SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



62660 to 62674 — Continued. 



at Kenitra, and between Sale and Tifiet, 

 Morocco, was presented by its discoverer, 

 Professor Maire. of the University of 

 Algiers, Mustapha. 



62671. Paeonia coriacea Boiss. Ranun- 

 culaceae. Peony. 



A Spanish peony, allied to Paeonia 

 albiflora, with nearly unbranched, red- 

 dish stems and leathery leaves. The 

 flowers are bright crimson. 



Pilocarpus pennatifolius Lem. 

 Rutaceae. 



A handsome Brazilian tree with beau- 

 tiful foliage and striking pendent spikes 

 of pinkish red flowers. It is interesting 

 in that the terminal flowers in the spike 

 open before the basal ones, quite the op- 

 posite to the habit of ordinary flower 

 spikes in which the first-formed flower 

 buds on the spike open first. The leaves 

 of this poisonous tree furnish the pilo- 

 carpin of the pharmacopoeia. 



62673. Schinus terebinthifoliis Raddi. 

 Anacardiaceae. Brazilian pepper tree. 



A particularly handsome tree growing 

 beside the road to Ain Taiya, Algeria. 

 I think it is quite possible that this 

 1'orm, grown as a shade tree in Algiers, 

 is different from the bushlike form which 

 is being used so extensively in southern 

 Florida. 



62674. Styrax officinale L. Styraea- 

 ceae. Snowbell. 



A small, handsome tree, suitable for 

 parks, with attractive white flowers, pre- 

 sented by Professor Maire, of the Uni- 

 versity of Algiers. 



62675. Arbcasteum sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



From South America. Seeds collected by 

 Wilson Popenoe. agricultural explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received Feb- 

 ruary 28, 1925. 



No. 714. Cumbi. A common ornamental 

 palm in towns and villages of the Ecua- 

 dorian highlands. > It has a slender trunk, 

 attaining to 25 or 30 feet in height, sur- 

 mounted by a crown of pinnate, strongly 

 arcuate, grayish green leaves. As it grows 

 at altitudes of 8,000 to 9,000 feet in Ecua- 

 dor, I would expect it to be sufficiently 

 frost resistant for cultivation in parts of 

 California and Florida. So far as I have 

 learned, it has little economic value; the 

 leaves may be used for thatch, but the 

 oval, dry fruits, each about 2 inches long, 

 are not used for food. As a new orna- 

 mental palm for the warmest portions of 

 the United States it is of more than pass- 

 ing interest. {Popenoe.) 



62676. Axonopus scoparius (Fluegge) 

 Hitchc. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Plants pre- 

 sented by J. A. Cleveland, through Wil- 

 son Popenoe, agricultural explorer, Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry. Received Feb- 

 ruary 28, 1925. 



No. 713. When Dr. A. S. Hitchcock was 

 in Ecuador last year he secured seeds of 

 a promising forage grass from the Hacienda 

 La Teresita, near Bucay. His notes on this 

 plant, which was called Paspalum sco- 

 pariu'm at that time, are given under 

 S. P. I. No. 58966. The seeds failed to 

 grow, and at Doctor Hitchcock's request I 

 have secured from La Teresita, through 

 Mr. Cleveland, the owner of the hacienda, 

 Jive plants of this grass, which will be 

 tested in Florida and other subtropical 

 regions. (Popenoe.) 



62677 to 62691. 



From South America. Collected by Wilson 

 I'openoe, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received February 28, 

 1925. Notes by Doctor Popenoe. 



62677 and 62678. Delostoma roseum 

 (Karst. and Tr.) Schum. Bignoni- 

 aceae. 



Ambato, Ecuador. Choldn. Seeds of 

 a small tree, native to certain regions of 

 Ecuador, and occasionally cultivated in 

 parks and gardens. It is rather suscep- 

 tible to frost, but will probably with- 

 stand the winters of southern Florida. 

 Its lilac flowers resemble those of the 

 catalpa in form and size. 



62677. No. 704. A variety with pale- 

 lilac flowers. 



62678. No. 705. A variety with deep- 

 lilac flowers. 



62679. Fragaria chiloensis (L.) Du- 

 chesne. Rosaceae. Chiloe strawberry. 



No. 707. Ambato, Ecuador. Plants 

 of the frutilla, or Chilean strawberry, 

 which is .cultivated extensively at Guachi, 

 near Ambato. The character of this fruit 

 and its culture in Ecuador is described 

 under S. P. I. No. 52731, and more fully 

 in the Journal of Heredity for December, 

 1921. 



62680. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



No. 693. Chota Valley, Ecuador. In 

 recent years the cultivation of cotton has 

 assumed considerable importance in 

 northern Ecuador. The Chota Valley in 

 particular has proved well suited to this 

 crop. Though a few introduced varieties 

 have been tested, the only one success- 

 fully grown at present is the so-called 

 native cotton, presumably the same type 

 as that cultivated in Peru. These seeds 

 were obtained from the Hacienda San 

 Rafael. 



62681. Lycopersicon escclentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 



Seeds presented by Prof. Julio Gaud- 

 ron, Jardln Botanico de la Escuela Na- 

 cional de Agricultura, Lima, Peru. This 

 is a primitive form of the tomato which 

 grows wild in the vicinity of Lima. The 

 plant is of vigorous habit and produces 

 an abundance of tiny tomatoes, each 

 about the size of a Concord grape. 



62682. Onoseris hyssopifolia H. B. K. 

 Asteraceae. 



No. 698. Chota Valley, Ecuador. 

 While traveling in the high Andes of 

 Ecuador three years ago my fancy was 

 taken by an attractive daisylike flower 

 which I often saw along the trail. I 

 was unable at that time to obtain many 

 seeds, and what few I secured failed to 

 grow when planted at Washington. On 

 this second visit, however, I found an 

 abundance of seeds available. 



1 have seen this plant at elevations 

 between 5,000 and 10,000 feet. It grows 

 in the rockiest, most forbidding places, 

 usually where few other plants are able 

 to obtain a foothold. Apparently it re- 

 quires very little moisture. When fully 

 developed it forms a low, spreading 

 clump 1 or 2 feet in breadth, with gray- 

 ish foliage, reaching not more than 6 

 inches above the ground. The flowers 

 are borne on slender stems 4 to 8 inches 

 above the foliage ; they are an inch and 

 a half in diameter and vary from pale 

 lilac-pink to deep rose-pink. Some of the 



