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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



51594 to 51597— Continued. 



51595. Melothria sp. Ciiciirbitacefe. 



"(No. 1215. Port Bell, Biiganda Province, Uganda. July 13, 1920.) A 

 small, shiny yellow, cucumberlike plant." 



51596. Thunbergia sp. Acanthacese. 



"(No. 1222. Jinja, Eastern Province, Uganda. July 13, 1920.) A trum- 

 pet-flower vine with red and orange colored flowers." 



51597. Tricholaena rosea Nees. Poacere. Natal grass. 

 "(No. 1218. Kisumu, Nyanza Province, Kenia. July 11, 1920.) Natal 



grass." 



51598 to 51601. Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub. Fabacese. 



(C psoraloides DC.) Guar. 



From the Bombay Presidency, India. Seeds presented by Dr. Bhimbhai 

 M. Desai, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Surat, Gujarat. Received 

 October 27, 1920. 



"An East Indian annual legume with long straight stems bearing an enormous 

 number of pods which do not open at maturity. The plant is usually 3 or 4 

 feet high, and each pod contains about seven pale, angular seeds. In India 

 the plant is grown both for green forage and for the seeds, which are used 

 mainly to fatten cattle, but also as human food. The green pods are also used 

 as a vegetable in the same manner as string beans. 



" Guar may be grown in any part of the country where cowpeas succeed and 

 is more drought resistant than any other annual legume. It may be utilized 

 as hay, pasturage, or silage." (C. F. Piper.) 



The following varieties of guar : 



51598. DesM. 51600. RoisL 



51599. Pardeshi. 51601. Sotia. 



" The Deshi guar is used for cattle feed only, while the other three varieties 

 are used for green-vegetable purposes." (Desai.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 49864. 



51602 and 51603. Datura metel fastuosa (L.) SafFord. Solanacese. 



From the island of Guam. Seeds presented by Glen Briggs, agronomist, 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. Received October 29, 1920. Quoted 

 notes by Mr. Briggs. 

 An ornamental herbaceous annual, common throughout India and the East 

 Indies, varying in height from 2 to 6 feet. It has entire or deeply toothed 

 leaves about 6 inches long and flowers 7 inches or more in length, varying in 

 color from white to lavender or rose. The plant is propagated by cuttings. 

 (Adapted from The Garden, vol. J/G, p. 225.) 



51602. "Double white-flowered variety, very scarce." 



51603. "Double purple-flowered variety." 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47671. 



51604. ViTEX cuNEATA Thonn. Verbenaceae. 



From Kaduna, Northern Provinces, Nigeria. Seeds presented by the 

 director. Department of Agriculture. Received November 2, 1920. 

 ''XgaliM. A tree with dark-gray bark and leaves; not unlike though some- 

 what larger than the horse-chestnut, which it resembles also in the shape of 

 its strong-smelling flowers. Ink is prepared from its bark, and its black fruit 

 is used for food." (Schultze, The Sultanate of Bomu, p. 97.) • 



51605. Mangifera indica L. Anacardiaceae. Mango. 

 From Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies. Budwood presented 



by John F. Waby, acting curator, Department of Agriculture. Received 

 November 2, 1920. 



"This was grown at the St. Clair Experiment Station, Trinidad." (Waby.) 

 " Pdre Louis. Size small; form roundish oblong, reniform, swollen at the 

 nak (stigmatic point) ; nak 2.5 centimeters above the apex; surface greenish 



