60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



44751 to 44765— Continued. 



44753. Canavaxi obtusifolium (Lara.) DC. Fabacese. 



"(From Cerro de Santa Ana, Paraguana, April, 1917.) A common 

 vine." ( Curran. ) 



A West Indian leguminous vine with obovate or roundish blunt leaves, 

 purplish flowers an inch in length, and oblong pods up to 6 inches long, 

 containing ovoid, chestnut-colored seeds. (Adapted from Grisebach, Flora 

 of the British West Indian Islands, p. 197.) 



44754. CiTEXTLLtJS VTJLGABis Sclirad. Cucurbitacese. "Watermelon. 

 " (From Cumarebe, April, 1917.)" (Curran.) 



To be grown for comparison with other varieties. 



44755. EuTERVK sp. Phcenicaceae. Palm. 

 "(From Cerro de Santa Ana, Paraguana, April, 1917.) Ornamental; 



30 feet high. Common on top of the mountain." (Curran.) 



44756. GossYPiUM sp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 

 "(From La Vela de Coro, April, 1917.) Wild cotton. Grows on arid 



lands near the sea." (Curran.) 



44757. Omphalophthalma rubra Kai'st. Asclepiadaoese. 



" (From Paraguana, April, 1917.) A common vine; used for food in 

 Curagao." (Curran.) 



A climbing, shrubby, hairy milkweed with opposite, heart-shaped leaves 

 nearly 3 inches long, and dark-purple, rather small flowers in the axils 

 of the leaves. It is a native of the island of St. Martin, British West 

 Indies. (Adapted from H. Karsten, Florae Colomhiae, vol. 2, p. 119, 

 pi. 163.) 

 44758 to 44761. Phaseolus lunatus L. Fabacese. Lima bean. 



44758. (From Paraguana, April 8, 1917.) Tapirama chicoa. 



" Small gray bean, with a yellow eye. An unusual marking for this 

 species." (D. N. Shoemaker.) 



44759. (From Miraca. Paraguana, April, 1917.) Tapirama blanca. 



" Small white bean, very similar to beans received from Ceylon, 

 Burma, and Java." (D. N. Shoemaker.) 



44760. (From Paraguana, April, 1917.) Tapirama Colorado. 



" Small red bean, not like any variety of Lima in the American 

 trade." (D. N. Shoemaker.) 



4476 1. ( From IVIiraca, Paraguana, April 8, 1917. ) Tapirama amarilla. 

 "Small yellow bean; an unusual color for this species." (D. N. 



Shoemaker.) 



44762. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabacese. Common bean. 

 (From Paraguana, April 8, 1917.) Tapirama pintada. 



" Small mottled beans similar in marking to Jackson Wonder and 

 Florida Butter." (D. N. Shoemaker.) 



44763. Sesamum orientale L. Pedaliacese. Sesame. 

 (S. indiciim L.) 



(From Paraguana, April, 1917.) Tapirama ajonjoU. 



An erect annual plant, 2 to 3 feet high, with ovate-lanceolate leaves, 

 rosy-white flowers, and ovoid-oblong capsules. It is a native of the 

 East Indies and tropical Africa, but is cultivated in tropical America 



