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88197 to 88264— Continued. 



88232. Eupatorium odoratum L. Astera- 



ceae. 



A vigorous shrub with long leaning or 

 reclining stems, triangular, serrate 

 leaves, and flattish corymbs of pale-blue 

 to white flowers. Widely distributed in 

 tropical America. 



88233. Exolobus sp. Asclepiadaceae. 



A half-woody climber, native to Brazil, 

 with hairy heart-shaped leaves and rather 

 showy flowers in axillary racemes, fol- 

 lowed by large egg-shaped, 5- ribbed 

 fruits. 



88234. Fagara coco (Gill.) Kuntze. Ru- 

 taceae. 



An unarmed shrub, native to northern 

 Argentina, with unequally pinnate leaves 

 composed of lanceolate-triangular leaf- 

 lets and panicles of small greenish-white 

 flowers. 



88235. Fagara naranjillo (Griseb.) 

 Engler. Rutaceae. 



Sachet Union. A somewhat spiny tree 

 with pinnate leaves about 5 inches long 

 and whitish flowers in terminal triangu- 

 lar panicles 2 to 5 inches in diameter. 

 Native to northern Argentina and Para- 

 guay. 



88236. Ilex Argentina Lillo. Aquifolia- 

 ceae. Holly. 



A tree up to 35 feet high, common in 

 the foothills of Tucuman, Argentina. It 

 is closely related to mate" (Ilex para^ 



f'uariensis), from which it differs in bav- 

 ng leaves less leathery in texture and 

 in a smaller inflorescence. The ellip- 

 soidal fruits are very dark red or black. 



88237. Heliocarpds americanus L. Tili- 



A shrub or small tree up to 30 feet 

 high with broadly cordate leaves, yel- 

 lowish-white flowers, and bristly fruits. 

 It is native to Mexico. 



88238. Jacaranda acutifolia Humb. and 

 Bonpl. Bignoniaceae. 



A smooth tree with bipinnate leaves 

 made up of six to eight pairs of sharp- 

 pointed entire leaflets, and terminal and 

 axillary panicles of tubular, violet flow- 

 ers. It is native to Peru. 



88239. Jodina rhombifolia Hook, and 

 Am. Santalaceae. 



Queorachillo. A low, bushy, slender 

 tree with 3-pointed spiny leaves. The 

 wood is white and smooth and the bark 

 thick. It is native to Brazil. 



88240. Juglans australis Griseb. Jug- 

 landaceae. "Walnut. 



A large tree with compound leaves 

 made up of 13 to 21 large, ovate, sharp- 

 pointed, serrate, viscid-pubescent leaflets, 

 and small, grooved, ovoid nuts about an- 

 inch in diameter. It is native to Argen- 

 tina. 



88241. Ophryosporus charua (Griseb.) 

 Hieron. Asteraceae. 



A climbing evergreen shrub with small 

 opposite ovate leaves and lax corymbs of 

 white flowers. ■ Native to northern Argen- 

 tina. 



Passiflora maximiliana B o r y. 

 Passifloraceae. 



A tropical perennial climber with mem- 

 branous bilobed leaves, white flowers an 



88197 to 88264— Continued. 



inch across, and ovoid fruits over an 

 inch long. Native to tropical Brazil. 



88243. PrPTADENiA bxcelsa (Griseb.) 

 Lillo. Mimosaceae. 



A tree, sometimes nearly 100 feet high, 

 with 15 to 20 pairs of leaflets in each 

 leaf, and spikes of flowers 2 to 3 inches 

 long. The pods are linear. The rosy 

 wood, which resembles that of Pipta- 

 denia macrocarpa, is tough and straight 

 grained and is used for carpenter work. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 43458. 



88244. Piptadbnia macrocarpa Benth. 

 Mimosaceae. 



An important timber tree native to 

 Brazil, with 15 to 20 pairs of pinnae 

 each with 10 to 25 pairs of pinnules, 

 hardly an inch long. The flowers occur 

 in peduncled heads in the axils of the 

 leaves, sometimes at the ends of the 

 branchlets. The pods are 6 inches long 

 and an inch wide, with thickened mar- 

 gins. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 43459. 



88245. Pithecollobium scalare Griseb. 

 Mimosaceae. 



A handsome subtropical tree, unarmed 

 or sometimes spiny, native to northern 

 Argentina. The small, pinnate leaves are 

 composed of two to four pairs of stiff 

 oblong-linear leaflets half an inch long. 



88246. Prosopis kuntzei Harms. Mimo- 

 saceae. 



A shrub or small tree, up to 45 feet 

 high, native to the mountains of Bolivia. 

 The twigs become stout spines 3 to 8 

 inches long. Most of the year the tree is 

 leafless. The dark-purplish wood is of 

 almost flinty hardness. 



88247. Prosopis sericantha Gill. Mimo- 

 saceae. 



A subtropical shrub, leafless during 

 most of the year, with stout greenish 

 spines 2 to 4 inches long and short, dense, 

 cylindrical spikes of reddish flowers. Na- 

 tive to Santiago del Estero, Argentina. 



88248. Pseddibatia sp. Asclepiadaceae. 



A half-woody, upright, rarely climbing, 

 tropical American member of the milk- 

 week family with oval heart-shaped 

 leaves and small flowers. 



. Pterogtne nitens Tulasne. Cae- 

 salpiniaceae. 



A tall, stout, evergreen tree, up to 100 

 feet high, abundant in parts ot Argen- 

 tina and Brazil. It has paripinnate 

 leaves and usually alternate lanceolate, 

 thin-leathery, somewhat shining leaflets, 

 and small, yellow flowers in short, 

 loosely flowered axillary racemes. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 41308. 



88250. Rapanea laetevirens Mez. Myr- 

 sinaceae. 



A shrub or small tree with entire ob- 

 long, papery leaves nearly 3 inches long, 

 and small, whitish flowers in dense axil- 

 lary clusters. Native to Tucuman, Ar- 

 gentina. 



88251. Rapanea sp. Myrsinaceae. 

 Subtropical trees or shrubs with alter- 

 nate usually entire leaves and small, 



