JUNE 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1920. 



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51216 to 51 248— Continued. 



51235. Pteeocabpus indicus Willd. Fabaceae. 



"(No. 951. Zanzibar, Zanzibar. April 7, 1920.) A tree with a seed 

 similar to that of Burkea. Useful as an ornamental." 



51236 to 51238. Ricinus communis li. F^uphorbiacese. Castor-bean. 



51236. "(No. 972. Vol, Seyidie Province, Kenia. April 19, 1920.) 

 Castor-bean." 



51237. "(No. 977. En route from Meru to Embu, Kenia Province, 

 Kep.ia. May 3,. 1920.) A large-seeded reddish type, which grows 

 into treelike plants in the high, cool, mountainous country. This 

 crop is used chiefly for external decoration; the oil is extracted 

 by boiling, mixed with red clay, and this worked into the hair 

 and smeared over the body of both men and women." 



51238. "(No. 978. En route from Meru to Embu, Kenia Province, 

 Kenia. May 3, 1920.) Large, and similar to No. 977 [S. P. I. 

 No. 51237]. but lighter in color." 



51239. CoLEUs BABBATUS (Audrcws) Benth. Menthacese. 



"(No. 979. En route from Thika to Embu, Kenia Province, Kenia. 

 May 8, 1920.) A salvia or mint, forming a beautiful blue shrub or 

 half shrub. It has a rather fleshy base and is probably propagated by 

 cuttings, but it grows wild everywhere in this section. It forms a beau- 

 tiful hedge, a mass of sky-blue flowers above the foliage. The natives 

 have made hedges of it in many places." 



51240. Thunbergta gibsoni S. Moore. Acanthacese. 



"(No. 981. Nairobi, Ukamba Province, Kenia. May 15, 1920. Herb. 

 No. 828.) A very attractive low-growing vine with profuse orange- 

 colored trumpet flowers. Very abundant ir high forest regions of 

 British East Africa." 



51241 and 51242. Triticum aestivum L. Poacese. Common wheat. 

 (T. vulgare Vill.) 



51241. "(No. 961. Moshi, Tanganyika Territory April 16, 1920.) 

 Wheat grown on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro." 



51242. "(No. 962. Moshi, Tanganyika Territory. April 16, 1920.) 

 Wheat grown on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro." 



51243. ViGNA sp. Fabaceae. 



"(No. 956. Moshi, Tanganyika Territory. April 15, 1920. Herb. No. 



793. ) A small wild pea with a long and slender pod. The vine grows 

 over low bushes." 



51244. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn. 

 "(No. 953. Moshi, Tanganyika Territory. April 12, 1920.) Corn col- 

 lected in a native field. Com is a crop of first importance here. All 

 stages of development were seen, planting and harvesting at the same 

 time." 



51245. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 955. Moshi, Tanganyika Territory. April 15, 1920. Herb. No. 



794. ) A small bean said by the natives to be good food. Only 2 seeds 

 in each pod. The plant is abundant in the brush or second-growth areas 

 about Moshi." 



