JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1935 



107820 to 107837— Continued. 



107825. Tephrosia toxicaria (Sw.) Pers. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 6563. Los Rios Province. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107799. 



107826. Datura Candida (Pers.) Safford. 

 Solanaceae. 



No. ' 6601-A. Canton Vindes, Los Rios 

 Province, along the trail from Santa Lucia 

 to Morache. A shrub up to 15 feet high, 

 with broadly ovate to oblong-ovate leaves 

 about 20 inches long and large white flow- 

 ers. Known only in cultivation ; this is 

 the large white flower fforipondio of tropi- 

 cal America. 



107827. Ertthrina sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 6686— A. An ornamental from Los 

 Rios Province. 



107828. ERTfTHRiNA sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 6586-A. November 17, 1934. Can- 

 ton Vindes. Los Rios Province, along the 

 trail from Heda to Santa Lucia at 180 feet 

 altitude. A small tree, commonly found 

 in the open woods, with red flowers which 

 appear before the leaves. 



107829. Gliricidia sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 6590-A. October 28, 1934. Que- 

 vedo, Canton Vindes, Los Rios Province. 

 Presented by Gustavo Buchwald. 



107830. Hibiscus 



Malvaceae. 



No. 6656-A. November 1934. Quevedo, 

 Canton Vindes, Los Rios Province. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. Frederico von Buchwald, 

 who exports the seed to Germany where it 

 is used as the base for perfumery and as 

 a remedy for whooping cough. 



107831. PlSCIDIA CARTHAGINEXSIS Jacq. 



Fabaceae. 



No. 6760. Guayas Province. A low 

 tree with unevenly pinnate leaves and 

 lateral panicles of pink to purplish flow- 

 ers, followed by winged fruits. Native to 

 northern South America. 



107832. Jacquinia sprucei Mez. Theo- 

 phrastaceae. 



No. 6766. Guayas Province. A tropi- 

 cal shrub with leathery elliptic, mucronate 

 leaves nearly 2 inches long and terminal 

 racemes of small yellowish flowers. Na- 

 tive to Ecuador. 



107833. Phyllanthus brasiliexsis 

 (Aubl.) Muell. Arg. Euphorbiaceae. 



No. 6689. Los Rios Province. A shrub 

 5 to 8 feet high, with alternate, roundish, 

 pale-green leaves and inconspicuous flow- 

 ers. Native to tropical Brazil. 



107834. Sapixdus sp. Sapindaceae. 

 No. 6553. Los Rios Province. 



107835. SOLANUM CONFERTISERIATUM Bitter. 



Solanaceae. 



No. 6568. Los Rios Province. A shrub 

 or small tree 10 to 15 feet high, with 

 broadly elliptic or obovate, grayish-green 

 leaves about 7 inches long and white flow- 

 ers one-half inch across. Native to 

 Ecuador. 



107836. Tecoma gaudichaudii DC. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



No. 6742. Guayas Province. An ar- 

 borescent shrub with opposite or alternate, 



107820 to 107837— Continued. 



elliptic-oblong, simple, coarsely serrate 

 leaves and large yellow flowers in terminal 

 panicles. Native to Colombia. 



107837. Swartzia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 6570-A. Arbol de Murcielago. An 

 ornamental leguminous tree with yellow 

 flowers, from Los Rios Province. 



107838. Amygdalus peesica L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Peach. 



From China. Seeds presented by Peter Liu, 

 Peiping. Received January 17*, 1935. 



Mao Tao (hairy peach). Collected in the 

 vicinity of Feicheng by Wen Ying Tang. 



107839. Diospyeos kaki L. f. Diospy- 

 raceae. Kaki. 



From Virginia. Scions collected by K. A. 

 Ryerson and W. E. Whitehouse, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, at the home of a Mr. Conk- 

 lin. Smithfield. Received January 16, 

 1935. 



107840. Sacchaeum officinaeum L. 

 Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Spain. Cuttings presented by Arsenio 

 Rueda y Maria, Granada, at the request 

 of Julius Matz, through Senor Miguel de 

 Echegaray, agricultural attache of the 

 Spanish Embassy. Washington, D. C. Re- 

 ceived January 22, 1935. 



Algardbena. The oldest variety grown in 

 Spain. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



107841. Cassia viaeinea L. Caesalpi- 

 niaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum. Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived January 16, 1935. 



A trailing shrub, native to Jamaica, with 

 compound leaves composed of two pairs of 

 obliquely ovate leaflets and showy yellow 

 flowers in terminal panicles. 



107842. Passifloea sp. Passifloraceae. 



From Colombia. Seeds presented by Carlos 

 Palacio. Pasto (Narino). Received Janu- 

 ary 24, 1935. 



Quijo. A vine bearing an orange-yellow, 

 plum-shaped fruit the size of a small orange, 

 with numerous seeds embedded in very sweet 

 pulp of delicate flavor. It grows at 5.000 

 feet above sea level and begins bearing 2 

 years after planting. The fruit ships well 

 and keeps in good condition for some time 

 if stored in a cool place. 



107843. Tepheosia vogelii Hook. f. Fa- 

 baceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by Miss Mar- 

 garet Haines, Bangassou. French Equa- 

 torial Africa. Received January 24, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



A shrubby legume native to tropical 

 Africa. 



For previous introduction see 98926. 



107844 to 107849. 



From Ecuador. Seeds collected by Mrs. 

 Ynes Mexia, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received January 10, 1935. 



