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1410. SOLANUM QTJITENSE. 



From Ecuador. Sent by the Rev. Luis Sodiro, S. J., of the Botanic Garden at 

 Quito, through Senor Perry M. de Leon, American consul at Guayaquil. (2 

 packages.) 



Valued at Quito, under the name "naranjilla," for its edible acid berries, which 

 are used in making preserves. Father Sodiro mentions also another variety with a 

 sweet fruit growing to the eastward of Quito. 



1411. Tacsonia mollissima. 



From Ecuador. Sent by the Rev. Luis Sodiro, S. J., of the Botanic Garden at 

 Quito, through SeQorPerry M. de Leon, American consul at Guayaquil. (2 

 packages.) 



1412. Tacsonia PINNATISTIPULA. 



From Ecuador. Sent by the Rev. Luis Sodiro, S. J., of the Botanic Garden at 

 Quito, through Senior Perry M. de Leon, American consul at Guayaqnil. (2 

 packages.) 



1413. Bubus glaucus. Raspberry. 



From Ecuador. Sent by the Rev. Luis Sodiro, S. J., of the Botanic Garden at 

 Quito, through Senor Perry M. de Leon, American consul at Guayaquil. (2 

 packages.) 



A native species cultivated in Ecuador. 



1414. Opuntia tuna. Tuna. 



From Ecuador. Sent by the Rev. Luis Sodiro, S. J., of the Botanic Garden at 

 Quito, through Senor Perry M. de Leon, American consul at Guayaquil. (2 

 packages.) 



The forms ascribed to this species in different parts of the world differ much in 

 characters. This seed should be tried with reference to possible hardiness. 



1415. Passiflora ligularis. Granadilla. 



From Ecuador. Sent by the Rev. Luis Sodiro, S. J., of the Botanic Garden at 

 Quito, through Senor Perry M. de Leon, American consul at Guayaquil. (2 

 packages.) 



1416. Anona cherimolia. Cherimoyer. 



From Ecuador. Sent by the Rev. Luis Sodiro, S. J., of the Botanic Garden at 

 Quito, through Senor Perry M. de Leon, American consul at Guayaquil. (2 



;es.) 



1420. SOLANUM ATROPITRPUREUM. 



From Santa Barbara, California. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild, 

 December, 1898. 



1421. Psidium cuneatum. Guava. 



From Santa Barbara, California. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild, 

 December, 1898. 



1426. Viola odorata. Violet. 



From Bourg-la-Reine, Seine, France. Received through W. T. Swingle, Decem- 

 ber, 1898. 



"La France.'' Novelty of 1896; flowers single, large, and fragrant, with long rigid 

 stems. 



[This and the following numbers, to 1444, apply to a collection of violets pur- 

 chased from Millet, Horticulteur at Bourg-la-Reine, Seine, France, by Mr. W. T. 

 Swingle. On arrival they were turned over to the Division of Vegetable Physiology 

 and Pathology for propagation and experiment, that Division having been long 

 engaged with investigations on this flower crop. Should any prove of special merit 

 they will be announced and distributed later.] 



