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49977 to 60054— Continued. 



60041 and 50042. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea- 



60041. "(No. 462. Mulongo. January 19, 1920.) Kafir beans; grown on 

 river lands by natives." 



60042. "(No. 391. Elizabethville. January 5, 1920.) Beans grown by 

 the natives around through the villages." 



50043. Vigna sp. Fabacese. 



'•(No. 4-56. Kadia. Januar>^ 18, 1920.) Seeds of a small-podded Vigna." 

 50044 to 50060. Zea mays L. Poacese. Com. 

 50044. "(No. 390. Elizabethville. Januar>' 5, 1920.) Corn secured from 



the natives; grown about their villages." 

 50046. "(No. 443. Uionga. January 18, 1920.) Corn grown by the natives 

 near the water level on the banks of the Lualaba." 



50046. "(No. 447. Kadia. January 18, 1920.) A yellow corn grown on 

 low land near the river." 



50047. "(No. 448. Kadia. January 18, 1920.) A white and purple corn. 

 This and No. 447 [S. P. I. No. 50046] are the staple crops of the country. 

 They are planted in November at the beginning of the rainy season and 

 repeated plantings made up to about January. The ripe corn is soaked, 

 half pounded in mortars, dried, winnowed (of the pericarp), pounded to 

 a fine meal, and made into a stiff mush. This is the staple food of all 

 natives." 



60048. "(No. 505. January 26, 1920.) A white flint corn; the type most 



commonly grown here; from a rice-corn field." 

 50049. "(No. 517. Kindu. January 28,1920.) A white dent corn, not 



common here." 



60060. "(No. 518. Kindu. January 28, 1920.) A white flint corn, not 

 common here." 

 50061. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 509. Kindu. January 27, 1920.) A large forest tree with dry fruitd 

 a little smaller than an orange." 



60062. PsEUDARTHRiA HOOKERi Wight and Am. Fabaceae. 



"(No. 523. Malele to Kindu. January 31, 1920. Herb. No. 632.) A tall 

 herbaceous leguminous plant which looks like a pink spirea at a distance. It 

 is abundant in the tree savanna country and may be useful as a green manurt 

 or even as an ornamental." 

 50063. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 537. Mongolo. February 3, 1920. Herb. No. 644.) A river-bank 

 tree with oval red fruits about If inches long, wdth edible nuts." 

 60054. SoLANUM melongena L. Solanaceae. Eggplant 



"(No. 540. Kongolo. February 5, 1920.) A yellow-fruited eggplant, said 

 to be native; of very good quality." 



50055 and 50056. 



From Belgian Kongo. Collected by Dr. H. L. Shantz, Agricultural Explorei 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 5, 1920. Quoted notes hj 

 Doctor Shantz. 



50056. DioscoREA sp. Dioscoreaceae, Yam. 



"(No. 515. Kindu. January 28, 1920.) Aerial tubers of one of the most 

 common vines. It may be valuable as an ornamental, as well as a food plant." 



