OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1918. 23 



46708 to 46710. 



From Balii.i, Brazil. Presented by Mr. H. M. Curran. Kefeived October 



30, 191S. Quoted notes by air. Curran. 



46708. Syagrl-s coronata (Mart.) Becc. Phoenicacefc. Palm. 

 (Cocos coronata Mart.) 



" Seeds of Licori palm, Jequie, Baliia, Brazil, September, 1918. A small, 

 ornamental palm of dry, cool highlands. It yields edilile kernels and oil 

 in immense quantities." 



46709. Fevillea sp. Cucurbitaceae. 



" Seeds of arodiroba used for soap making; Rio Grungugy, Bahia, Brazil, 

 September, 1918." 



46710. Zephyeanthes sp. Amaryllidaeeae. 



" Jequie, Bahia, September, 1918. Biilb.s of an ornamental pink flower, 

 from 12 to 14 inches high. Flowers 4 to 6 inches long, four or live at apex 

 of scape, ^^'ild in dry, cool highlands in good woods mold." 



46711. Berberis pruinosa Franch. Berberidaceae. Barberry. 



From San Rafael, Calif. Presented by Mr. R. H. Menzies. Received October 



31, 1918. 



"This barberry is one of the handsomest of- the seventy-odd species I have 

 under cultivation. It is the first to flower, the large clear yellow flowers being 

 very showy. The white, powdery berries are boi-ne profusely and are carried 

 through the winter, a few remaining on the plant along with the next season's 

 flow^ers. While an evergreen in California, it will probably be deciduous in the 

 East; the foliage becomes very handsomely colored in the fall. I know of no 

 barberry that puts on a greater growth almost from the start ; my plant throws 

 out new shoots each year all the way from 5 to 62 feet from the base." (Meiizies.) 



46712. Artemisia cika Berg. Asteraceae. Wormseed. 



Grown from S. P. I. No. 42791 at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, 

 Calif. Received November 4, 1918. 



Numbered for convenience in recording distribution. 



The plant is a low and straggly undershrub, with erect branches, abounding 

 In the deserts of Turkestan, wdiere all the drug santonica is collected in July 

 and August by natives. Tlie drug is composed of the dried, unexpanded flower 

 heads and it forms a greenish brown, glossy mass, having a strong, somewhat 

 camphoraceous odor and a bitter taste. It is used as an anthelmintic, espe- 

 cially for roundworms. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. Nos. 42682 and 42791. 



46713. Chenopodium nuttalliae Safford. Chenopodiacese. 



Huauhtzontli. 



From City of Mexico, Mexico. Purchased by Mrs. Zelia Nuttall. Received 

 October 31, 1918. 

 " Seeds of the black variety which the agriculturists of Xochimilco consider 

 the best." {Mrs. Nuttall.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 46632. 



