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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



65001 to 65047— Continued. 



gust, 1925. A delicious dark-fleshed 

 variety, perfectly round, with a thin 

 dark-green rind. 



65006. Cotyledon umbilici" s L. Cras- 

 sulaceae. 



No. 157. From Barranco de la Galga, 

 Palma, Canary Islands, July 20, 1925. A 

 plant with tubers which enable it to live 

 on the tile roofs of houses in the dry 

 burning summer climate of Morocco and 

 the Canary Islands. 



65007. CUCUMIS melo L. Cucurbitaceae. 



Melon. 



No. 203. Seeds of the " Francesca " 

 and " Valencianos " varieties of melon 

 purchased from the seed dealer Bartolome 

 Amengual Delmau. Palma. Majorca, Ba- 

 learic Islands, August 22, 1925. 



65008 to 65011. Cttisus spp. Fabaceae. 



65008. Cttisus filipes Webb and 

 Berth. 



No. 167. From the Barranco de la 

 Galga, Palma. Canary Islands, July 

 20. 1925. A shrub which is grown 

 for its fragrant white flowers, on the 

 Terraces of the barrancos of the island. 

 It resembles superficially a Genista. 



65009. Cttisus palmexsis (Christ) 

 Hutchinson. Tagasaste. 



No. 180b. From the hillside above 

 Santa Cruz, Palma, Canarv Islands. 

 July 16, 1925. One of the varieties of 

 tagasaste which is deserving of Trial 

 as a forage shrub for the cool, but not 

 cold, regions of California and Arizona. 

 Unless the bushes are cut They become 

 so woody and hard ThaT the stock re- 

 fuse to eat them. The shrub, 12 feet 

 or les> in height, has long slender hairy 

 branches, narrow leaves, silky beneaTh. 

 and axillary clusters of white flcwers. 

 Native to the Canary Islands. 



65010. Cttisus peeezii Hutchinson. 



Escabon. 



No. ISOa. From Osario. Terror, 

 Grand Canarv, Canarv Islands. Julv 

 26, 1925. The escabon of the Canary 

 Islanders, who grow it for firewood 

 largely, but do not cut it for forage 

 as they do Tagasaste [S. P. I. No. 

 65009]. The flowers are white and 

 are said to be fragrant. This is an 

 ornamental of some promise. 



65011. Cttisus stexopetalus (Webb) 

 Christ. 



Nos. 151 and 152. From the old 

 Perez garden, now part of The grounds 

 of the Hotel Victoria, Orotava, Ten- 

 eriffe. Canary Islands. July 9, 1925. 

 The " gacia " or " gacio " is a forage 

 crop of the Canary Islands used par- 

 ticularly for feeding goats ; it is said 

 to induce milk production. It is a 

 shrub or small tree, 20 feet or less in 

 height, with crowded silky pubescent 

 foliage and elongated racemes of 

 bright-yellow flowers. Native to the 

 Canary Islands. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. 

 I. No. 44832. 



65012. Dolichos jacquixii DC. (D. 

 lignosus Jacq., not L.). Fabaceae. 



No. 179. From an old garden wall at 

 Chella. the old Moorish ruin of Kasha, 

 near Rabat, Morocco, June 21. 1925. 



65001 to 65047— Continued. 



The profuse blooming habit and the ex- 

 treme elegance of foliage make this Aus- 

 tralian vine valuable for covering 

 porches. It is an evergreen perennial 

 with leaves much smaller than those of 

 Dolichos laolab. The flowers are white 

 or purplish. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 

 No. 48668. 



65013. Ephedra altissima Desf. Gneta- 

 ceae. 



No. 227. Collected in an Arab ceme- 

 terv noar Amismiz. south of Marrakesh, 

 Morocco, May 30, 1925. 



A climbing much-branched shrub, up to 

 20 feet in height, with green branches 

 resembling the stems of the horsetail 

 (Equisetum), very small leaves, and 

 berrylike scarlet fruits. Native to North 

 Africa. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 

 No. 57930. 



65014. Fuchsia cortmbiflora Ruiz and 

 Pav. Onagraceae. 



No. 155. From the old Perez garden, 

 now part of the grounds of the Hotel 

 Victoria. Orotava, Teneriffe, Canary Is- 

 lands, July 12, 1925. 



A handsome Peruvian fuchsia with 

 large serrate taper-pointed leaves and 

 deep-red flowers. The plant becomes taU, 

 but requires support to attain full height, 

 and is therefore adapted for pillars or 

 pergolas in the warmest parts of the 

 United States. 



65015 to 65018. Genista spp. Fabaceae. 



65015. Gexista moxosperma (L.) Lam. 



No. 172. From the park at Icod, 

 Teneriffe, Canary Islands. July 9, 

 1925. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription, see S. P. I. Nos. 64924 to 

 64926. 



65016. Gexista rhodorhizoides Webb 

 and Berth. 



No. 173. From a private garden at 

 Yaiza, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, July 

 30, 1925. A white-flowered fragrant 

 shrub growing 10 to 12 feet in height 

 when cultivaTed. Useful probably as a 

 sand binder and also for forcing pur- 

 poses in greenhouses because of its 

 fragrant flowers. 



65017. Gexista sphaerocarpa Lam. 



No. 159. From the hillsides near 

 Ronda, Spain, July 1, 1925. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription, see S. P. I. No. 64927. 



65018. Gexista sp. 



No. 186. From Mercedes. Teneriffe, 

 Canary Islands, at an altitude of 2,300 

 feet. July 12. 1925. A leguminous 

 shrub which may have value as a soil 

 improver. 



65019. Gosstpium sp. Malvaceae. 



Cotton, 



No. 206. San Antonio, Iviza, Balearic 

 Islands. August 14. 1925. From a single 

 plant which most likely had escaped from 

 some garden. 



65020, Juxiperus phoexicea L. Pina- 

 ceae. Juniper. 



No. 207. Collected near San Giuseppe, 

 Iviza, Balearic Islands, August 16, 1925. 



