PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



92341 to 92373— Continued. 



1931. A small tree about 15 feet high 

 with red flowers. 



92350. Ficus sp. Moraceae. Fig, 



No. 39. From the market at Tuxtla 

 Gutierrez. February 17, 1931. A small 

 wild edible fig. 



92351. Fuchsia splendexs Zucc. Ona- 

 graceae. 



No. 83. Collected on the road be- 

 tween San Cristobal and Tenejapa, Feb- 

 ruary 28, 1931, at 3,500 feet altitude. 

 A much-branched ornamental shrub about 

 5 feet high. The single drooping flowers, 

 over an inch long, are scarlet with green- 

 ish yellow tips and greenish petals. The 

 tube is over twice the length of the calyx 

 lobes ; the pointed petals half as long as 

 the tube ; the stamens are much exserted, 

 and the anthers are yellow. 



92352. Gaultheria nitida Benth. Erica- 

 ceae. 



No. 87. An evergreen shrub or small 

 tree with oblong-ovate leaves 1 to 4 

 inches long and racemes 2 to 4 inches 

 long of small pink flowers. It is native 

 to Mexico. 



92353. Gyrocarpus americanus Jacq. 

 Hernandiaceae. 



No. 105. Collected in dry scrub about 

 Chiapas, March 4, 1931. A tree up to 60 

 feet high with thick branches, alternate, 

 long-petioled, palmately lobed leaves, 

 and broad cymes of small flowers said 

 to be white, followed by ribbed fruits 1 

 inch long with two obovate wings 3 

 inches long. It is native to Mexico and 

 throughout the Tropics. 



92354. Jacquinia pungexs A. Gray. 

 Theophrastaceae. 



No. 36. Collected -in the mountains 

 near Tuxtla Gutierrez,* February 18, 

 1931, at 3,000 feet altitude. A small 

 ornamental evergreen tree or shrub 8 to 

 10 feet high with sharp-pointed shining 

 leaves. The small fragrant orangelike 

 fruits are bright yellow and over 1 inch 

 in diameter, and, when macerated, are 

 thrown into the water to poison fish. 



92355. Leucopremna mexicana (A. DC.) 

 ■ Standi. (Jacaratia mexicana A. DC). 



Papayaceae. 



No. 67. Boneta or papaya silvestre. 

 A wild papaya collected near the Chiapas 

 River at Acala. February 22. 1931, at 

 1,200 feet altitude. A tree with a 

 smooth tapering trunk and many slender 

 branches. The leaves are palmately 

 seven parted, and the fruits, about 6 

 inches long, are five winged, each wing 

 terminating in an incurved spur at the 

 base. The sweetish edible fruits are pre- 

 served with sugar. It is native to Mex- 

 ico and other parts of tropical America. 



92356. Ltcopersicon esculentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 



No. 80. Variety oerasi forme. From 

 the market at San Cristobal. February 

 27, 1931. A small tomato about one- 

 fourth inch in diameter. 



92357 to 92363. Phaseolus spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Bean. 



92357. Phaseolus coccineus L. 



Scarlet runner. 



Phaseolus luxatus L. 



Lima bean. 



92341 to 92373— Continued. 



92359 to 92363. Phaseolus vulgaris 

 L. Common bean, 



92359. Bollito. 



92360. Negro. 



92361. Orotello. 



92362. Pinto. 



92363. Rosa. 



92364. Pinus oocarpa Scheldt 

 ceae. 



Pina- 

 Pine. 



No. 60. Collected between Acala and 

 San Cristobal. February 24, 1931. at 

 6.000 feet altitude. A white pine up to 

 60 feet high, with a round, compact 

 head and stout branches and bright-green 

 leaves, usually in fives, 7 to 11 inches 

 long. The cones, 2 to 4 inches long, 

 are persistent, pendent or spreading, and 

 are ocher yellow, often tinged with gray 

 or green. Native to western and central 

 Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 81428. 



92365. PlTHECOCTENIUM ECHINATUM 



(Jacq.) Schum. Bignoniaceae. 



Mexican monkeycomb. 



No. 106. Canoita. Collected near Chi- 

 apas, March 4, 1931. A small tree about 

 10 feet high with red flowers, found 

 growing in dry scrub. 



92366. PlTHECOLLOBIUM DULCE (Roxb. ) 



Benth. Mimosaceae. Gaumachil. 



From the market at Coyoacan, Mexico, 

 D. F., and presented by Mrs. Zelia Nut- 

 tall, March 4, 1931. A large, stately tree 

 with pinnate leaves composed of obovate 

 or oblong leaflets 1 inch long ; the white 

 flowers, finely pubescent, are followed by 

 twisted pods 5 or- 6 inches long and 

 over 1 inch wide. It is widely cultivated 

 in the Tropics as an ornamental. The 

 pulpy aril of the seed is eaten by the 

 poorer classes as a food. The bark yields 

 a yellow dye. 



92367. Rhus schiedeaxa Schlecht. 

 Anacardiaceae. Sumac. 



No. 61. Collected at La Laguna. be- 

 tween Acala and San Cristobal, Chiapas, 

 February 24. 1931, at 6,000 feet altitude. 

 A shrub 10 feet high, much like the 

 mountain-ash, found growing among oak 

 and pine. 



RUBUS ADENOTRICHOS Schlecht. 



Rosaceae. 



No. 72. Collected above San Andres, 

 northwest of San Cristobal, Chiapas, Feb- 

 ruary 26. 1931, at 2,000 feet altitude. 

 A bush about 5 feet tall with pink 

 flowers and black berries. 



92369. Solaxum amazoxium Ker, Sol- 

 anaceae. 



No. 27. Collected near Navojoa, So- 

 nora, January 18, 1931, at 150 feet alti- 

 tude. A stellate-pubescent shrub 3 feet 

 high, armed with slender prickles, ovate 

 to oblong, sinuate-lobate leaves densely 

 stellate-tomentose beneath ; clusters of 

 blue or violet flowers 1 to 2 inches 

 across, and prickly fruits about half an 

 inch in diameter. It is native to Mexico. 



Nos. 92370 to 92372 were collected in the 

 mountains near Tuxtla Gutierrez. Chia- 

 pas, February 18. 1931. at 3.000 feet 

 altitude. 



