Inventory 45, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate III 



The Chachacoma of Peru (Escallonia resinosa (R. and P.) Persoon), S. P. I. 



No. 41326. 



.V handsome tree, producing clusters of white Bowei s for a long period during the winter months. 

 It thrives in the high valleys of Peru at altitudes of 9,000 to 11,000 feet. Hen as a height 



of 40 to 50 feet and a diameter of 2 to 4 feet, in the lower valleys, when' the climate is dry, iliis 

 tree grows intermingled with cacti and other de erl vegetation, bul il seldom attains there a 

 height of over 15 feet, it has ool heretofore been grown in the United Stati ographed, 



natural size, by the Vale University-National Geographic Society Expedition, July, 1915; 

 P17S90CA.) 



