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only in rich forest soil and usually on a slope. Nat- 
ives "believe fruit is a remedy for anemia. Fruit has 
strange effect of scratching tongue and sides of 
throat so much as to draw blood, hut I found when my 
mouth had become hardened by eating 3 or 4 I could 
take them with impunity. The fruits are quite small, 
being only 4 in. long and 1-J- in diameter, of a bright 
orange color with a tender skin and luscious appearance. 
The foliage is very ornamental, like horse chestnut in 
miniature; it is quite striking and unlike every other 
forest tree here." (Birch.) 
CROTALARIA SPP. , C. HILDEBRANDTII , C. STRIATA. 24115-119. 
DOLICHOS (?) 24120. 
IHDIGOPERA (?) 24121. 
Prom Amani , German East Africa, Oct. 23. "Seeds of 
legumes being tested here for their value as green 
fertilizing plants". (Zimmerman.) 
CRYPTOCARYA PEUMIS. 23897. Prom Coronel, Chile, Oct. 
20. "A beautiful Chilian tree, produces a small pink 
fruit the size of a small olive j they eat the fruit 
after boiling it. Very ornamental when fruits are 
ripe. Requires wet soil. Can stand frost} grows best 
in valleys protected from the wind--in forests." 
ERAGROSTIS SPP. 23920-921. 
BAMBOS (?) 23922. 
TRISTACHYA BISERIATA. 23923. T. REHMAHUI . 23924. 
POGONARTHRIA PALCATA. 23925. 
PANICUM SERRATUM. 23926. 
THEMEDA PORSKALII. 23927. 
ANDR0P0G0U RUPUS, A. PLEI ARTHROM* , 23928, 23929. 
Prom South Africa, Presented by Mr. C. W. S. Paine, 
July 20.' "The above selection I made from veldt 
cattle favor, altho I cannot claim to state with any 
authority the specific value of the grasses. The soil 
is dioritic, a sandy loam, varying in color thru pink- 
ish red, deep red and chocolate." (Paine.) 
