﻿Inventory 45, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate III. 



The Chachacoma of Peru (Escallonia resinosa (R. and P.) Persoon), S. P. I. 



No. 41326. 



A handsome tree, producing clusters of white flowers for a long period during the winter months. 

 It thrives in the high valleys of Peru at altitudes of 9,000 to 11,000 feet. Here it attains a height 

 of 40 to 50 feet and a diameter of 2 to 4 feet. In the lower valleys, where the climate is dry, this 

 tree grows intermingled with cacti and other desert vegetation, but it seldom attains there a 

 height of over 15 feet. It has not heretofore been grown in the United States. (Photographed, 

 natural size, by the Yale University-National Geographic Society Expedition, July, 1915; 

 P17890CA.) 



