JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1935 



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109914 to 109945— Continued. 



109915. Calliandra marginata Griseb. 

 Mimosaceae. 



No. 3003. Collected between Caracas 

 and Maracay, February 2, 1935. An un- 

 armed shrub or tree. Native to Trinidad. 



109916. BOWDICHIA VIRGILIOIDES H. B. K. 



Fabaceae. 



No. 3002. Alcornoque. From a dry 

 hillside at Limon near Maracay, Depart- 

 ment of Aragua, February 2, 1935. A 

 small usually crooked tree about 25 feel- 

 high, with leathery compound leaves and 

 terminal panicles of small purplish-blue 

 flowers. Native to dry regions in Vene- 

 zuela and Brazil. 



109917. Centrosema plumieri (Turp.) 

 Benth. Fabaceae. 



No. 3028. Collected February 4, 1935, 

 between El Sombrero and La Democracia 

 in a river bed. A tropical ornamental 

 vine, native to Brazil, with white and red 

 flowers. Of value as a green manure. 



For previous introduction see 106591. 



109918. Centrosema pubescexs Benth. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 3038. Collected between El Som- 

 brero and La Democracia, February 4, 

 1935. 



109919. Centrosema virginiandm (L. ) 

 Benth. Fabaceae. 



No. 2998. January 29, 1935. From a 

 dry hillside at Antimano, near Caracas. 



109920. Cassia reticulata Willd. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. 



No. 3017. Collected February 4, 1935, 

 at El Sombrero. An evergreen shrub 

 about 10 feet high, with racemes of small 

 yellow flowers. Native to tropical Amer- 

 ica. 



109921 and 109922. Cassia biflora L. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



A shrub about 10 feet high, native to 

 tropical America, with compound leaves 

 and small racemes of showy yellow flow- 

 ers. 



109921. No. 2953. Collected January 22, 

 1935, in the lower Catuche Woods, 

 near Caracas, on a dry hillside. 



109922. No. 3008. Collected February 

 3, 1935. between Limon and El Som- 

 brero, Department of Aragua. 



109923. Cayaponia Americana (Lam.) 

 Cogn. Cucurbitaeeae. 



No. 3029. Collected between El Som- 

 brero and La Democracia, February 4, 

 1937. Benenito. A woody vine with 

 large rough, deep-green, five-lobed leaves 

 and small ovoid fruits, less than an inch 

 long that turn red when ripe. 



For previous introduction see 98823. 



109924. Chaetocalyx parviflora Benth. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 2992. Collected January 28, 1935, 

 at Antimano, near Caracas. An evergreen 

 vine with pinnate leaves and small pale- 

 yellow flowers in short axillary racemes. 

 Native to eastern Brazil. 



109925. Chenopodium ambrosioides L. 

 Chenopodiaceae. Wormseed. 



No. 2982. Pasote. From Antimano, 

 near Caracas, January 26, 1935. 



109914 to 109945— Continued. 



109926. Gynaxdropsis pentaphylla (L.) 

 DC. Capparidaceae. 



No. 3026. Collected February 4, 1935, 

 between El Sombrero and La Democracia, 

 in a river bed. An annual up to 15 feet 

 high. 



109927. Centrosema pubescens Benth. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 3027. Collected between El Som- 

 brero and La Democracia, February 4, 

 1935. 



109928. Tephrosia cixerea L. Fabaceae. 



No. 3033. Collected near Los Teques, 

 State of Miranda, February 5, 1935. A 

 shrubby perennial with a thick rootstalk, 

 slender ascending stems 3 to 4 feet long, 

 and purplish flowers in rather dense ra- 

 cemes. Native to the West Indies. 



109929. Bexthamantha caribaea (Jacq.) 

 Kuntze. Fabaceae. 



No. 3010. February 3, 1935. Collected 

 on dry banks between Limon and EI 

 Sombrero. A shrub up to 6 feet high. 



109930. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaeeae. 



Muskmelon. 



No. 3036. February 5, 1935. From La 

 Democracia. Fruit oval, yellow, ribbed, 8 

 inches long and about 5 inches in diam- 

 eter, of unusually good flavor. 



For previous introduction see 109479. 



109931. Cassia biflora L. Caesalpinia- 

 ceae. 



No. 3007. Collected between Limon 

 and El Sombrero, Department of Aragua, 

 February 3, 1935. 



For previous introduction see 109921. 



109932. Desmaxthus virgatus (L.) Willd. 

 Mimosaceae. 



No. 2978. From Miramar, near El 

 Valle, Federal District, January 24, 1935. 

 A slender climbing shrub 5 to 6 feet 

 high, with sensitive bipinnate leaves. 



For previous introduction see 107161. 



109933. Desmanthus depressus Humb. 

 and Bonpl. Mimosaceae. 



No. 3023. Collected February 4, 1925, 

 between El Sombrero and La Democracia, 

 Slate of Guarico. A dwarf, prostrate per- 

 ennial, native to dry sandy places in 

 tropical America. 



109934. Galactia striata (Jacq.) Urban. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 3001. Collected February 2, 1935, 

 at Limon, near Maracay, Department of 

 Aragua, on a dry hillside. A small vine 

 with pink, pea-shaped flowers. 



For previous introduction see 95692. 



109935. Indigofera subulata Vahl. Fa- 

 baceae. 



No. 3034. Collected near Los Teques, 

 State of Miranda, February 5, 1935. A 

 shrubby herb up to 3 feet high, with sal- 

 mon-pink flowers in racemes 5 to 10 inches 

 long. Native to tropical America. 



For previous introduction see 24763. 



