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126967 to 126973. Gossypium spp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by Victor Marie, Superintendent, Estacion Experi- 

 mental Agricola de La Molina, Lima. Received January 11, 1938. 



126967 to 126971. Gossypium. 



126967. Semi-aspero Montaria 326-36 Zarula. 



126968. Semi-aspero Piura L. M. D. 57-35. 



126969. Pardo Piura L. M. 98-35. 



126970. Pardo Piura L. M. 9-35. 



126971. Pais Piura L. M. Ill, 4-8-35. 



126972. Gossypium brasiliense Macfad. 

 Rinon. (Kidney cotton.) L. U. Montana. 

 For previous introduction see 67521. 



126973. Gossypium eaimondii Ulbrich. 



From Chilete, Peru. A shrub or small tree, native to Peru. 

 126974. Cakioa pentagona Heilborn. Papayaceae. 



From Ecuador. Cuttings presented by Dr. Luis A. Gattoni, Gobierno del Ecua- 

 dor, Quito. Received February 1, 1938. 



Baoaco. This is the most remarkable and valuable of the several interesting 

 species of Carica cultivated in Ecuador, because of its large, very acid fruits, from 

 which an excellent sauce is made, the relatively low temperatures which the 

 plant can stand, and because of its habit of producing seedless fruits. 



The plant is seen only under cultivation, where it is a small tree about 3 m. 

 high ; the leaves are glabrous, like those of Carica chrysopetala, but with fewer 

 and broader lobes. The fruits are about 30 cm. long and 7 cm. to 12 cm. in di- 

 ameter, truncate at the base and sharply acute at the apex. The flesh is about 

 1 cm. thick, white, distinctly fragrant, and very acid. It is eaten only after it 

 is cooked. The large cavity in the center contains a quantity of white cottony 

 substance and occasionally a few seeds. The plant is propagated by cuttings. 



For previous introduction see 119268. 



126975 to 126977. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by T. MacDougall, San Miguel, Chimalapa f 

 Oaxaca. Received February 2, 1938. 



126975. Chamaedorea sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 

 A palm with branched inflorescences. 



126976. Chamaedorea sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 

 A palm with simple inflorescences. 



126977. Zamia sp. Cycadaceae. 



126978. Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) Wendl. andDrude. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Needle palm. 



From Georgia. Seeds collected by David Bisset, United States Plant Introduc- 

 tion Garden, Savannah. Received February 2, 1938. 



An attractive dwarf fan palm, native to the lowlands of South Carolina, 

 Georgia, and Florida, but very local in its distribution. It is now quite rare and 

 appears to be approaching extinction as a wild plant. The 2- to 3-foot stems are 

 erect or creeping, with palmate leaves, dark shiny green above and silvery gray 

 beneath, which reach a height of 3 to 4 feet. Slender sharp black spines up to 

 a foot long project from the trunk in every direction. The staminate and pistil- 

 late flowers are borne on separate plants. 



For previous introduction see 94206. 



