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SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPOPvTED. 



60069 to 50091— Continued. 



60081. Panicum maximum Jacq. Poaceae. Grass, i 



"(No. 472. Kapako. January 21, 1920. Herb. No. 605.) A very tall loose- I 

 headed grass." | 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47032. | 

 50082. Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth. Mimosaceae. I 



"(No. 481. Malele. January 23, 1920.) Very large beans purchased from I 

 natives; used as an ornament. Probably from a forest tree." ! 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34351. | 

 50083 and 50084. Ricinxts communis L. Euphorbiacese. Castor-bean, i 



50083. "(No. 491. Kindu. Januar>' 26, 1920.) Castor-beans." 



50084. "(No. 503. Kindu. January 26, 1920.) Castor-beans." 



50085 and 50086. Sesamum orientale L. Pedaliaceae. Sesame. 



50085. "(No. 478. Kongolo to Malele. January 23, 1920.) Grown by 

 the natives for oil. It has a smaller flower and larger pod than the wild 

 form sent in under No. 475 [S. P. I. No. 50034]. Collected at about 

 kilometer 265." 



50086. "(No. 487. Kindu. January 26, 1920.) Grown by the natives 

 for oil; used in every village. The stems with the nearly ripe pods 

 are placed in a basket in the sun and the seeds allowed to shell out as 

 the pods dry." 



60087. Solanum sp. Solanacese. 



"(No. 493. Kindu. January 26, 1920.)" 



50088. Solanum sp. Solanacese. 



"(No. 496. Kindu. January 26, 1920.)" 



50089. Urena lobata L. Malvaceae. 



"(No. 482. Kibombo. January 24, 1920.) A malvaceous fiber plant used 

 to make a strong burlap or cloth and for other purposes." 



50090. ViGNA SINENSIS (Tomor) Savi. Fabacese. Cowpea. 

 "(No. 500. Kindu. January 26, 1920.) Beans secured from a native; these 



differ from most of the kafir beans previously sent in." 



50091. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 485. From 60 kilometers south of Kindu. January 24, 1920. Herb 

 No. 619.) A bush with yellow almondlike fruits; said by the natives to be 

 useless." 



60092 to 50101. 



From La Plata. Argentina. Seeds presented by Dr. Carlos Spegazzini. Received 

 April 23, 1920. 



50092. Prosopis alba Griseb. Mimosacese. 



An Argentine tree which yields a gum that is used by the natives of the 

 interior provinces as a dyeing material, giving a dark-red color resistant to 

 the action of light and water. (Adapted from Trahajos del Museo de Farma- 

 cologia de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Buenos Aires No. 23, p- 1-) 

 60093. Prosopis campestris Griseb. Mimosacese. 



An Argentine shrub with tangled intertwined branches, strong spiny stipules, 

 and pale golden yellow flowers. These shrubs form extensive groups on the 

 plains. (Adapted from Ahhandlungen der Koniglichen Gesellschaft der WiS' 

 senschaften zu Gottingen, vol. 19, p. 132.) 



