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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



62022 to 62025— Continued. 



62023. Erica arborea alpina Dieck. 

 Ericaceae. Heath. 

 An evergreen bushy heath which is 



native in the mountainous region of 

 Cuenca, Spain, and has proved hardy at 

 The Roval Botanic Gardens. Kew, Eng- 

 land. The dull-white flowers are pro- 

 duced in stiff, pyramidal clusters, but 

 the chief beauty of the plant lies in the 

 rich, cheerful green color of the foliage, 

 which, in England, lasts throughout the 

 winter. 



62024. Platands acerifolia Willd. Pla- 

 tanacece. Plane tree. 

 The London plane, of garden origin, is 



a tree up to 100 feet in height and is sup- 

 posed to be a hybrid between PJatanus 

 orient alis and P. occidental^. In charac- 

 ters it is intermediate between the two. 

 It resembles the American plane in 

 foliace and is of more pyramidal habit 

 than" the European species. 



62025. X Quebccs lucombeana Sweet. 

 Fagaceee. ° ak > 

 A handsome, sturdy oak, a hybrid be- 

 tween Quercus suber and Q. cerris. It 

 produces fertile acorns, from which have 

 been raised numerous seedling forms of 

 widely varying characters. 



62026. Maltjs sikkimensis (Hook, f.) 

 Koehne (Pyrus sikki 'mensis Hook, 

 f.). Malaeese. Sikkim crab. 



From Kew. England. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. A. TV". Hill, director. Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, through David Faircbild. Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry. Received Decem- 

 ber 12, 1924. 



The Sikkim crab is a small tree which 

 grows wild in the interior of Sikkim. India, 

 at altitudes up to 10,000 feet. The nar- 

 rowly oval leaves are very woolly beneath, 

 and the white flowers, rosy in the bud, are 

 about an inch across and are borne very 

 freely in 4 to 8 flowered clusters. The 

 pear-shaped fruits are dark red with paler 

 dots and are about 'half an inch wide. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 

 58491. 



62027 to 62029. 



From Edinburgh. Scotland. Seeds pre- 

 sented by William Wright Smith, regius 

 keeper, Royal Botanic Garden. Received 

 November 17, 1924. 



62027 and 62028. Bom area spp. Amaryl- 

 lidaeeae. 



62027. BOMABEA CALDASII (H. B. K.) 



Herbert. 



A twining plant of the anfaryllis 

 family, native to the Andes of Peru. 

 The Thim spreading leaves are 3 to 6 

 inches long, and the flowers, orange- 

 yellow with crinison spots, are about 

 an inch long and borne in many-flow- 

 ered pendulous clusters. 



62028. Bomabea cabderi Masters. 

 This Colombian species is the most 



beautiful of the entire genus, accord- 

 ing to J. N. Rose, of the United States 

 National Museum. The broadly oblong 

 leaves are 4 to 6 inches long, and the 

 pale-pink flowers, spotted with brown 

 near the top of the perianth, are in 

 large clusters about a foot long. 



62029. Passiflora herbertiaxa K e r . 



Passifloracese. 



Many of the passion flowers are charm- 

 ing ornamentals. This Australian spe- 

 cies is a tall climber with 3-lobed, heart- 

 shaped leaves and white flowers. 



62030. D AVIDIA IXVOLUCRATA VILMv 



ana (Dodei Henisl. Cornaceie. 



Dove tree. 



From Kew, England. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. A. W. Hill, director, Royal Botanic 

 Gardens. Received November 10. 1023. 

 Numbered October, 1924. 



A handsome, hardy Chinese tr- 

 idal habit, differing from the typical 

 in leaf characters, and perhaps less winter 

 hardv. The white floral bracts make a 

 striking contrast with the bright-green 

 foliage. 



62031 to 62059. 



From Montevideo, Uruguay. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Juan R. Pineyro. secretary. 

 Consejo Directivo Federacion Rural Re- 

 ceived November 24, 1924. 



62031. Agrostis moxtevidexsis Spreng. 

 Poacea?. Grass. 



A cespitose, perennial Uruguayan grass, 

 with slender leaves up to a foot in length. 



I. AXDBOPOGON LATERALIS [KCAKU8 



(Hack.) Henr. Poace?e. Grass. 



An erect perennial grass, up to 7 feet 

 in height, with thick, fibrous rhizomes 

 and hard, narrow leaves. >" itive t* 

 Uruguay. 



62033. Axdropogon saccharoides Swartz. 

 Poaces. Grass. 



An erect, or ascending perennial g: _ ; ~ 

 with cylindrical canes and narrow. Bat 

 leaves prolonged to a fine point. I- is 

 very variable in character and if iistrib- 



uted throughout tropical and subtropical 

 America. 



62034. BOUTELOUA SIBGAPOIAMICJ 



(Spreng.) Kuntze. Poaceae. Grass. 



An erect, cespitose perennial grass 

 with narrow, spikelike panicles. 



62035. Bromus willdexowi: Kunth. 

 Poaceas. Grass. 



An annual or biennial grass. 1 to S 

 feet high, said to be good for forage. 



62036. Calamagrostis 

 Nees. Poacea?.. 



Grass. 



A perennial erect grass, with woody 

 rhizomes and straight, unbranched canes, 

 1 to 2 feet high. The handsome, reddish 

 violet panicles are 6 to S inches long. 

 Native to Uruguay. 



62037. Capbiola dactylox (L K imtae 

 (Cynodon dactylon Pers.j. Poacese. 



Bermuda grass. 



Introduced for special comparison tests. 



Csaetoceloa onurus (Griseb.) 

 Scribn. and Merr. (Set-aria onurus 

 Griseb. ) . Poacese. G ra . s s , 



A slender-stemmed grass, 1 to 4 :ee: 

 high, with a creeping root and linear 

 leaves. Native to tropical America. 



62039 to 62042. Chxoeis spp. Poacese. 



Grass. 



62039. Chloris caxteeai Areeh. 



An erect perennial, Uruguayan grass, 

 with somewhat bulbous rhizomes, ei ~ 

 canes 2 to 3 feet high, and nanrow 

 leaves. 



62040. Chloris caeabaea Spreng. 



An annual, erect, leafy grass, na- 

 tive to the West Indies, with linear, 

 flat leaves about a foot high. 



