86 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



60609 to 60623— Continued. 



50615. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulacese. Morning-glory. 

 "(No. 176.) A very ornamental \ine, vigorous, covered with soft prickles. 



The flowers, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, are pink with deeper pink veins; the 

 throat is yellow and the corolla thick and succulent." 



50616. Lasiacis divaricata (L.) Hitchc. Poaceae. Grass. 

 "(No. 177.) A grasslike plant climbing up in second growth." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 24879. 



50617. Nymphaea blanda G. F. W. Meyer. Nymph^aceae. Water lily. 

 " (No. 184.) A tender, night-blooming water lily from Lago Izabal, native to 



tropical America, mth creamy white flowers, 4 inches across, closing very early 

 in the morning. " (Peter Bisset.) 



50618. Passiflora foetida L. Passifloraceae. 



"(No. 175.) A hairy leaved plant, not a large grower, wliich may be of value 

 in hybridizing or as an ornamental. The flowers are light purple to almost blue, 

 and the calyx is laciniated. The edible fruit is bright cherry red, shining, and 

 three-eighths to three-fourths of an inch in diameter." 



For pre\ious introduction, see S. P. I. No. 38989. 



50619. RuBUS sp. Rosacese. Raspberry. 

 "(No. 167.) A ^'igo^ous grower with canes fiUly 10 feet long." 



50620. Solanum sp. Solanacese. 



"(No. 168.) From hillsides above Tactic. The plant climbs up through 

 the imderbrush. The leaves are similar to those of a tomato plant, and the 

 fruits look exactly like a small pepino (Solanum muricatum) and are about 

 half an inch long. I have not been able to find any use for the fruit, though it 

 does not have a bad flavor. It may be of use to cross with the pepino to produce 

 a more robust and fruitful plant." 



50621. Tecoma sp. Bignoniacese. 



"(No. 179.) A vine which grows to the tops of lofty trees and is veiy hand- 

 some when in flower. The flowers are pink and borne in terminal clusters." 



50622. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 169.) A very pretty, semiscandent, lax plant, climbing up in the 

 second growth and flowering throughout the year; the fine tubular flowers 

 are bright red." 



50623. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 185.) A small epiphytic shrub 2 to 2\ feet high with lavender, lilac- 

 like flowers in spikes 4 to 12 inches long borne from the very base of the plant 

 almost to the top. It is very pretty and floriferous and may be useful as a 

 hothouse plant. It should be easy to root from cuttings, as the plant is hard- 

 wooded. This specimen was found growing on a stump on the road to Chama." 



50624. KoKiA DRYNARioiDES (Seem.) Lewton. Malvaceae. Kokio. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds presented by J. F. Rock, botanist. College of 

 Hawaii. Received May 20, 1920. 

 "Seeds from a cultivated tree on Molokai." (Rock.) 



An interesting tree with long-petioled cordate leaves and red, silky flowers. The 

 seeds in the thick woody ovoid capsule are covered Avith a short reddish brown tomen- 

 tum. Several trees occurred on the west end of Molokai at Mahana, but have now 

 died, oving to the ravages of cattle, sheep, and goats which eat off the bark and leaves. 

 (Adapted t'rf)m Rock, The Jndigtnous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands, p. 507.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47223. 



