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Amorphophallus konjae (Araceae), 47226. Konyaku. 
From Japan. Tubers collected by Mr. Walter T. Swingle, 
Bureau of Plant Industry. "Starch from these tubers 
is used for food in Japan. During the war the starch 
prepared from this plant was exported to the United 
States,- it is said to be used in treating aeroplane 
wings. In Japan, konyaku is grown under the shade of 
orange trees, and as it seems to be important both for 
food and for industrial starch, I am anxious to see 
what it will do in this country." (Swingle.) 
Annona senegalensis ( Annonaceae ) , 47214. Abo. From 
Southern Provinces, Nigeria. Seeds presented by Mr. 
A. H. Kirby, Asst. Director of Agriculture, Ibadan. 
"No European production in any way resembles the 
Annona senegalensis, with its large, blue-green leaf and 
its small fruit. The fruit contains an aromatic, dark 
red pulp, and in a modest degree displays something of 
that captivating quality which has exalted its kindred 
plant, the cherimoya of Peru, to its high repute as 
the queen of fruits. It must be owned, however, that 
it is difficult to secure a well-developed example of 
this fruit, for so keenly is it spied out and devoured 
by the birds that often for months together it may be 
sought in vain." (Dr. George Schweinf urth , The Heart 
of Africa, p. 222.) See S. P. I. No. 46630 for pre- 
vious introduction. 
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Barosma erenuhta (Rutaceae), 47221 & 47222. Buchu. 
From Cape Town, Union of South Africa. Seeds presented 
by the Conservator of Forests. A small evergreen 
shrub, with opposite or alternate, simple, dotted, 
leathery leaves, in the axils of which the flowers 
appear. The buchu leaves of commerce are procured 
chiefly from B. crenulata, B. crenata, and B. serratifolia. The 
leaves are much used in medicine as a stimulant and 
tonic, and appear to have a specific effect in chronic 
diseases of the bladder, their action probably being 
dependent on the powerfully smelling, volatile oil 
which they contain. (Adapted from Lindley, Treasury 
of Botany, p. 125 . ) 
Berberis polyantha (Berberldaceae ) , 47299. Barberry. 
From Wisley, Surrey, England. Plants presented by 
Mr. Fred J. Chittenden, Director of the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society ' s Gardens. A deciduous shrub, 6 to 10 
feet high, with simple or three-pronged thorns , obovate 
leaves , mostly rounded at the apex, and yellow flowers 
