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51545. Triiolium tembense Fres. Fabaceai. Clover. 

 From Keiiia. Material collected by Dr. H. L. Sliautz, Aj^ricultural Explorer 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture.. Received October 20. 

 1920. 



•'(No. 1175. Near Uplands, Kikuyu, Keuia ; altitude 7,G78 feet. July 9, 1920.) 

 A clover with small heads; forms large patches in very wet soil." {SJKHitz.) 



51546 to 51555. 



From Kenia. Seeds collected by Dr. H. L. Sliautz, Agricultural Exph>rer of 

 the United States Department of Agriculture. Received September 7, 

 1920. Numbered October. 1920. Quoted notes by Doctor Shantz. 

 51546. (Undetermined.) 



f"(No. 994. Merile, Nyanza Province, Keuia. June 12, 1920.) One of 

 the principal desert shrubs ; about 6 feet high, resembling a buttonbush." 

 51 547. ( Undetermined. ) 

 "(No. 1012. Meru, Kenia Province, Kenia. June 15. 1920.) Myrah in 

 the Somali language ; also called ' Somali food.' A desert shrub 6 to 8 

 feet high, not spiny, with small leaves. The fruit consists of four orange 

 carpels, each covered with a thin sweet pulp." 



51548. (Undetermined.) Fabacea. 



"(No. 1046. Uaso Nyiro River, Kenia. June 15, 1920.) A leguminous 

 plant with a two-seeded pod." 



51549. (Undetermined.) Fabace;e. 



"(No. 1048. Ua.so Nyiro River, Kenia. June 15. 1920.) A tall legu- 

 minous plant." 



51550. (Undeternuned.) 



"(No, 1059. En route from Meru to Embu, Kenia Province, Kenia. 

 June 16, 1920.) A small upright velvet bean." 



51551. CoRDiA iioi sTii Gurke.^ F>oraginace;p. 



"(No. 1074. Embu. Kenia Province. Kenia. June 17. 1920.) A catal- 

 palike tree very abundant in this high country, where it is the principal 

 park tree. It is of good shape, with broad leaves, and often covered with 

 very delicate white flowers." 



51552. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 1144. Nairobi. Ukamba Province, Kenia. July 3, 1920.) A 

 large evergreen tree with trumpet-shaped upright flowers with five alter- 

 nate stamens and a purple mottled throat. It bears quantities of fruits 

 filled with seeds." 



51553. Pentas zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Vatke. Rubiacef^e. 



"(No. 1147. Escarpment, Ukamba Province, Kenia. July 4, 1920.) A 

 very handsome Senec olike vine with very fleshy large waxy leaves and 

 a large cluster of yellow flowers." 



51554. Erlangea margin ata (O. and H.) Moore. Asteraceae. 



"(No. 1156. Kijabe. Ukamba Province. Kenia. July 5, 1920.) An 

 especially attractive plant with very large flowers." 



51555. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 1167. Kijabe, Ukamba Province, Kenia. July 5, 1920.) WUd 

 along banks of streams." 



51556 to 51571. 



From Bogota, Colombia. Collected by Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer of the United States Department of Agriculture. Received No- 

 vember 1, 1920. Quoted notes by Mr. Popenoe. 



51556. Cereus iiexagonus (L.) Mill. Cactacea^ Cactus. 



"(No. 472. October 8, 1920.) Cuttings of a columnar cactus about 

 10 feet high, cultivated in a garden at Guaduas, Cundinamarca. at an 

 altitude of about 3,300 feet." 



Introduced for the systematic investigations of Dr. J. N. Rose, of the 

 United States National Herbarium. 



