82 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40785 to 40787— Continued. 



the tree until the end of October or later, then stored in a fruit room 

 until they are ' bletted,' a term given to indicate a state of incipient 

 decay. A jelly made from the fruits meets a more general taste. The 

 medlar is most closely allied to Crataegus, differing in the solitary 

 flower, etc. It is very hardy, and not particular as to soil." (W. J. Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 81.) 



40786. Pkunus spinosa L. Amygdalacese. Plum. 

 See S. P. I. No. 3S426 for previous introduction and description. 



40787. Rubus ulmifolius Schott. Rosacea?. 



"A vigorous shrub whose more or less plum-colored, arching stems are 

 clothed with starry down and armed with long, broad-based prickles; they 

 root freely at the tips. Leaves composed of three or five leaflets radially 

 arranged, which are slightly downy above but white-felted beneath, rather 

 finely toothed. Flowers bright rosy red, and produced in showy, cylin- 

 drical panicles. This well-marked species is of little value as a fruiting 

 bramble, its berries being small and dryish, but from it several orna- 

 mental garden varieties have been obtained. It is widely spread over the 

 United Kingdom (except Scotland) and Europe generally." (W. J. Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. IttO.) 



40788 to 40797. 



From Lima, Peru. Procured from Senor J. A. MacKnight. director, Escuela 

 Normal de Varones. Received May 18, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. 

 MacKnight. 

 40788 to 40790. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanacese. Potato. 



40788. Lot 1. 40790. Lot 3. 



40789. Lot 2. 



40791 to 40796. Uleucus tuberosus Caldas. Basellacese. Oca. 



40791. Lot 1. " Yellowish white with red spots, fine quality." 



40792. Lot 2. " Mottled, white and red, fine quality." 



40793. Lot 3. " Yellowish, fine quality." 



40794. Lot 4. " Mottled, round, fine quality." 



40795. Lot 5. " Red, fine quality." 



40796. Lot 6. " Greenish, fine quality." 

 Tubers. 



40797. Chenopodium quinoa Willd. Chenopodiacea?. Quinoa. 



" Of a very fine quality." 



40798 to 40802. 



From Albano, Stockholm, Sweden. Presented by the director, Botanic Gar- 

 den. Received May 10, 1915. 

 40798 to 40800. Lathybus spp. Fabaceae. 



Introduced for the breeding experiments of Mr. David Burpee. 



40798. Lathybus cicera L. Everlasting pea. 



Stems usually prostrate or ascending, up to 2 dm. (8 inches) long, 

 slightly winged, glabrous. Leaves with small winged petioles and 

 one pair of leaflets; the upper with simple undivided tendrils, half 

 as long as the leaflets; the lower not cirrose. Leaflets of the lower 



