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PLANT MATERIAL. INTRODUCED 



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88214. Caesalpinia mblanocarpa Griseb. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



GHiayacan. A handsome and useful 

 tropical timber tree with hard, dark-red 

 wood which in many respects resembles 

 teak. It is of wide-spreading habit, with 

 attractive, doubly compound leaves and 

 clusters of small, yellow flowers. Native 

 to Argentina. 



88215. Cassia excelsa Schrad. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



A shrub or small tree 20 to 30 feet 

 high, with compound leaves composed of 

 10 to 20 pairs of oblong-elliptic leaflets 

 about an inch long. The yellow flowers 

 are in large axillary racemes. Native to 

 western and northern Brazil. 



88216. Castela coccinea Griseb. Sima- 

 roubaceae. 



A rigid shrub 6 feet or more in height, 

 with stout spines half an inch long, 

 leathery oblong leaves less than an inch 

 long, and small, red flowers. Native to 

 northern Argentina. 



88217. Cedrela lilloi C. DC Meliaceae. 



A tree up to a hundred feet high, with 

 alternate, stiff, pinnate leaves a foot long 

 composed of eight pairs of oblong-ovate 

 leaflets about 4 inches long, and small, 

 whitish flowers in panicles over a foot in 

 length. Native to Tucuman, Argentina. 



88218. Celtis triflora Ruiz. Ulmaceae. 



A Peruvian tree with solitary recurved 

 spines, rigid broadly oblong leaves 3 to 5 

 inches long, small, greenish flowers, and 

 brown, ovoid fruits nearly half an inch 

 long. 



88219. Chamissoa altissima (Jacq.) H. 

 B. K. Aniaranthaceae. 



A shrub with reclining* stems 4 to 6 

 feet long, ovate to lanceolate leaves 3 to 

 8 inches long, and large panicles of green- 

 ish flowers. It is native to tropical 

 America. 



88220. Chorisia iNsrGNis H. B. K. Bom- 

 bacaceae. 



The polo borracho of Argentina is a 

 large tree with a bottle-shaped trunk 

 sometimes 6 feet in diameter and spiny 

 when young. The large, yellowish-white 

 flowers are followed by dark-brown pods. 

 This is one of the silk-cotton trees and 

 is sometimes used as an avenue tree in 

 Argentina. 



88221. Chorisia speciosa St. Hil. Bom- 

 bacaceae. Floss-silk-tree. 



A handsome tree 20 feet high, abun- 

 dant in Argentina and in the river Prov- 

 inces of Paraguay. The boll is nearly 5 

 inches in diameter and 6 inches long. 

 The yellow fiber, called Samahu or 

 Samuy, and similar to the best Javan 

 kapok, is used to a limited extent for 

 stunlng pillows and can be used com- 

 mercially for life preservers, jackets, 

 water wings, mattresses, etc. The tree 

 has resisted 3° C. without injury to its 

 flowers, although the bolls require hot 

 sun. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 54551. 



. Cleome gigantba L. Capparida- 

 ceae. Spiderflower. 



A shrubby plant 3 to 5 feet high with 

 palmately compound leaves made up of 



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seven oblanceolate leaflets, and greenish 

 flowers having linear petals 2 inches long 

 which adhere by their margins and open 

 only on one side. It is native to tropi- 

 cal America. 



88223. Cnicothamnus lorentzii Griesb. 

 Asteraceae. 



A handsome shrub about 20 feet high 

 with thick branches, oval leaves about 5 

 inches long, and purple flowers in large 

 solitary heads. Native to Tucuman, Ar- 

 gentina. 



88224. Condalia buxifolia Reiss. Rham- 

 naceae. 



A much-branched, tropical, evergreen 

 shrub armed with numerous thorns over 

 2 inches long. The rather few obovate 

 leathery leaves are about an inch long. 

 The small, greenish flowers are succeeded 

 by ellipsoidal drupes less than an inch 

 in length. Native to Brazil. 



88225. Cupania vernalis St. Hil. Sapin- 

 daceae. 



A large tropical timber tree with alter- 

 nate pinnate leaves and racemose clusters 

 of small, greenish-white flowers. It is 

 native to southern Brazil. 



Dinoseris salicifolia Griseb. 

 Asteraceae. 



A subtropical shrub with thick tortu- 

 ous branches, lanceolate leaves about 3 

 inches long, and pale-yellow flowers in 

 large dense heads. Native to Tucuman, 

 Argentina. 



88227. Dodonaea viscosA (L.) Jacq. 

 Sapindaceae. Hopbusb... 



A shrub up to 15 feet high with linear 

 to oblanceolate viscid leaves 2 to 6 

 inches long and small, lateral corymbs of 

 yellowish flowers. It is cosmopolitan in 

 the Tropics, and in Australia the fruits 

 are used in making yeast. The hard, 

 brown, close-grained wood is used in 

 India for engraving, turning, tool han- 

 dles, and walking sticks. 



J. DOLICHANDRA CYNANCHOIDES 



Cham. Bignoniaceae. 



A climbing shrub with slender branches, 

 opposite leaves made up of two ovate 

 leaflets and a 3-parted tendril at the end, 

 and small clusters of tubular, red flowers 

 2 to 3 inches long. It is native to south- 

 ern Brazil and Argentina. 



88229. DuRANTA lorentzii Griseb. Ver- 

 benaceae. ' 



A shrub 10 to 15 feet high with small 

 coriaceous elliptic leaves serrate toward 

 the apex, and terminal clusters of pale- 

 lilac, tubular flowers. It, is native to 

 Argentina. 



88230. Bnterolobium timbouva Mart. 

 Mimosaceae. Timbo. 



A large tree with bipinnate leaves made 

 up of 2 to 5 pinnae each bearing 10 to 20 

 pairs of falcate-oblong leaflets, and large 

 heads of greenish flowers followed by cori- 

 aceous kidney-shaped pods. It is native 

 to Brazil. 



88231. EUPATORIUM HIEMALE LillO. As- 



teraceae. 



A shrub or small tree up to 12 feet 

 high, closely related to E. lasiophthah 

 mum. The reddish-violet flower heads 

 are long stemmed, and the leaves are 

 broadly rounded-ovate. 



