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89986 to 89990 — Continued. 



flower heads over 2 inches across 

 with yellow ray and purple disk 

 flowers, borne on long slender stalks. 

 It prefers damp situations and 

 blossoms in August in California, 

 where it is native. 



89990. Variety Aurantiacum. A new 

 variety about 3 feet high with gold- 

 en yellow flowers which appear in 

 the early spring. 



89991 to 89994. Aloe spp. Liliaceae. 



From Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa. 

 Seeds presented by George Thorncroft. 

 Received November 17, 1930. 



89991. Aloe barbertoniae Pole Evans. 



A stemless herbaceous succulent with 

 a rosette of lanceolate spiny margined 

 leaves blotched with white above and 

 greenish white and unspotted below. 

 The flower stalks, often two from the 

 same rosette, are 3 to 4 feet high, and 

 bear loosely flowered racemes of jasper- 

 red tubular flowers. It is native to 

 South Africa. 



89992. Aloe globuligemma Pole Evans. 



A stemless herbaceous succulent with 

 a rosette of erect-spreading sword-shaped 

 leaves 1 to 2 feet long, having cartilagi- 

 nous, wavy-toothed margins. The flower 

 stalk, 3 to 4 feet high, carries a dense 

 raceme 1 foot long of tubular flowers 

 which are globular and red in the bud, 

 becoming elongated and sulphur yellow 

 tinged with red at the base. It is native 

 to South Africa. 



89993. Aloe petricola Pole Evans. 



A stemless herbaceous succulent with a 

 rosette of lanceolate spiny margined 

 leaves, and a branched flower stalk 2 to 

 3 feet high, bearing a dense cylindrical 

 raceme of tubular flowers which are 

 nopal red in bud and become yellow to 

 orange buff. It is native to South 

 Africa. 



89994. Aloe thorncroftii Pole Evans. 



A short-stemmed herbaceous succulent 

 with a rosette of lanceolate dark-green 

 leaves having a narrow sinuous purple 

 toothed margin. The flower stalks are 3 

 to 5 feet high and bear loose racemes of 

 large rose-colored, tubular flowers. It is 

 native to South Africa. 



89995. Jtjbaea chilensis (Molina) 

 Baill. (J. spectabilis H. B. K.). 

 Phoenicaceae. Sirup palm. 



From Santiago, Chile. Seeds presented by 

 Salvador Izquerido. Received November 

 18, 1930. 



A Chilean palm, 40 feet high, which 

 thrives on very dry soil. The pinnate 

 leaves are 6 to 12 feet long, and the co- 

 conutlike fruits are 2 inches in diameter. 

 It is an ornamental palm, but a slow 

 grower. 



For previous introduction see 77154. 

 89996 to 90008. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected bv Dr. 

 Donald Reddick. Cornell University, in 

 collaboration with Paul Russell and Max 

 Souviron, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received November 18, 1930. 



89996 to 90008 — Continued. 



89996. Cosmos diversifolids Otto. As- 

 teraceae. Black cosmos. 



From north of Cuernavaca, Morelos, 

 October 7, 1930. A cosmos 2 or 3 feet 

 high with dark velvety red flowers. 



89997 to 90008. Solandm spp. Solana- 

 ceae. 



89997. Solanum sp. 



No. 11. For introduction of tubers 

 and description, see 89537. 



Nos. 89998 to 90007 were collected 

 at Rio Frio, Puebla, at 9,000 feet alti- 

 tude, October 8, 1930. 



89998. Solanum sp. 



No. 29. Papa silvestre. For intro- 

 duction of tubers and description, see 

 89531. 



89999. Solanum sp. 



No. 30. For introduction of tubers 

 and description, see 89538. 



90000. Solanum sp. 



No. 31. Papa. For introduction of 

 tubers and description, see 89539. 



90001. Solanum sp. 



No. 38. For introduction of tubers 

 and description, see 89540. 



90002. Solanum sp. 



No. 40. For introduction of tubers 

 and description, see 89533. 



90003. Solanum sp. 



No. 41. For introduction of tubers 

 and description, see 89541. 



90004. Solanum sp. 



No. 42. For introduction of tubers 

 and description, see 89542. 



90005. Solanum sp. 



No. 43. A plant with a smooth ob- 

 conic seed ball which has a few rather 

 obscure white flecks on the surface; 

 found growing along a ditch bank in 

 rich soil in an open field. 



90006. Solanum sp. 



No. 44. For introduction of tubers 

 and description see 89535. 



90007. Solanum sp. 



No. 50. A plant with smooth green 

 obconic fruits, found growing along 

 a ditch in an open field. 



90008. Solanum sp. 



No. 218. A cultivated woody vine 

 found in Dr. C. Conzatti's garden, 

 Oaxaca, September 25, 1930. 



90009. Asparagus eacemosus Willd. 

 Convallariaceae. 



From Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa. 

 Seeds presented by George Thorncroft. 

 Received November 19, 1930. 



A succulent climbing plant found among 

 trees on poor- stony soil at 1,000 feet alti- 

 tude, where the summers are very hot and 

 there is no rain for the four winter months. 

 Its masses of snow-white flowers make it 

 a fine ornamental. 



For previous introduction see 76896. 



