8 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 135 



128437 to 128439— Continued 



128438. Calyptrogyne sarapiquensis H. Wendl. Plioenicaceae. Palm. 



Cola de Gallo. From Cairo, April 8, 1938. A Costa Rican pinnate-leaved 

 palm, nearly stemless or with a short thick stem and numerous leaves 4 to 

 6 feet long. The young leaves are pinkish green and very handsome. 



For previous introduction see 123384. 



128439. Theobroma purpureum Pittier. Sterculiaceae. Wild cacao. 



Cacao de Montana. From Cairo, April 7, 1938. A large shrub or small tree 

 with digitate, long-petioled leaves of usually 5 obovate-oblong leaflets 12 to 

 20 inches long and clusters of 5 to 8 small purple flowers borne on the trunk. 

 The pod, about 3 inches long, has a white edible pulp and contains numerous 

 seeds. Native to Central America. 



128440 to 128451. 



From Chile, Argentina, and Peru. Seeds collected by H. L. Blood, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Logan, Utah, in cooperation with the Division of Fruit 

 and Vegetable Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States 

 Department of Agriculture. Received April 6, 1938. 



128440. Embothrium coccineum Forst. Proteaceae. Notro. 



No. 405. From Temuco, Chile, March 9, 1938. A handsome evergreen 

 shrub or tree which, under favorable conditions, becomes 40 feet high. The 

 thick ovate-lanceolate leaves are dark glossy green, 3 to 4 inches long, and the 

 brilliant scarlet tubular flowers, about 1 inch long, are in short dense axillary 

 and terminal clusters. Native to Chile. 



For previous introduction see 124875. 



128441 and 128442. Gevuina avellana Molina. Proteaceae Chilean nut. 



An evergreen Chilean tree up to 40 feet high, with dark -green pinnate leaves, 

 white flowers in axillary racemes, and edible red fruits. 



For previous introduction see 76484. 



128441. No. 373-A. From El Vergel, Angol, Chile, March 12, 1938. 



128442. No. 406. From Temuco, Chile, March 9, 1938. 



128443. Juglans sieboldiana Maxim. Juglandaceae. Japanese walnut. 



No. 399. From El Vergel, Angol, Chile, March 7, 1938. A walnut, native to 

 Japan, which becomes a roundheaded tree up to 60 feet high, with 9 to 17 

 ovate serrulate leaflets and ovoid, thick-shelled nuts. 



For previous introduction see 75445. 



128444. Lupinus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 213. From the hills above Abancay, Peru, at 10,500 feet altitude, Janu- 

 ary 15, 1938. May have value as an ornamental. 



128445 to 128449. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



128445. No. 388. From Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 26, 1938. Fruits 

 small, both cherry- and plum-shaped. 



128446. No. 391. From Santiago, Chile, March 6, 1938. Fruit elongated with 

 firm, very sweet flesh. 



128447. No. 400. From Temuco, Chile, March 3, 1938, but grown at Talca. 

 A small smooth red fruit ; grown in this region a long time. 



128448. No. 401. From Temuco, Chile, March 8, 1938, but grown at Talca. 

 Fruit small, very smooth, light in color. 



128449. No. 402. From Temuco, Chile, March 8, 1938, but grown at Chillon. 

 Fruit medium size, very deep red, free from disease. 



128450. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 389. From a dry canyon northwest of Mendoza, Argentina, March 2, 

 1938, at 2,000 feet altitude. Fruit green. 



