14 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



44965 to 44993— Continued. 



44986. (No. 24. P^etacion Experimental, La Baiula, Santiairo del 

 Estero.) De J/O dias. "A greenish niedium-sized semiwrlnkled 

 pea." 



44987. (No. 25. EstaciSn Experimental, La Banda, Santiago del 

 E.stero. ) Hcnodor (dwarf). "A medium-sized wrinkled pea." 



44988. (No. 26. Estacion Experimental, La Banda, Santiago del 

 Estero.) Cien por uno. "A medium-sized wrinkled pea." 



44989. (No. 27. Estacion Experimental, La Banda, Santiago del 

 Estero.) Telegrafo. "A rather small wrinkled pea." 



44990. (No. 28. Estacion Experimental, La Banda, Santiago del 

 Estero.) Gladiador (dwarf). "A large wrinkled pea." 



44991. (No. 29. EstaciCn Experimental, Tigre.) Comun. "A small, 

 smooth, green pea." 



44993 and 44993. Yigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabacese. Cowpea. 



44992. (No. 7.) Caret a. " Identified as a black-eyed cowpea." 



44993. (No. 16.) Southern Creaseback. " Identified as a cowpea." 



44994 to 44999. 



From Guatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received July 19, 1917. Quoted notes 

 by Mr. Popenoe. 



44994. Chamaedorea sp. Phcenicaceae. Pacayito palm. 



"(No. 150. July 9, 1917.) Plants of a dwarf palm collected in dense 

 forests near Purula, Department of Baja Vera Paz, at an altitude of ap- 

 proximately 5,500 feet. 



" This species is usually called by Spanish-speaking Guatemalans 

 pacayito, which means ' small pacaya.' By the Indians of Alta Vera 

 Paz, who speak the Kekchi language, it is called ko-kiip, which also 

 means ' small pacaya,' and in Purula I heard it called pamak. This 

 name is doubtless given because of the resemblance to the common 

 pacaya, a palm which is extensively cultivated in Guatemala for its 

 edible flower buds. Probably the name pacayito may be chosen as best 

 suited to use in the United States. 



" Judging from accounts given me by various residents of Vera Paz, 

 this palm commonly occurs in the mountains of that region at altitudes 

 of about 4,000 to 6,000 feet. It always grows in dense forests and must 

 be considered a shade and moisture loving species. The soil in which 

 it grows is nothing- but decayed leaves for the first several inches and is 

 kept continually moist by the abundant rains of this region. In Coban 

 the pacayito is a favorite house plant, being grown in pots and tubs and 

 used to decorate living rooms and patios. In the city of Guatemala it is 

 occasionally used for the same purpose, the plants being brought down 

 from Coban. 



" In the forests the pacayito seems never to reach a greater height 

 than 3 feet. It is a true dwarf (one might almost call it a miniature 

 palm), for it reaches maturity and comes into flower when not over a 

 foot high. This dwarf habit makes it of unusual interest as a pot plant 

 for the North, as it can be fruited in an ordinary living room when 

 growing in an 8-inch pot. 



" It makes its character leaves almost as soon as the young plant is 

 out of the seed. I have seen many plants in the forest which were not 



