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32491 to 32655— Continued. 
32613. Syntherisma consanguinea (Gaud.) Skeels. 
(Digitaria consanguinea Gaudichaud, 1826, in Freycinet, Voyage Autour 
du Monde, Botanique. p. 410.) 
The seeds of this grass, received as an unidentified Syntherisma, prove to be 
those of the species consanguinea. This species seems not to have been given 
a binomial name under the genus Syntherisma, the proper designation for the 
grasses sometimes known as Digitaria. 
"A -lender species growing in the Calcutta Botanical Gardens in great abun- 
dance. (No. 103, September 8, 1911.)" 
Distribution. — This was first found in the Hawaiian Islands, and is now 
known to grow in the Malay Archipelago and in Polynesia. 
32614. Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth. 
"A slender, erect species, abundant in the Calcutta Botanical Gardens. 
(No. 102, September 8, 1911.)" 
Distribution. — Southern Asia, extending from Afghanistan eastward to Ceylon 
and Burma, and through the Malay Archipelago to Java. 
32615 to 32621. Stizolobium spp. 
"Most of these forms were included by Hasskarl under the name Mucuna 
velutina, but their exact botanical relations remain to be established. Secured 
from the agricultural experiment station. Buitenzorg, Java." 
32615. " Seeds ashy with indefinite smoky spots." 
32616. "Seeds pale greenish." 
32617. "Seeds greenish buff." 
32618. "Seeds liver colored." 
32619. "Seeds black." 
32620. "Seeds brownish marbled and speckled with brown and 
black." 
32621. "Seeds ash gray, marbled and speckled with brown and 
black." 
32622 to 32631. Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) W. F. Wight. 
"Seeds received from Java, November, 1911." 
32622. "Glejor. Brown, very similar to S. P. I. No. 21561." 
32623. " Tjinde. Brown, identical with S. P. I. No. 32622." 
32624. "Pandjang. Brown, very similar to S. P. I. No. 32623." 
32625. u Agel. Brown, identical with S. P. I. No. 32624." 
32626. "Kroepoek. Brown, lighter than S. P. I. No. 32625." 
32627. "Poejocl:. Brown, identical with S. P. I. No. 32626." 
32628. "Ome-s. Brown, identical with S. P. I. No. 32626." 
32629. "Dadap. Black." 
32630. "Palembang. Black. 
32631. "Roedjii. Black." 
32632 to 32638. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Cowpea. 
"From Java. Received November, 1911." 
32632. "Rcedni. Reddish brown, quite similar to S. P. I. No. 
17369, but seeds smaller." 
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