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42321 to 42332— Continued. 



Buenos Aires. It gives a fine red rosin. Very abundant." (Venturi 

 y Lillo, Contribucion al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina, 

 p. 37, 1910.) 



42332. Vitex montevidensis Cham. Verbenacese. 



•• Tarumd. A leafy little ornamental tree, floriferous, with hard wood; 

 from the subtropical regions of Argentina." (Carrasco.) 



"This common species is found on the hanks of the small streams; 

 the wood, of reddish color, striped, and hard, is very good and valuable. 

 The bark of the tree is fragile and grooved like that of the Mata ojos 

 (Ponteria sp.) As it is well preserved in wet situations it is utilized 

 for kilns, posts, etc., and being easy to split it is used for shingles on 

 roofs. The fruit gives a kind of oil and the wood likewise, even after 

 it is dried ; when buried it oozes oil and seems to turn green again." 

 (Venturi y Lillo, Contribucidn al Conocimiento de Jos Arboles de la 

 Argentina, p. 10^, 1910.) 



42333 to 42354. Nicotiana spp. Solanaceae. Tobacco. 



From Cava, Italy. Presented by Mr. C. Emilio Anastasia, Ra Direzione 

 Compartimentale delle Goltivazioni Tahacchi. Received March 25, 1916. 



42333. Nicotiana acuminata (R. Grah.) Hook. 



Herbaceous annual, viscid-pubescent; stem slender, branching; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, undulate, sometimes subcordate, narrowed into a short 

 petiole, apex long-acuminate; flowers loose-racemose; calyx glandular- 

 pubescent, corolla white, about 3 inches long; tube green veined, slightly 

 curved. Perennial in its native habitat, Chile. (Adapted from Bailey, 

 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. //, p. 211$.) 



42334. Nicotiana alata Link and Otto. 



Herbaceous perennial with slender erect stems 2 to 3A feet tall and 

 branching; flowers open at night and fragrant; tube yellowish green, 

 limb nearly 2 inches across, pale violet beneath, white within. Native 

 of Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard 

 Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. '/, p. 2141.) 



42335. Nicotiana chinensis Fisch. 



An annual species growing to a height of 6 feet and having pink 

 flowers in August. Originally found in China. (Adapted from 'John- 

 son's Gardener's Dictionary, p. <!58.) 



This species is referred by Comes, Monographia Nicotiana, p. 9. 1899, 

 to the angustifolia form of N. tabacum fruticosa Hook. r. 



42336. Nicotiana glauca R. Grah. 



An erect, treelike species, up lo 20 feci tall, glaucous-blue all over, 

 with branching stems and long-petioled leaves. Flowers yellow, in loose, 

 terminal, bracted panicles. Found in Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia. 

 Fasily grown from seed and frequently cultivated for its stately habit 

 and glaucous-blue foliage which sometimes develops purple tints. It 

 has escaped from cultivation and runs wild in Texas and California. 

 (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. J t , 

 p. 21/ t 3.) 



42337. Nicotiana langsdokfii Schrank. 



A pilose to downy herbaceous annual, with branching stems 2 to 3 

 feet tall ; flowers greenish yellow in drooping panicles. Native of 



