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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



49804 to 49813— Continued. 



49812. Ranunculus bulbosus L. Raiumciilaceae. 



A perennial about 1 foot high, one of the common field buttercups; naturalized 

 in the United States from Europe. 



49813. Thalictrum medium Jacq. Ranunculaceae. 



A European plant with a leafy stem and spreading panicles of nodding 

 flowers. 



49814. Syxtherisma saxguinalis (L.) Dulac. Poacese. Grass. 



From Kirkee, Poona, India. Seeds presented by William Burns, Government 

 economic botanist. Numbered June, 1920. 

 A form introduced for experimental work by the Office of Forage-Crop Investigations. 



49815 to 49823. 



From Johannesburg, South Africa. Seeds presented by J. Burtt Davy, Veree- 

 niging. Received April 22 and 28, 1920. Quoted notes by Mr. Burtt Davy. 



49815. A.SPARAGUS LARiciNus Burchcll. Convallariacese. 



"A fine bushy plant, 5 feet high; ornamental and possibly edible: hardy." 



49816. Cailliea nutans (Pers.) Skeels. Mimosaceae. 

 (Dichrostachys nutans Benth.) 



''Hardwood, small tree for Hawaii." 



49817. Erythrina caffra Thunb. Fabaceae. 



"Deciduous, ornamental, red-flowered tree: grows quickly and easily from 

 cuttings. Used for live fences. Sensiti^-e to frost. Grows on dry, rocky 

 hills; 20-inch rainfall." 



49818. Lebeckia sp. Fabaceae. 



'•'Perennial legume; winter region rainfall area: Hermanns, Cape Province.'^ 



49819. Pentzia incana (Thunb.) Kuntze. Asteracese. Karroo bush. 

 '"Good karroo; splendid sheep feed for low-rainfall region." 



49820. Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius G. F. Freeman. Fabaceae. 



Tepary bean. 



''Small bean; very prolific. Used as dry beans in place of haricots." 



49821. Sporobolus sp. Poaceae. Grass. 

 "A useful grass." 



49822. Vangueria infausta Burchell. Rubiaceae. 



Misple. Edible fruit worth improvement: grows in frostless localities on 

 dry, rocky hills, with rainfall of about 20 inches (summer precipitation)." 



49823. ViTis sp. Yitaceae. Grape. 

 "Wild grape from Bushman's River, Alexandria Division, Cape Province. 



Edible and worth careful cultivation in the United States." 



49824. CoLOCASiA esculexta (L.) Schott. Araceae. Taro- 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. . Tubers presented by R. A. Goff, through J. M. West- 

 gate, agronomist in charge, Hawaii Experiment Station. Received May 13, 

 1920. 



Kuoho. This is one of the most largely grown upland taros in the vicinity of Hilo^ 

 Hawaii. The buds, skin, and the flesh immediately beneath the skin are bright red. 

 The flesh is very acrid in the raw state, but this quality is destroyed in cooking and 



