40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



44187. DiosPYROS EBENASTER Eetz. Diospyracese. Black sapote. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder. Received 

 February 26, 1917. 



See S. P. I. No. 44130 for description. 



44188 to 44193. 



From Santa Cruz, Argentina. Presented by Mrs. Helen E. Reynard, Hill- 

 side, Newark, England, through Mr. G. M. Hitch, American consul, Not- 

 tingham, England. Received February 19, 1917. 



44188. Ckotalakia sp. Fabacese. 



" Seeds of a close-growing plant with pea-shaped flowers, brownish 

 yellow in color, sweet smelling." (Reynard.) 



44189. Oenotheka odorata Jacq. Onagracese. Evening primrose. 



A suffrutescent Chilean plant with attractive yellow flowers which 

 turn purplish before falling. 



44190. ViciA sp. Fabacese. Vetch. 

 " Seeds of a mauve-blue vetch." (Reynard.) 



44191. AsTEK sp. Aster acese. 



" Gentian-blue prickly flowers ; close-growing plants in clumps on stony 

 soil." (Reynard.) 



44192. PoDocoMA sp. Asteraceaj. 



"A bush with yellow flowers." (Reynard.) 



44193. Chayota edulis Jacq. Cucurbitacese. Chayote. 



(Sechium edule Swartz.) 



From St. Lucia, British West Indies. Presented by the Agricultural Super- 

 intendent at the request of Hon. Francis Watts, Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture for the West Indies. Received February 27, 1917. 



" Christophine ; green variety. The green and white varieties appear to be 

 the only ones known in these islands." (Watts.) 



44194. Inodes ExuL O. F. Cook. Phoenicacese. Palmetto. 



From Victoria, Tex. Presented by Mr. J. R. Fleming. Received February 

 17, 1917. 



A large palmetto, cultivated in Texas, with deep-green foliage, solitary fruits, 

 and large seeds not wrinkled above. (Adapted from 0. F. Cook, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry Circular 113, pp. II-I4.) 



See also S. P. I. No. 35116 for further description. 



44195. Carica PAPAYA L. Papayaceae. Papaya. 



From Fort Myers, Fla. Presented by Mr. Hans Zemau. Received February 

 27, 1917. 



" Seeds from a 10-pound fruit." (Zeman.) 



44196. Chayota edulis Jacq. Cucurbitaceae. Chayote. 

 (Sechium edule Swartz.) 



From Cairo, Egypt. Pi'esented by the director. Horticultural Division, 

 Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch. Received February 28, 1917. 



