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to these inventories, which direct attention to the 

 more important introductions. One of these statements 

 will appear in each of Plant Immigrants. 



Inventory No. 45. Covering the period from Oc- 

 tober 1st to December 31st, 1914. 



Although this inventory chronicles the arrival 

 of only 370 new plant immigrants, it describes some 

 that are of unusual interest and deserving of special 

 mention. It covers certain plants of the high Peru- 

 vian Andes collected by Mr. 0. F. Cook while attached 

 to the Yale University-National Geographic Society 

 Expedition. These include a remarkable wild relative 

 of the tomato (No. 41318), which has a pleasant, 

 slightly acid flavor, resembling that of an apple, 

 and remarkable keeping qualities which may make it of 

 particular interest to tomato breeders; one of the 

 Mutisias (No. 41317), a large trailing composite vine 

 worthy of trial in our greenhouses for its beautiful 

 orange to scarlet pendent flowers which suggest this- 

 tles; a passion fruit (No. 41316), the pulp of which 

 separates from the hard shell, making it possible to 

 peel the shell away; the tara (Caesalpinia peetinata, No. 

 41323), a spiny leguminous tree or shrub which may 

 make a striking hedge plant in our Southwestern States, 

 its bright scarlet pods contrasting with its deep, 

 polished-green leaves as holly berries do; the tasta 

 (No. 41324), a fine-leaved shrubby Escallonia, which may 

 make a desirable hedge plant as far north as San Fran- 

 cisco; the lengli (Hesperomeles oblonga, No. 41325), an 

 attractive tree with evergreen leaves and brilliant 

 red fruits, hanging on all winter like holly berries; 

 the capuli cherry of Peru (Prunus salicifolia, No. 41328), 

 from an altitude of 12,000 feet, which resembles a 

 chokeberry but has a firm flesh of good texture and 

 agreeable taste; a variety of the sweet cassava (Mani- 

 hot dulcis, No. 41320), which species, according to Cook, 

 is represented by varieties maturing at 6,000 feet on 

 the eastern slopes of the Andes and in the cold cloudy 

 coastal climate of the Pacific coast; a species of 

 tree (Datura sanguinea, No. 41329), with green, orange, 

 and scarlet flowers, which occurs where frosts are 

 encountered every night; the lucuma of Peru (No. 

 41332), a popular fruit with rich mealy flesh, resem- 

 bling a cooked sweet potato and with a hardiness which 



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