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110883 to 110975— Continued. 



A stout perennial lupine over 2 feet 

 high, with lanceolate leaflets and ra- 

 cemes of showy purple flowers, the 

 standards pink tipped and with a yel- 

 low margin. Native to Peru. 



110943. No. 3155. Chocho, Quincho- 

 cho. From Sabana Grande, Vene- 

 zuela, March 8, 1935. 



110944. No. 3196. Tuna. From San 

 Cristobal. Tachira, Venezuela, 

 March 13, 1935. 



110945 and 110946. Lycopersicon Escu- 

 lentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



110945. No. 3159. From Sabana 

 Grande, Merida, Venezuela, March 8, 

 1935. Escaped from cultivation ; 

 fruit up to 1 inch in diameter. 



110946. No. 3215. Ovita. From the 

 Cucuta market, Colombia, March 19, 

 1935. A small, red, five-ribbed to- 

 mato with scanty seeds, dry pulp, 

 and tough skin. Said to be a local 

 variety. 



110947. Nicotiana tabacum L. Solana- 

 ceae. Tobacco. 



No. 3162. A cultivated tobacco pur- 

 chased at the Casa de Hierro, Chachopo, 

 Merida, Venezuela, March 7, 1935. Lo- 

 cally grown seed. 



110948. Oenothera tetraptera Cav. 

 Onagraceae. 



No. 3242. From the highway between 

 Pamplona and Malaga, Colombia, March 

 24, 1935. A perennial about a foot high, 

 with alternate subpinnate leaves and 

 large, solitary flowers, white, becoming 

 rose with age. Native to Mexico. 



110949. Orthrosanthus chimboracensis 

 (H. B. K.) Baker. Iridaceae. 



No. 3151. Paramo near Bailadores, 

 Tachira, Venezuela, March 8, 1935. An 

 irislike plant, native to the Andes, where 

 it grows at the frost line, 12,500 feet or 

 more altitude. It has a stout woody rhi- 

 zome, grasslike leaves a foot or more 

 long, and small blue flowers, opening in 

 succession along a lax narrow panicle. 



110950 and 110951. Passiflora spp. Pas- 

 sifloraceae. 



From the market at San Cristobal, 



Venezuela, March 9, 1935. A cultivated 



vine. The fruits are used in making a 

 refreshing drink. 



110950. Passiflora sp. 

 No. 3176. Parchita. 



110951. Passiflora sp. 



No. 3175. Curuba. A pale cream- 

 colored, faintly scented fruit, 3 inches 

 long and 2 inches in diameter, with 

 seeds enclosed in orange-colored pulp 

 which smells and tastes something like 

 grapefruit. 



110952. Paullinia eriantha Benth. 

 Sapindaceae. 



No. 3183. Collected near Capacho, 

 Tachira, Venezuela, March 12, 1935. A 

 woody vine, native to Colombia and Peru. 



110953. Physalis sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 3237. Collected along the highway 

 between Pamplona and Malaga, Colombia, 

 March 24, 1935. An herb 1 foot high; 

 the flowers are cream-colored with a 

 brown star-shaped marking at the base of 

 the corolla. 



110883 to 110975— Continued. 



110954 to 110956. Piper spp. Piperaceae. 



Pepper. 



110954. Piper tuberculatum Jacq. 



No. 3118-A. Between Valencia and 

 Guataporo, Carabobo, Venezuela, Feb- 

 ruary 28, 1935. A slender shrub 10 

 feet high. 



110955 and 110956. From San Cristobal, 

 Tachira, Venezuela, March 13, 1935. 



110955. Piper sp. 



No. 3209. Cordoncillo. 



110956. Piper sp. 



No. 3211. 



110957 and 110958. Samanea saman (Jacq.) 

 Merr. Mimosaceae. 



The raintree of the West Indies. A 

 large spreading tree up to 60 feet high, 

 native to Central America, but widely 

 distributed throughout the Tropics as an 

 ornamental shade tree. 



For previous introduction see 99004. 



110957. No. 3122. Saman. Collected 

 between Valencia and Guataporo, 

 Carabobo, Venezuela, February 26, 

 1935. 



110958. No. 3208. Saman. Collected at 

 San Cristobal, Tachira, Venezuela, 

 March 13, 1935. 



110959. Polygonum punctatum Ell. Poly- 

 gonaceae. Fleeceflower. 



No. 3198. From near San Cristobal, 

 Tachira, Venezuela, March 13. 1935. found 

 growing in a ditch. A slender shrub 2 

 to 3 feet high with white flowers. 



For previous introduction see 106580. 



110960. Psidiopsis moritzianum Berg. 

 Myrtaceae. 



No. 3150. Siete euros. From Sabana 

 Aura, Tachira, Venezuela, March 8. 1935. 

 An ornamental evergreen shrub about 6 

 feet high, with small sweet aromatic 

 guavalike fruits. 



110961. Ruprechtia sp. Polygonaceae. 



No. 3191. From near Capacho, Tachira, 

 Venezuela, March 12, 1935. A tree about 

 15 feet high. 



110962 to 110965. Seejania spp. Sapinda- 

 ceae. 



110962. SeRjania rhombea Radlk. 



No. 3184. Near Capacho, Tachira, 

 Venezuela, March 12, 1985. A climbing 

 shrub, native to Venezuela. 



110963 and 110964. Serjania glabrata 

 H. B. K. 



A climbing shrub with alternate bi- 

 ternate leaves. Native to the temper- 

 ate regions of Peru. 



For previous introduction see 109871. 



110963. No. 3177. Near Capacho, 

 Tachira, Venezuela, March 12, 

 1935. 



110964. No. 3116. Collected between 

 Valencia and Guataporo, Carabobo, 

 Venezuela, February 26, 1935. A 

 vine 30 feet high. 



110965. Serjania sp. 



No. 3178. From near Capacho, Ta- 

 chira, Venezuela, March 12, 1935. 



