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is more commonly known here, stingiest velvet bean, is grad- 
ually replacing the Florida variety." 
StizoloUum pruritium officinale (Fabaceae), 45899. From 
Nicaragua. Presented by Mr. B. C. Sibley, Escuela de 
Agricultura, Chinandega, \ 'Nicaragua. "Pica-pica. From 
what I have observed of this plant it must be very 
much like the velvet bean of the Florida orchards. I 
have noticed that it is a very heavy producer of ni- 
trogen nodules. They are very numerous and also quite 
large. This fact has been taken advantage of by the 
natives, so that they welcome the plant into the corn 
. fields that lie fallow or resting. One other point 
in its favor is, that the stem of the plant during 
the growing season does not become hard and woody; so 
that, used as a green manure crop, it would soon decay 
in the soil after being plowed under." (Sibley.) 
Tamarix aphylla (Tamaricaceae) , 45952. Tamarisk. From 
Tucson, Arizona. Presented by Prof. J. J. Thornber, 
University of Arizona. This African tamarisk, the best 
of the Egyptian species for cultivation as a timber 
tree and as a windbreak on desert land, is also a very 
handsome ornamental. The galls, which are commonly 
produced on this species in southern Algiers and are 
much used by the natives for tanning, contain 45 per 
cent of pyrogallic tannin. (Adapted from letters of 
Dr. L. Trabut and Thos. W. Brown.) 
Telfairia pedata (,Cucurbitaceae) , 45923. From East 
Africa. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Lawang, Java. 
A climbing shrub, native of Zanzibar, with palmately 
compound leaves, the three to five oblong leaflets 
being 3 to 5 inches long, toothed on the margin and 
long pointed. The pale purple flowers have a fringed 
corolla from 2 to 4 inches broad, and the oblong 
fruit, with 10 to 12 deep furrows, *is often 3 feet 
» long and 8 inches in diameter. The seeds are flat and 
round, about an indh across, with sweet edible ker- 
nels tasting like almonds, and yield an abundance of 
a clear bland oil which is said to be equal to olive 
oil. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of 
Horticulture, vol. 6, p. 3320.) 
Vitis vinifera (Vltaceae), 45968. Grape. From Tokyo, 
Japan. Purchased from the Tokyo Plant, Seed and Im- 
plement Company. "Koshu. A very sweet variety of grape 
which seems to be especially suited to the Tokyo cli- 
mate. " (F. N. Meyer. ) 
