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110883 to 110975— Continued. 



110900. Brassica OLERACEA botrytis 

 L. Cauliflower. 



No. 3167. Goliflor. 



110901. Brassica sp. 



No. 3128. Mostaza. From the mar- 

 ket at Barquisimento, Venezuela, 

 March 2, 1935. A mustard cultivated 

 for birdseed. 



110902 and 110903. Buddleia Americana 

 L. Loganiaceae. 



A shrub or small tree with fragrant 

 small yellow flowers in panicled spikes. 

 Native to tropical America. 



110902. No. 3071. Collected on the 

 road between Caracas and Cabo 

 Blanco, Federal District, Venezuela, 

 February 16, 1935. 



110903. No. 3189. Salvia, Santa Maria. 

 Collected near Capacho, Tachira, 

 Venezuela, March 13, 1935. 



110904. Cajanus indicus Spreng. Faba- 

 ceae. Pigeonpea. 



No. 3187. QuincJiocho. From near 

 Capacho, Tachira, Venezuela, March 12, 

 1935. A shrub 6 to 10 feet high with 

 yellow flowers. It is cultivated and used 

 as a food. 



110905. Calotropis procera Ait. Ascle- 

 piadaceae. 



No. 3067. Collected on the road be- 

 tween Caracas and Cabo Blanco, Federal 

 District, Venezuela, February 15, 1935. 

 The giant milkweed, which becomes a 

 shrub 6 to 15 feet high. The stems fur- 

 nish a fine fiber, and the floss from the 

 fruits is used for stuffing mattresses. 

 Introduced from India, the plant has now 

 become naturalized in Venezuela. 



For previous introduction see 73507. 



110906. Canavalia macropleura Piper. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 3041. From near Sabana Grande, 

 Federal District, Venezuela, February 12, 

 1935. A woody vine native to Venezu- 

 ela. 



110907. Capsicum sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 3136. From Barquisimento. Vene- 

 zuela, March 3, 1935. A cultivated orna- 

 mental. 



110908. Cardiospermum grandiflorum 

 Sw. Sapindaceae. 



No. 3115. Farolita de la virgen. Col- 

 lected between Valencia and Guataporo, 

 Venezuela, February 26, 1935. A woody 

 vine up to 25 feet long, with biternate 

 leaves about 8 inches long and white 

 flowers in axillary corymbs. Native to 

 Jamaica. 



110909. TjRVILLEA ULMACEA H. B. K. 



Sapindaceae. 



No. 3186. From near Capacho, Ta- 

 chira, Venezuela, March 12, 1935. A 

 large climbing shrub with tendrils, tri- 

 foliolate leaves, and axillary racemes of 

 small whitish flowers. Native to Venezu- 

 ela. 



110910 and 110911. Carica papaya L. Pa- 

 payaceae. Papaya. 



From the market at Barquisimento, 

 Venezuela, March 2, 1935. 



110883 to 110975— Continued. 



110910. No. 3132. Lechosa. A culti- 

 vated fruit 13 by 3 inches, with pale 

 cream-colored flesh. 



110911. No. 3131. Lechosa. A culti- 

 vated fruit 8 by 4 inches, five-ribbed, 

 with orange-colored flesh. 



110912. Cassia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 3194. Brusca negra. From near 

 Capacho, Tachira, Venezuela, March 12, 

 1935. 



110913. Phytolacca icosandra L. Phyto- 

 laccaceae. 



No. 3173. Tabonera. From Casa de 

 Hierro, Chachopo, Merida, Venezuela, 

 March 7, 1935. An erect ornamental per- 

 ennial, somewhat succulent, 3 to 10 feet 

 high, with elliptic-ovate leaves 3 to 12 

 inches long, greenish flowers, and racemes 

 of black berries. Native to tropical 

 America. 



110914. Cleome aculeata L. Capparidar- 

 ceae. 



No. 3206. From near San Cristobal, 

 Tachira, Venezuela, March 13, 1935. An 

 annual up to 3 feet high, with digitately 

 three-foliolate leaves and small solitary 

 white flowers. Native to tropical America. 



For previous introduction see 107762. 



110915. Clitoria dendrina Pittier. Faba- 

 ceae. 



No. 3092. Along the highway between 

 Valencia and El Cambul, Carabobo, Vene- 

 zuela, February 23, 1935. A shrubby tree 

 about 15 feet high, with small dark-purple 

 flowers in dense terminal clusters which 

 appear before the trifoliolate leaves. Na- 

 tive to Venezuela. 



110916. Tephrosia cinerea (L.) Pers. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 3212. From a dry river bed near 

 San Cristobal, Tachira, Venezuela, March 

 13, 1935. A shrubby perennial with a 

 thick rootstalk, slender ascending stems 3 

 to 4 feet long, and small purplish flowers 

 in rather dense showy racemes. Native 

 to the West Indies. 



For previous introduction see 109928. 



110917. Benthamantha caribaea (Jacq.) 

 Kuntze. Fabaceae. 



No. 3154. Near El Cobre, Tachira, 

 Venezuela, along the roadside, March 8, 

 1935. A shrub up to 6 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 109929. 



110918. Tephrosia toxicaria (Sw.) Pers. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 3200. Barbasco de raiz. San Cris- 

 tobal, Tachira, Venezuela, March 13, 1935. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 110309. 



110919 to 110921. Croton spp. Euphorbi- 

 aceae. 



110919. Croton pdngens Jacq. 



No. 3223. Collected between Cucuta 

 and Pamplona, Colombia, March 20, 

 1935. A small shrub about 6 feet high, 

 native to Brazil, with small cream- 

 colored flowers. 



