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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



51483 to 51544— Continued. 



51532 to 51534. Uicinus communis L. EuphorbiaeejTe. Castor-bean. 



51532. "(No. 988. Meru, Keiiia Province. Kenia. May 26, 1920.) 

 From the market; used by the Kikiiyiis to make a red mud paste 

 for hair dressing and for decorating their bodies and clothing." 



51533. "(No. 1015. Meru, Kenia Province, Kenia. June 16, 1920.) 

 Castor-beans grown at Meru." 



51534. "(No. 1124. Nairobi, Ukamba Province, Kenia. .Tune 24, 

 1920.) Castor-beans from the experimental farm at Kibos." 



51535. RuBUS sp. RosaceJB. Blackberry. 

 "(No. 1073. En route from Chuka to Embu, Kenia Province, Kenia. 



June 16, 1920.) The only blackberry seen in Africa. The fruit is a 

 little reddish, but it appears to be a true wild blackberry, with a fairly 

 good flavor." 



51536. RuBus sp. Rosacese. Raspberry. 

 "(No. 1100. Fort Hall, Kenia Province, Kenia. June 17, 1920.) A 



red raspberry of fair flavor." 



51537. Senecio sp. Asteracese. 



"(No. 1154. Kijabe, Ukamba Province, Kenia. July 5, 1920.) A tall 

 yellow-flowered vine with very fleshy leaves; the vine covers low trees." 



51538. Sesamum oeientale L. Pedaliacese. Sesame. 

 "(No. 1117. Nairobi, Ukamba Province, Kenia. June 24, 1920.) Sim- 



sim. From the experimental farm at Kibos." 



51539. Sesban sp. Fabacese. 



"(No. 1058. En route from Meru to Embu, Kenia Province, Kenia. 

 June 16, 1920.) A long-podded leguminous plant with the pods and 

 petioles armed with stinging hairs. Seeds very small." 



51540. SiDA sp. Malvaceae. 



"(No. 1033. En route from Uaso Nyiro River to Meru, Kenia Province, 

 Kenia. June 15, 1920.) Beautiful white flowers 1^ inches in diameter. 

 The hibiscus and its allies are the most prominent wild flowers of east^ 

 central Africa." 



51541. SoLANUM wRiGHTii Beuth, Solanaceae. 



"(No. 1141. Nairobi, Ukamba Province, Kenia. July 3, 1920.) This 

 species here forms a fine ornamental tree. One tree planted in 1915 is 

 now 15 feet high, with fine clusters of purple flowers, which are very 

 attractive." 



51542. Telfairia pedata (J. E. Smith) Hook. Cucurbitacese. 



'•(No. 1133. Nairobi, Ukamba Province, Kenia. June 25, 1920.)" A 

 vigorous climbing vine, native to the coast of Zanzibar, which is said to 

 bear an enormous fruit up to 3 feet in length, always green in color. 

 The fruit is divided into five cells, each filled with a dense, fleshy, very 

 oily pulp. This pulp incloses seeds about an inch in diameter, a quar- 

 ter of an inch thick, aiKl very rich in oil, with a taste something like 

 that or the butternut. The native name in Zanzibar is koume. The 

 female flowers are very small, but the male flowers are about 2 inches 

 long and purplish and are borne in racemes. (Adapted from note by 

 Doctor Shantz and from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 2751.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 45923. 



51543. Trifolium sp. Fabaceae. Clover. 

 "(No. 1038. En route from Uaso Nyiro River to Meru, Kenia Province. 



Kenia. June 15, 1920.) A Trifolium from the Themeda zone below 

 the forest along the stream." 



51544. Verxonia sp. Asterace.T. 



"(No. 1036. En route from Uaso Nyiro River to Meru, Kenia Province, 

 Kenia. June 15, 1920.) A small bush in the grassland below the forest 

 zone." 



