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62060 to 62073— Continued. 



62068. Poa lanuginosa Poir. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



No. 13. Near Puerto Madryn. A per- 

 ennial grass, 1 to 2 feet in height, with 

 very narrow leaves and erect spikes about 

 4 inches long. Native to southern South 

 America. 



62069. Sporobomjs rigens (Trin.) E. 

 Desv. Poaceae. Grass. 

 No. 8. Puerto Madryn. A perennial 



grass, with stiff upright, leathery leaves, 

 and large whitish panicles. Native to 

 Chile. 



62070 to 62073. Stipa spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



62070. Stipa chubdtensis Speg. 



No. 2. Puerto Madryn. A perennial, 

 cespitose grass which, according to 

 Spegazzini (Anales del Museo Nacional 

 de Montevideo, vol. 4) grows in rocky 

 fields in Chubut, Argentina, attaining 

 a height of about 8 inches. 



62071. Stipa hdmilis Brot. 



No. 4. Puerto Madryn ; No. 5. Near 

 Puerto Madryn ; No. 12. Near Chubut ; 

 No. 13. Near Choele Choel. 



According to Spegazzini (Anales del 

 Museo Nacional de Montevideo, vol. 4) 

 this is a perennial grass of densely 

 cespitose habit, with rigid leaves up to 

 a foot high. Native to rocky situa- 

 tions in southern Argentina. 



62072. Stipa hypogona Hack. 



No. 1. . Puerto Madryn. A perennial 

 grass, with erect, terete culms about a 

 foot high. Native to Argentina. 



62073. Stipa neaei Nees. 



Nos. 6 and 9, Puerto Madryn. A 

 perennial grass, native to arid, stony 

 places in southern Argentina, which is 

 described (Spegazzini, Anales del Museo 

 Nacional de Montevideo, vol. 4) as 

 erect or ascending, with culms up to 

 4 feet in height, rigid, sedgelike leaves, 

 and purplish glumes. 



62074. Pyeacantha ceenulata (Don) 

 Roemer. Malacese. Firethorn. 



From Kew, England. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 A. W. Hill, director, Royal Botanic Gar- 

 dens. Received November 10, 1923. Num- 

 bered October, 1924. 



Var. rogersiana. A rapid-growing Hima- 

 layan shrub which produces an abundance 

 of white flowers in early summer ; these are 

 succeeded by a profusion of bright-red ber- 

 ries. Probably this shrub is suited best for 

 mild-wintered sections of the United States. 



62075 to 62083. 



From Argentina. Seeds secured by H. L. 

 Westover, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received December 1, 1924. 



62075. Gourliea spinosa (Molina) Skeels. 

 Fabaceae. Chafial, 

 Collected along the Rio Negro. A 



small, ornamental tree 12 to 15 feet high, 

 with long, thick branches terminating in 

 spines. The flowers, orange streaked 

 with red, are in loose racemes, and the 

 fruits, about an inch in diameter, have 

 a pulp resembling the jujube in flavor. 



62076. Medicago lupulina D. Pabaceae. 



Black medic. 



From Trelew Plaza, Chubut 



62075 to 62083— Continued. 



62077 to 62079. Medicago SATIva L. 

 Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



62077. Chilean alfalfa grown from 

 seeds originally brought from San 

 Jose de Maipo, Rio Claro, Brazil. 



62078. Peruvian alfalfa grown from 

 seeds originally brought from the 

 high mountains near Arequipa, Peru. 



62079. Provence alfalfa grown from 

 seeds originally brought from Pro- 

 vmcp, Fiance. 



62080. Prosopis strombulifera (Lam.) 

 Benth. Mimosaceae. 



" Screw bean." From a valley near 

 Rio Negro, Choele Choel. This grows 

 commonly in the Mendoza Desert and is 

 a low shrub not over 12 inches high. 

 Its peculiar screw-shaped pods look like 

 bright-yellow spikes of flowers a short 

 distance away. The pods hang on long 

 after the leaves have fallen. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 43386. 



62081. Prosopis sp. Mimosaceae. 



Collected between the Rio Chubut and 

 Rio Negro. 



62082. Trifolium kepens L. Fabaceae. 



White clover. 

 From Trelew, Chubut. 



62083. Tritictjm aestivum L. (T. vulgare 

 Vill. ). Poaceae. Common wheat. 

 Barletta. From the Chubut Mercan- 

 tile Co.. Trelew, Chubut. 



62084 to 62088. Medicago sativa L. Fa- 

 baceae. Alfalfa. 



From Chubut Province, Argentina. Seeds 

 presented through H. L. Westover. Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry. Received. De- 

 cember 1, 1924. Notes by Mr. Westover. 



62084. Presented by William H. William's ; 

 from near Gaiman. Chubut, Argen- 

 tina. 



62085. Presented by William D. Owen, 

 from near Trelew. 



62086. Presented by Mrs. R. L. Owen, 

 Saltland, from near Dolabon. 



62087. From Chacre, Dolabon. 



62088. Presented by J. H. Rowlands, 

 from near Gaiman. 



62089 to 62092. Medicago sativa L. Fa- 

 baceae. Alfalfa. 



From Chile. Seeds obtained through H. L. 

 Westover, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received December 1, 1924. Notes by 

 Mr. Westover. 



62089. Hacienda of Sproa, Salane y Mi- 

 riel. 



62090. Serena, Coquimbo. 



62091. Ovalle, Coquimbo. 



62092. Hurtado, Coquimbo. 

 62093 to 62098. 



From Nice, France. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 A. Robertson Proschowsky. Received No- 

 vember 17, 1924. 



62093. Acanthosabal caespitosa Pros- 

 chowsky. Phoenicaceae. Palm, 



A spiny-stemmed palm. 



