Inventory 71, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate III. 



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The Barajillo, a New Leguminous Shrub from Salvador. Meibomia 

 rensoni painter; 8. p. i . no. 55446. > 



The use of lowminoiis plaiiLs a.s Krcon cover crojjs ami soil luiilder.s i,s hcwiiiint; universal. 

 The one here shown, .\r(ihnmia rcn-soni, has recently heeii called to ilie aiienllcn of liorli- 

 culturists by Dr. Carlos Renson, of San Salvador. I'nder favorable eunditions of climate 

 and soil it "reaches IS feet in heieht. Its purplish (lowers are bonn' in terminal nuvnie,*. 

 The large roots penetrate deeply into the soil. Like other lepiminmis plants, .\r. nnxoni 

 gathers nitrogen from the air and stores it in nodules upon the smaller roots. HMioto- 

 graphed by Dr. Carlos Hcnson, San Salvador, Salvador.; 



