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SEEDS A^n^ PLAXTS I IMPORTED. 



60102 to 60206— Continued. 



60167 and 60168. Parixari mobola Oliver. Rosaceae. 



A very handsome tree, 20 to 40 feet high, native to Angola, with dense ever- 

 green foliage, and very ornamental because of the leaves being deep green above 

 with snow-white lowei; surfaces. The wood is used for the manufacture of 

 furniture and for building, and the elliptic-ovoid fruits, about the size of a 

 hen's egg, are edible, the pulp resembling a mixture of honey and meal in 

 flavor and texture. (Adapted from Hieryi, Catalogue of Welwitsch's Afncan 

 Plants, p. 320.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 32395. 



50167. ^' Mupundu. Elizabethville, Belgian Kongo." 



50168. Momvula ox macacata. A dark-leaved evergreen tree which grows 

 in Angola and Manicaland, Rhodesia. It bears good edible fruit much 

 relished by the natives. It also makes a good shade tree. ' ' 



60169 and 50170. Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius G. F. Freeman. 



Fabaceae- Tepary bean. 



50169. "Small white haricot l)eans. Vereeniging, Transvaal." 



50170. "Small white haricot beans grown at Burttholm, Vereeniging, 

 Transvaal." 



50171. Phaseolus AUREUS Roxb. Fabaceae. Mung bean. 



"Grown successfully at Burttholm, Vereeniging, Transvaal. Seed obtained 

 at a local agi'icultural show." 



50172 and 50173. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 



50172. "Amersfoort Show, March, 1917. Small haricot." 



50173. "Small white haricot of the Transvaal." 



50174. Phormium TEXAX Forst. Liliaceae. New Zealand flax. 

 "From Kenneth Austin. A fiber plant from California, U. S. A." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47572. 



50175. Physalis sp. Solanaceae. 



"Much used in making jam in the Transvaal. This is not the ordinary 

 Physalis peruviana, or Cape gooseberry." 



50176. PisuM SATIVUM L. Fabaceae. Garden pea. 

 "Peas from the Amersfoort Show, March, 1917." 



60177. Pseudolachnostylis sp . Euphorbiaceae . 

 ''Mutatye." # 



50178. Pterocarpus axgolexsis DC Fabaceae. 



"(No. 242/19.) From the Matoppos, Matabeleland. A timber tree valu- 

 able for furniture." 



An unarmed tree, native to the western part of central Africa. It has alter- 

 nate, unequally pinnate leaves, axillary or terminal racemes of flowers, and 

 flat one-seeded, almost round pods. The reddish wood is used in dyeing, 

 and the bark contains a large quantity of tannin. (Adapted from De Lanessan, 

 Planter Utiles des Colonies Franqaises, p. 799.) 



50179. Pterocarpus sericeus Benth. Fabaceae. 

 "(No. 246/19.) From the Matoppos, Matabeleland." 



An unarmed tree, native to South Africa, with alternate, unequally pinnate 

 leaves shining silky beneath or on both sides and oval-roundish pods about IJ^ 

 inches long. (Adapted from Harvey and Sonder, Flora Capensis, vol. 2, p. 

 264-) 



