48 SEEDS AXD PLAXTS IMPORTED. 



47304 to 47308. Elaeis guineensis Jacq, Phoenicaceas. 



Oil palm. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. P. J. S. Cramer, chief, Plant- 

 Breeding Station. Received March 24, 1919. Quoted note.s by Dr. Cramer. 



" The oil palms I introduced here commenced to fniit when I had not yet my 

 own garden in Sumatra at my disposition. I have planted in several Govern- 

 ment rubber estates, where no other oil palms are in the neighborhood, plats 

 of 5 to 10 palms, each plat descending from one seed bearer." 



47304. " Variety Bonga. 423 K. W." 



47305. " Xo. 1. Variety Nsombo C. 424 A. IV." 



47306. "No. 1. Yariety Buitide C. 426. M. III." 



47307. "No. 1. Variety Nsomlo B. (Gellet.) 102 K. W." 



47308. "No. 3. Variety A^so»!&o B. (Gellet.) 102 K. W." 



47309. Ilex paraguariensi.s St. Hil. Aauifoliaceae. Yerba mate. 



From Asuncion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead, Porto Murtinho, 

 Matto Grosso, Brazil. Received March 28, 1919. 



" This seed has been in Asuncion for two years and it may be past its germi- 

 nating stage. In this case, if it will not serve, I can probably get you a supply 

 of the yerba of Brazil, which, as far as plant and seed are concerned, is of the 

 same class, though the same can not be said of the prepared yerba." {Mead."\ 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 46891. 



47310. SoLANUM scalare C. Wright. Solanaceae. 



From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. F. S. Walsingham, Gizeh Branch, 

 Ministry of Agriculture. Received March 29, 1919. 



A shrubby solanum found along streams on tlie west coast of Africa from 

 Sierra Leone to Pungo Andongo. The stem, the leaves, and the outside of the 

 flowers are covered with stellate pubescence. The ovate-oblong leaves have 

 undulate margins and the white or violet flowers, half an Inch across, are 

 borne in racemose clusters of about ten. The fruits are smooth, shining red, 

 globose berries, about half an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Thiselton-Dyer, 

 Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. Jf, sec. 2, p. 22-'f.) 



47311 to 47314. Datura spp. Solanaceae. 



From Ecuador. Collected by Dr. J. N. Rose, associate curator, U. S. 

 National Herbarium, Washington, D. C. Numbered in March, 1919. 

 Quoted notes by Dr. Rose. 



47311. Datuba sp. 



"(No. 23553. Seeds obtained in the American Legation at Quito.) A 

 shrub, 10 feet high, with large orange-colored flowers. This plant is 

 cultivated in parks at Quito and is very attractive." 



47312. Datuka sp. 



"(No. 22828. Collected at Cuenca. September, 1918.) A bush, 8 to 

 10 feet high, with rather small red flowers which are 5 or 6 inches long ; 

 the calyx and corolla lobes have long, acuminate tips." 



