.TAKUAItV 1 TO MARCH :n, 1!H7. 31 



44116. Ficus I'ADiFoLiA II. P). K. ^Nloiacea?. 



Fi-(iiii El Coyolar. Cosln Kicii. ['rcsFiitcd l),v Mr. C.-n-lns Wcrckh'. Ucccivcd 

 Jiinuary --'9. 1017. 

 "This tree difl'ers coniplercl.v troni the rest of liic ^iciius in its suncrh toiiir. 

 It is very lar.!i"e and very dense and of an cxccptioHally lieautifnl coldr. It is 

 everjireen, while nearly all tlie other si)ecii's arc l)are 1'nr a loniier or shorter 

 time durins the tlry season. The frnit is apparently very umch liked by liirds. 

 and the trees are always t'nll of little parrots. Plant in tiltrous tVrn peal or in 

 tnrf witli a little ohl niortar (iironnd) and a little charcoal dnst or in coninion 

 vegetable peat with sronnd mortar (sand and lime) and ciiarroal chisl." 

 (Wcnklv.) 



44117. Lycopersicox Ksri'LEXTrM Mill. Solanacea^. Tomato. 



I-'roni Lima, Pern. Presented by :\Ii-. E. E. Wrialit. at tlie re(|iiest of :\lr. 

 W. n. Bixby. P>rooklyn. X. Y. Received Feltrnary Ki. litlT. 

 " ('ultivated Pernvian toniat(» trotn Tairiii Valley." i W'rinhi .) 



44118. Ehynchosta sp. Fabacese. 



Fi-oni El Coyolar, Tosta liica. TM-escnled by .Mr. Carlos ^^■cr(■]<lc. Ue- 

 ceived .Tanuary 20. 1017. 

 ••Tclloir rrfch. \ small blooniinij; annnal fora.ue i)lant. urowinu' now in the 

 dry season, while the i/rjloir xcHsifira [S. P. 1. Xo. 44113] is coniitlctely dried. 

 After tlie iiclloir KCii-^ilint. onr best so'l enricliei-."" I irr/Y7,7r.1 



44119. PsYCHOTRTA BACTERiorTiiLA Valet. Tviibiacefe. 



From P>nitenzorff. Java. Poots ju'esented liy ^Ir. P. .1. S. Cramer, cliief. 

 Plant Breedin.c Station. Ttcfeived Fcltruary 14. 1017. 



A shrub. 2 to M meters Iruh. native of the Comoro Islands. Madaiiascai-. Tlic 

 elPptif or ovate-oblonu'. fleshy, darlc-.irreen leaves are sliort iietioled and usually 

 iliickly covered with little tubercles formeil by bacteria. The -rct^nisb white 

 (lowei's ai'e in numei-ous dense thyrses up to •"> inclies lon.i;-. and the fru'ts are 

 su]i?:h)bular drupes about a (piarter of an inch in diameter. CAdapte-d fi-oni 

 ^'<llcff)ll. Tcontis Tiofinriei}sri<. ml. .?. /;?. .?7/.i 



See also S. P. I. Xo. 4420."'( in this inventovy i'oi- notes on I liese bacterial leaf 

 Modules in the PubiafejTp. 



44120 to 44122. ('itaycta iiDri.p^ Jacqitin. ('ucurbitacea\ 



(spchiiiiii Clinic Swart/,. I Cliayote. 



I'^ronr Finiclial. :Madera. Pivsented by Mr. .1. E. P.landy. U' ce"ved Febru- 

 ary 12. 1017. 

 "J'ipincUd oi' chucliii." (Bl'iHdi/.) 



44120. Lari;e smooth -reen. 44122. T arue smooth wl'it<-. 



44121. ^ledium sjiiny ureen. 



44123 to 44126. 



From Cairo, Euypt. Presented l)y the director. Horticultural Division, 

 Ministry of Asrieulture, Ci/.eh P.ranch. Peeeived .January .".. 1017. 

 44123. C.\ssT.v RTrAPSt-i..\i;is T-. Ca'salpiniace;p. 



A shrub, found throuirhout tropical and snla ro|)ical Souili .America 

 and cultivated in tropical Asia. 2 to ^^~^ meters hi.irli. with comitouiid 



