

 involucre consists of two leaves like the radical leaves but smaller in 

 size, inclosing two smaller leaves, from within which arise the three or 

 four peduncles each bearing a single showy flower, drooping in the 

 bud. afterwards erect. The white sepals are obovate and concave. 

 (Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 3376.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47639. 



49616. Berberis angulosa Wall. Berberidacese. Barberry. 

 A rare ornamental shrub, 4 feet high and upwards, growing at eleva- 

 tions of 11,000 to 13,000 feet in Nepal, Kumaon, and Sikkim. In autumn 

 it forms a striking object from the rich golden yellow^ and red coloring 

 of the foliage. The fruit is edible, being less acid than that of the common 



