1917 
Forests, Forest Department. Introduced for department specialists 
experimenting with acid-soil plants. 
The "witteboom," or "silver-leaf pine" is a beautiful tree found 
native only in the immediate vicinity of Cape Town, Cape Province, 
where it grows up to 50 feet in height. The numerous white silky 
leaves, which are lanceolate and up to 7 inches long, are now an arti- 
cle of commerce, being used for curios, mats, bookmarks, etc.; when 
dry they take ink or paint, and are then sold with texts or small 
scenes depicted on them. (Adapted from Sim, Forests and Forest Flora 
of Cape Colony, p. 294.) 
solanum sp. (Solanaceae), 57747. From Ibarra, Ecuador. Seeds 
presented by J. F. Tamayo. "Seeds of a wild potato from La Rincon- 
ada." (Tamayo.) 
"A wild solanum which grows abundantly in certain places, pre- 
ferring the protection of shrubby vegetation along ravines on the 
paramo. The plant resembles that of the cultivated potato; the tub- 
ers, however, are rarely more than an inch long by half an inch in 
thickness, and they are whitish brown with white flesh. They are 
not used by the inhabitants of this region. The plants appear to be 
attacked by late blight, as are cultivated potatoes in the same re- 
gion." (Wilson Popenoe.) 
talinum triangulare ( Portulacaceae ) , 57819. From Manila, Philip- 
pine Islands. Seeds presented by P. J. Wester, Bureau of Agriculture. 
An erect, branching herbaceous plant, about 3 feet high, native to 
the West Indies and recently introduced from Java into the Philippine 
Islands. The flowers are pink and produced in great profusion. In 
the Philippines the fleshy, tender leaves are boiled like spinach and 
served with meat, for which purpose they are excellent. The plant is 
easily propagated by cuttings. (Adapted from The Philippine Agricul- 
tural Review, vol. 14, p. 365.) « 
trifouum JOHNSTONi (Fabaceae) , 57698. Clover. From Kew, England. 
Seeds presented by J. Burtt-Davy. "At high altitudes in East Africa 
clover is one of the prominent forage plants. It grows where the tem 1 
perature probably never exceeds 85° F. and where for the greater part 
of the year it is much below this point. However, no frosts occur in 
this region." (Dr. H. L. Shantz.) 
A smooth perennial clover with the habit of white clover (Trifolium 
repens), found at an altitude of 10,000 feet on Kilimanjaro, Tanganyika 
Territory. The leaves are long stemmed with membranous leaflets, the 
globose flower heads are an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Trans- 
actions of the Linnean Society, 2d ser., vol. 2, p. 331.) 
