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45883 to 45885— Continued. 



racemes, 18 to 30 inches long. The black, sickle-sluiped pods are about 

 4 inches long. The seeds, four or five in number, are oblong, black, and 

 very shiny. (Adapted fx-om Bureau of* Plant Industry BuUetin No. 179, 

 p. 18.) 



45886. RiciNUS communis L. Euphorbiacese. Castor-bean. 



From Guatemala. Purchased by Mr. Herbert S. Austin at the request of 

 Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of this office. Received March 2, 1918. 



Secured for the purpose of testing the oil content of various varieties. 



45887 and 45888. 



From the city of Panama, Panama. Presented by Dr. Kamon Arias-Feraud. 

 Received March 5, 1918, 



45887. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulacete. Morning-glory. 



" Seeds of morning-glories tliat keep open the whole day." (Arias- 

 Feraud. ) 



45888. Opeectjlina tuberosa (L.) Meisn. Convolvulacese. 

 (Ipomoea tuberosa L. ) 



A perennial, stout-stemmed herbaceous vine, climbing to the tops of 

 the tallest trees. The leaves are large and compound, with seven oblong 

 leaflets ; and three to six yellow flowers are borne on a long peduncle. 

 The fruit is a membranous round capsule, about an inch long, contain- 

 ing two to four large seeds which are covered with short black hairs. It 

 is a native of Brazil. (Adapted from De Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles des 

 Colonies Francaises, pp. 398 and 567.) 



45889 and 45890. Cydonia oblonga Mill. Malacese, Quince. 



From Murdock, Kans. Grafts presented by Mr. J. ^y. Riggs, of the Ex- 

 periment Grounds. Received March 6, 1918. 



Scions from trees of a variety sent to the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant 

 Introduct'on by Prof. N. E. Hansen, from Samarkand, Russian Turkestan, May 

 24, 1898, and numbered S. P. I. 1123. Mr. Riggs states that this variety has 

 yielded fine fruit at Murdock, while trees of standard quince varieties have 

 not borne any fruit. The tree is hardy, not being injured in that section of 

 Kansas by drought and heat. 



45889. Scions grafted on apple stocks. 



45890. Scions grafted on Japanese pear stocks, 



45891. RuBus MACROCARPUS Benth. Eosacese, Blackberry. 



From Colombia. Presented by Hermano Apolinar-Maria, Instituto de 



la Salle, Bogota, at the request of Mr. F. M. Chapman. "Washington, D. C, 



Received March 7, 1918. 



" In April, 1913, while on a visit to Colombia, I found this variety growing 



in a little posada called El Peiion in the Temperate Zone at an altitude of 



9,600 feet, on the trail from Bogota to Fusagasuga. El Pefion is exceedingly 



wet, and this giant blackberry may be found only under the conditions which 



prevail there. It is not the mora de CastiUa, a cylindrical berry which grows 



in profusion at 5,000 to 7,500 feet ; but this berry is much larger, more nearly 



round, and shaped more like a strawberry. These berries are often 3 inches 



in length." (Chapman.) 



