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44700. Gladiolus ochroleucus Baker. Iridaceae. Gladiolus. 



From South Africa. Collected in Basutoland and presented by Mr. L. 



Peringiiey, director, South African Museum, Cape Town. Received April 



26, 1917. 

 A South African gladiolus with medium-sized globose corms ; a stem up to 3 

 feet tall, including the inflorescence; and four to six rigid, sword-shaped, 

 strongly ribbed leaves, up to a foot in length, arranged in a basal rosette. The 

 eight to twelve plain creamy yellow flowers occur in lax spikes 6 to 9 inches 

 long, the individual flowers being nearly 2 inches in length. (Adapted from 

 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, Flora Capensis, vol. 6, p. 151.) 



44701 and 44702. 



From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Mr. M. T. Dawe, director, EstaciSn 

 Agronomica Tropical de Juan de Dios Carrasquilla, San Lorenzo, Tolima, 

 Colombia. Received April 28, 1917. 



44701. Dbimys granatensis Mutis. Magnoliacese. 



" Casa de anta. (No. 134. Andes of Bogota.) This is the species of 

 Drimys found on the Andes of Bogota." (Daive.) 



A white-flowered evergreen shrub 5 to 12 feet in height, with few 

 branches and oval-oblong leathery leaves with rounded ends. The few- 

 flowered umbels appear near the ends of the branches, and the obovate 

 fruit is berrylike, a quarter of an inch long, with succulent flesh inclos- 

 ing the numerous seeds. From the crushed leaves a tonic is prepared. 

 The bark is the basis of an aromatic tonic, and the dried fruits are used 

 as a spice. (Adapted from M. A. de Saint-Hilaire, Plantes Usitelles des 

 Brasiliens, pis. 26-28, 182^.) 



44702. Ternstkoemia meridionalis Mutis. Theacese. 



"(No. 135. Andes of Bogota.) A shrub whose seeds afford a scarlet 

 dye." (Daive.) 



An ornamental evergreen shrub with leathery leaves, whitish flowers, 

 and indehiscent fruits containing large seeds. (Adapted from Lindley, 

 Treasury of Botany, vol. 2, p. 1132.) 



44703 and 44704. Hyoscyamus nicer L. Solanacese. Henbane. 



From the Office of Drug, Poisonous, and Oil Plant Investigations. To be 



grown for that office. Received April 18, 1917. 



A coarse, clammy, ill-smelling herbaceous plant, up to about 2i feet in height, 



with irregularly lobed leaves 3 to 7 inches long, greenish yellow, purple-veined 



flowers; and circumscissile capsules. The leaves and flowering tops are of 



medicinal value. It is annual, biennial, or perennial. (Adapted from Bailey, 



Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1629.) 



44703. Seeds from wild plants. 44704. An annual variety. 



44705. CiNNAMOMUM CAMPHORA (L.) Nees and Eberm. Laiiracese. 



Camphor tree. 



From China. Presented by Prof. Joseph Bailie, of the University of 

 Nanking. Received April 27, 1917. 



