﻿10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



47349 to 47357— Continued. 



47352. Cassia bonariensis Colla. Csesalpiniacesa. 



A shrub from Buenos Aires. Argentina, growing about 6 feet high, 

 with lance-shaperl leaflets and ornamental clusters of yellow flowers. 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43773. 



47353. Cassia hirsuta L. Csesalpiniacea?. 



An erect annual herb covered with long hairs. The compound leaves 

 are made up of three to five pairs of ovate leaflets 2 to 3 inches long, and 

 the yellow flowers are borne in axillary racemes. Native to Brazil. 

 (Adapted from Martins, Flora Bra sinensis, vol. 15, pt. 2, p. 11 Jf.) 



47354. Dahlia maximiliana Hort. Asteracese. Dahlia. 

 A tall dahlia, about 7 feet high, with smooth lenticular stems, bipinnate 



leaves having relatively slender petioles, and lilac flowers. The plant 

 presents a stately appearance and continues in bloom for a considerable 

 time. Native to Mexico. (Adapted from Gardeners' Chronicle, vol. 11, 

 p. 216.) 



47355. Echium nervosum Ait. Boraginacese. 



A shrubby perennial with lanceolate leaves and large, ovate racemes 

 of blue flowers. It is native to the Madeira Islands, where it flowers 

 from June to August. (Adapted from Alton, Hort us Kewensis, 2d ed., 

 vol, 1, p. 300.) 



47356. Echium wildpreth Pearson. Boraginacese. 



A tall, softly hairy biennial, with a simple, erect, leafy stem. 2 to 3 

 feet high, terminated by a dense-flowered thyrsus of innumerable short- 

 peduncled cymes which are very much shorter than the linear, upcurved 

 floral leaves. The stem leaves are 6 to 8 inches long, softly hairy on 

 both surfaces ; the lower floral leaves are 3 to 4 inches long and linear. 

 The pale- red flowers are funnel or bell shaped. Native to the Canary 

 Islands. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 78J/7.) 



47357. Hibiscus mutabilis L. Malvaceae. 



A tall East Indian shrub, with large, broad cordate leaves and bearing 

 large red flowers which change to white. It blooms in summer and late 

 autumn, and is considerably planted in gardens and hedges. (Adapted 

 from Britton, Flora of Bermuda, p. 238.) 



47358. Garcinia tinctoria (DC.) W. F. Wight. Clusiacese. 

 (G. xanthochymus Hook, f.) 



From Cienfuegos, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert M. Grey, Harvard 

 Experiment Station. Received April 1, 1919. 



" The tree, which is fairly rapid in growth, has large, opposite, elliptic or 

 oblong, coriaceous leaves 6 to 10 inches long. The orange-yellow fruits, borne 

 singly or in clusters of 3 to 5 in the axils of the leaves on mature wood, are 

 round or tapering to an acute apex and are often over 2 inches in diameter. 

 They are made up of 3 to 5 segments, each usually containing a large, oblong 

 seed. The flavor of the ripe fruit is subacid and not excellent. The greeD 

 fruit, when cut or injured, exudes a quantity of yellow gum. Received several 

 years ago under the name of Garcinia mangostana,'''' {G-rey.) 



