1957 191 



240497 to 240510— Continued 



240498. Piper magnificum Trelease Piperaceae. Pepper. 



Col. No. 4035. Botanical Garden, University of Florence. Herbaceous 

 perennial; stems prominently ribbed, reddish, square; leaves lustrous green 

 above, red beneath. (Plants.) 



240499. Dombeya wallichii (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook.f. Sterculiaceae. 



Col. No. 4022. Deciduous tree to 30 feet high; leaves ovate, cordate, to 12 

 inches wide; flowers scarlet, in globose heads, on a pendulous peduncle. Or- 

 namental for subtropical climate or large greenhouse. (Plants.) 



240500. Caladium X hortulanum Birdsey Araceae. 



Col. No. 4034. 'Irene Alpe'. Greenhouse, Instituto Tecnico Agrario Statale, 

 Florence. Plant, low-growing form, to 12 inches high; leaves blotched-red 

 in center, mottled-white and with green margins. (Plants.) 



240501 to 240510. Botanical Garden, Greenhouse, University of Florence. 



240501. Coccoloba fagifolia Jacq. Polygonaceae. 



Col. No. 4024. Large evergreen shrub; new leaves green above, reddish 

 beneath. 



240502. Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farwell. Polypodiaceae. 



Col. No. 4036. 'Corymbiferus'. Stone house. Rhizomatous fern; leaves 

 single, leathery, crested tip. (Plants.) 



240503. Elaeodendron glaucum Pers. Celastraceae. 



Col. No. 4029. Evergreen tree to 20 feet high; leaves lustrous. 



240504. Ficus auriculata Lour. Moraceae. Fig. 



Col. No. 4023. Deciduous tree to 30 feet high; leaves shiny above, pubes- 

 cent below. 



240505. Ficus vogelii Miq. Fig. 



Col. No. 4027. Evergreen tree to 30 feet high; leaves lustrous above, 

 white tomentose beneath. 



240506. Fuchsia integrifolia Cambess. Onagraceae. 

 Col. No. 4026. Evergreen shrub to 6 feet high, vigorous. 



240507. Micromeria obovata Benth. Menthaceae. 



Col. No. 4038. Subshrub; leaves to 2 inches long, aromatic. 



240508. Myriocarpa longipes Liebm. Urticaceae. 



Col. No. 4019. Evergreen shrub; leaves elliptic-oblong, veins below 

 with calcium oxalate crystals; flowers in racemes, inconspicuous. 



240509. Myrsine capitellata Wall. Myrsinaceae. 



Col. No. 4030. Evergreen tree; leaves leathery, obovate. 



240510. Pandanus graminifolius Kurz. Pandanaceae. Screwpine. 



Col. No. 4039. Much-branched, evergreen shrub; leaves 1 inch wide, 

 long attenuate, margins saw-toothed. 



240511. Yucca peninsularis McKelvey Liliaceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, Plant 

 Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 June 4, 1957. 



Col. No. 11686. Sierra San Miguel, Baja California. 



240512. Yucca periculosa Baker Liliaceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by E. C. Ogden and C. L. Gilly near Tehuacan, 

 Puebla. Received June 4, 1957. 



No. 5168. 



