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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



60102 to 50206— Continued. 



60193. ViTEX REHMAXNi Guerke. Verbenaceae. 



"(No. 226/19.) Potgietersnist. Moohivele (Sesutu). Commoii and charac- 

 teristic tree up to 20 feet high." 



A shrub with opposite 3 or 5 foliolate leaves with elliptic profusely glandular 

 leaflets, axillary cybies of bell-shaped flowers, and cone-shaped drupes about a 

 quarter of an inch long. It is native to Natal and the Kalahari region, Trans- 

 vaal. (Adapted from TMselton-Dyer , Flora Capensis, vol. 5, sec. 1, p. 214-) 

 ■ 50194 and 50195, Ziziphus mucronata Willd. Rhamnacese. 



A much-branched tree, 15 to 20 feet high, found in South Africa and central 

 Africa. The ovate leaves are up to 2 inches in length, the yellowish flowers 

 are borne in axillary cymes, and the red drupes are about the size of cherries. 

 (Adapted from Harvey and Sonder, Flora Capensis, vol. 1, p. 475.) 

 . 60194. "Valuable wood." 



50195. "Good wood for fence posts, hard and durable and drought re- 

 sistant." 



60196. Ziziphus sp. Rhamnacese. 

 '^Kankole. Elizabeth ville, Belgian Kongo." 



60197. Ziziphus sp. Rhamnacese. 

 "(No. 227/19.) Potgietersnist." 



50198. Ziziphus sp. Rhamnacese. 



"(No. 243/19.) From the Matoppos, Matabeleland. Much like Zvziphus 

 mucrdnata, but the fruits are much larger." 



60199. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 142/19.) Mooloo^alwa. Elizabethville, Belgian Kongo. There are 

 two trees going under this name; this is the lesser or 'kiloko' sort." 



60200. (Undetermined.) 

 "Vereeniging. Transvaal." 



60201. (Undetermined.) 



" (No . 234/19 .) Potgietersrust . An ornamental shrub ." 



60202. (Undetermined.) 

 "Shrub or small tree." 



60203. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 225/19.) Potgietersrust. Moohwerihweri (Seautu). Small evergreen 

 tree." 



50204. (Undetermined.) 



''Maviling homhwa. Tree near Elizabethville, Belgian Kongo." 

 50206. (Undetermined.) 



"Collected in Manicaland, Rhodesia, by Maj. R. Gordon." 

 60206. (Undetermined.) 



Kimpampa. Elizabethville, Belgian Kongo. Ornamental tree." 



50207. Brachystegia sp. Csesalpiniacese. 



From Kafue, Northern Rhodesia. Seeds collected by Dr. H. L. Shantz, Agricul- 

 tural Explorer of the United States Department of Agriculture. Numbered 

 June 7, 1920. 



"(No. 300 in part. Bolenga Camp on the Kafue River. November 25, 1919.) 

 Momho (Chinyanja). A large, spreading, acacialike tree with large pods and large, 

 flat seeds; it is most useful as well as ornamental. The. seed is eaten by the natives 



