16 SEEDS AND PLAXTS IMPORTED. 



46031 to 46046. 



From Caracas, Venezuela. Presented by Dr. H. Pittier. Received April 

 23, 1918. 



46031 to 46037. RiciNus communis L. Eupliorbiacese. Castor-bean. 

 " These varieties have not as yet been generally distinguished by the 

 people at large here, so they have no distinctive names." {Pittier.) 



46031. No. 1. Seed three-fourths of an inch long by half an inch 

 broad ; light gray with irregular dark-brown longitudinal 

 markings. 



46032. No. 2. Seed three-eighths of an inch long by one-fourth of 

 an inch broad ; dark gray with brown markings. 



46033. No. 3. Seed half an inch long by one-fourth of an inch 

 broad ; dark gray with dark-brown, rather regular markings. 



46034. No. 4. Seed three-eighths of an inch long by one-fourth of an 

 inch broad ; light gray with few, narrow, irregular, brownish 

 markings. 



46035. No. 5. Seed half an inch long by three-eighths of an inch 

 broad ; dark gray with numerous irregular dark-brown markings. 



46036. No. 6. Seed five-eighths of an inch long by three-eighths of 

 an inch broad ; reddish gray with narrow streaks of reddish brown. 



46037. No. 7. Seed three-eighths of an inch long by one-fourth of an 

 inch broad ; dark gray with nearly black markings. 



46038 to 46046, Triticum aestivum L. Poacese. Wheat. 



(T. tntlgare Vill.) 



"A collection of the native varieties of wheat with their common names. 



They come from the State of Trujillo in the Venezuelan Andes, where 



they are extensively cultivated from 1,000 meters upwards." (Pittier.) 



46038. " Blanco. Cultivo del Distrito Bocono." 



46039. " Cariaco. Cultivo del Distrito Bocono." 



46040. " Cariaco. Distrito Urdaneta." 



46041. " Macarron. Cultivo del Distrito Bocono." 



46042. " Nortero. Cultivo del Distrito Bocono." 



46043. " Pelon. Distrito Urdaneta." 



46044. " Raspxtdo or Cafia morada. Distrito Urdaneta." 



46045. " Salmeron. Cultivo del Distrito Bocono." 



46046. " Salmer6n. Cultlvado en la ' Cristalina,' Distrito Trujillo." 



46047 and 46048. 



From San Lorenzo, Tolima, Colombia. Presented by Mr. M. T. Dawe, 

 Estucion Agronomica Tropical. Received May 1, 1918. 



46047. Attalea sp. Phcenicacese. Ck)quito palm. 

 Introduced for tests of oil-producing seeds of various kinds. 



46048. Elaeis melanococca Gaertn. Phoenicaccce. Noli palm. 

 "A palm with practically no stem, the leaves, 8 to 10 feet long, being 



boi-ne viithin 2 to 3 feet of the ground. The fruits, which are com- 

 pressed, irregular, and orange-red in color when ripe, are borne in dense 

 clusters. Two classes of oil are obtained — red oil from the coating of 

 the seeds and a clear oil from the kernels. The latter is very much prized 

 as a cooking oil. The palm is common in the low lands among flooded 

 areas under conditions similar to those of our flooded bottom lands 

 along the Mississippi and other Gulf coast rivers." (H. M. Curran.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43001. 



