﻿40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



44187. Diospyeos ebenaster Retz. Diospyracese. Black sapote. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder. Received 

 February 26, 1917. 



See S. P. I. No. 44130 for description. 



44188 to 44192. 



From Santa Cruz, Argentina. Presented by Mrs. Helen E. Reynard, Hill- 

 side, Newark, England, througb Mi-. G. M. Hitch, American consul. Not- 

 tingham, England. Received February 19, 1917. 



44188. Ckotalaeia sp. Fabacese. 



" Seeds of a close-growing plant with pea-shaped flowers, brownish 

 yellow in color, sweet smelling." (Reynard, i 



44189. Oenothera odorata Jacq. Onagraceae. Evening primrose. 

 A suffrutescent Chilean plant with attractive yellow flowers which 



turn purplish before falling. 



44190. Vicia sp. Fabacea*. Vetch. 

 " Seeds of a mauve-blue vetch." (Reynard.) 



44191. Astee sp. Asteraeese. 



" Gentian-blue prickly flowers ; close-growing plants in clumps on stony 

 soil." (Reynard.) 



44192. Podocoma sp. Asteraeerc. 



"A bush with yellow flowers." (Reynard.) 



44193. Chayota edulis Jacq. Cucurbitacese. Chayote. 



(Sechium edirfc Swartz.) 

 From St. Lucia, British West Indies. Presented by the Agricultural Super- 

 intendent at the request of Hon. Francis Watts, Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture for the West Indies. Received February 27, 1917. 

 " Christophine ; green variety. The green and white varieties appear to be 

 the only ones known in these islands." ^Yatts.) 



44194. Inodes extjl O. F. Cook. Phoenicacese. Palmetto. 



From Victoria, Tex. Presented by Mr. J. R. Fleming. Received February 

 17, 1917. 

 A large palmetto, cultivated in Texas, with deep-green foliage, solitary fruits, 

 and large seeds not wrinkled above. (Adapted from 0. F. Cook, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry Circular 113, pp. 11-14.) 



See also S. P. I. No. 35116 for further description. 



44195. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. Papaya. 

 From Fort Myers, Fla. Presented by Mr. Hans Zeman. Received February 



27, 1917. 

 " Seeds from a 10-pound fruit." (Zeman.) 



44196. Chayota edulis Jacq. Cucurbitacese.' Chayote. 

 (Sechium edule Swartz.) 



From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by the director, Horticultural Division, 

 Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch. Received February 28, 1917. 



