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49687 to 49708— Continued. 



49693. EcHiKOCHLOA PYRAMiDALis (Lam.) Hitchc. and Chase. Poacese. 

 (Panicum pyramidale Lam.) Grass. 



"(No. 425. Bukama. January 15, 1920.) A tall grass of the lower 

 lands." 



49694. Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Link. Poacese. Grass. 

 "(No. 426. Bukama. January 15, 1920. Herb. No. 469.) A low- 

 grass ; it may be the same as that collected at Elizabethville." 



49695. Gladiolus psittacinus Hook. Iridacese. Gladiolus. 

 "(No. 418. Bukama. January 16, 1920. Herb. No. 560.) A beautiful 



pure-yellow gladiolus which grows in very wet soil, but also occurs on 

 the upland. An important introduction, probably the same as No. 432, \ 

 which is a fine large pure-yellow flower, as fine as our cultivated types. 

 Very pure, but ranging to almost mottled with reddish spots in some 

 individuals. The flower has unusually good form." 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 14003. 



49696. Hibiscus sp. Malvaceie. 



"(No. 416. Bukama. January 16, 1920. Herb. No. 576.) A low 

 plant, about a foot high, with pretty pink flowers." 



49697. HoLCus sorghum effusus (Hack.) Hitchc. Poacese. 



"(No. 420. Bukama. January 15, 1920.) A grass, apparently wild, 

 all about Bukama; it grows either singly or in clumps from 5 to 12 

 feet high. When in flower the panicle is yellowish or with a reddish 

 tinge, but dark or almost black when ripe. The leaves of the nearly 

 ripe plant are red spotted. It is apparently regarded only as a weed 

 here, but it is a very abundant grass along the river bottom. For the 

 most part the plants are 7 to 12 feet high with very long heads. All 

 down the Lualaba River to Kindu it is quite abundant, often growing 

 almost as a swamp plant, but usually along the sides of paths or roads 

 as a semiruderal. No use is made of it by the natives, and I have not 

 seen it grazed." 



49698. HoLcus sorghum verticilliflorus ( Steud. ) Hitchc. Poacese. 

 "(No. 421. Bukama. January 15, 1920.) A mixed lot of seed from 



many plants of the above [S. P. I. No. 49697]." 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 45209. 



49699. Indigofeba sp, Fabace{e. 



"(No. 434. Bukama. January 16, 1920. Herb. No. 572.) A plant 

 resembling Astragalus, but with leaves like a rose." 



49700. Melothria sp. Cucurbitaceae. 



"(No. 436. Bukama. January 16, 1920.) A very small fruited cucur- 

 bit; fruit one-fourth of an inch in diameter." 



49701. OxALis sp. Oxalidacese. 



"(No. 433. Bukama. January 16, 1920. Herb. No. 553.) Bulbs of 

 a very odd oxalis collected between Kalule Sud and Bukama. It is 

 attractive chiefly on account of the leaf, which is cut back at the apex 

 to form two lobes very much like leaflets. It has a storage root below 

 the bulb as large in diameter as the bulb itself." 



