﻿48 SEEDS A>7D PLANTS IMPORTED. 



48147 to 48149. Triticum spp. Poacese. Wheat. 



From Santa Ursula, Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Purchased from Mr. G. V. 

 Perez. Received October 6, 1919. 

 " Of the two wheats, Jwrinegro and Morisco, the first is much more prolific, 

 but the people here do not like it because it does not contain as much flour. 

 However, it must be rich in vitamines and I consider it a very valuable 

 wheat. The peasants at Laguna (Teneriffe) are fond of mixing and sowing 

 the two together ; they do not sow Jwrinegro nearly as much as they did in the 

 past because of the appearance of the flour. It may be a very superior food, 

 notwithstanding its appearance." (Perez.) 

 48147. Triticum dukum Desf. 



Jarinegro. 

 48148 and 48149. Teiticu[ aestivum L. 

 (T. vulgare Vill.) 



48148. Morisco. 



48149. Received as a mixture of Jarinegro and Morisco from which 

 the durum wheat has since been removed and discarded. 



48150. Yucca elata Engelm. Liliacese. Palmilla. 

 (Y. radiosa Trelease.) 



From Las Cruces, N. Mex. Presented by Prof. J. G. Griffith, biologist, 



Agricultural Experiment Station, through Mr. L. H. Dewey, Botanist in 



Charge of Fiber Investigations. Received October 7, 1919. 



A very striking arborescent yucca, the larger trees reaching a height of 5 



to 7 meters [16 to 23 feet], simple, or with a few short branches at the top. 



The long pallid leaves are white margined, rigidly divergent, and reach a 



maximum width of half an inch; they are soon finely and copiously filiferous. 



The white bell-shaped flowers with lanceolate petals are in large panicles on 



long exserted peduncles, often twice the length of the rest of the plant. The 



capsule is stout, oblong, and unusually symmetrical, very smooth, and of a 



clear straw color at maturity ; the seeds are exceptionally large, some are 



nearly half an inch long. (Adapted from Report of the Missouri Botanical 



Garden, vol. 13, p. 56.) 



48151. Metrosideros tomentosa A. Rich. Myrtaceee. 



From Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. Charles G. Hallet 

 Received October 6, 1919. 

 " Seeds of a very ornamental tree, of a spreading nature, which grows 

 along our northern coasts. In midsummer, it is covered with crimson flowers 

 which secrete large quantities of light-colored, mild-flavored nectar. The tree 

 makes a good windbreak, withstanding gales and salt spray splendidly ; the 

 crooked limbs are much used for knees and cleats in boat building. The tree 

 is probably as sensitive to frost as the fig or the lemon. Collected at Napier." 

 (Hallet.) 



48152. Decaisnea fargesii Franch. Lardizabalacese. 



From Rochester, N. Y. Presented by Mr. John Dunbar, assistant superin- 

 tendent of parks. Received October 10, 1919. 

 "A very attractive ornamental shrub reminding me somewhat of the Oregon 

 grape (Berberis aquifolium) in habit; from E. H. Wilson's collection." (David 

 Fair child.) 



