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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



65001 to 65047— Continued. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. 

 I. No. 5S710. 



65036. SCORPIURUS SULCATA L. 



No. 160. From Monte de las Lomitas, 

 Palma, Canary Islands, July 19, 1925. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription, see S. P. I. No. 64976. 



65037. SCORPIURUS VERMICULATA L. 



No. 176. Collected near Algeciras, 

 Spain, June 27, 1925. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription, see S. P. I. No. 64979. 



65038. Sempervivum sp. Crassulaceae. 



No. 153. From Barranco de la Gomera. 

 Palma, Canary Islands, July 17, 1925. A 

 handsome specie?, turning a beautiful 

 red in summer, which is worth culti- 

 vating because of its ability to grow on 

 stone walls in southern latitudes and 

 withstand long periods of drought. The 

 leaves, fringed with short hairs, form a 

 great rosette on a short stem. 



65039. Sempervivum sp. Crassulaceae. 



No. 166. A strikingly handsome species 

 which produces rosettes of thick, fleshy, 

 but glaucous leaves resembling half- 

 opened rosebuds. It grows from "crevices 

 in the precipitous cliffs of the so-called 

 Barranco de las Aguas. near Monte de 

 las Lomitas. Palma. Canarv Islands, Julv 

 19, 1925. 



65040. Soxchus sp. Cichoriaceae. 



Nos. 170 and 171. From the old Perez 

 garden, now part of the grounds of the 

 Hotel Victoria, Orotava. Teneriffe. Ca- 

 nary Islands, July 18. 1925. A large 

 yellow-flowered species ' with rath°r suc- 

 culent leaves. It is much sought after 

 by goats. 



65041 to 65044. Trifolium spp. Fabaceae. 



Clover. 



65041. Trifolium sp. 



No. 162. A species forming mats of 

 considerable size on the cultivated ter- 

 races where barley and wheat are 

 grown in the Barranco de la Galga, 

 Palma, Canary Islands, July 20, 1925. 



65042. Trifolium sp. 



No. 163. A small dwarf species 

 growing in pasture land in the hills 

 near Algeciras. Spain. June 27, 1925. 



650Q1 to 65047— Continued. 



65043. Trifolium sp. 



No. 210. A small dwarf clover form- 

 ing a fine mat of herbage in a rather 

 moist meadow near the torrente or 

 dry watercourse of Molinar, near Pal- 

 ma. Majorca, Balearic Islands, August 

 21, 1925. 



65044. Trifolium sp. 



No. 214. I found the dry pasture 

 land in the Barranco de Cala Parte, 

 near Port Mahon, Minorca. Balearic 

 Islands. August 25. 1925, covered with 

 dry clover heads of this small species. 



65045. Wabionia saharae Benth. and 

 Coss. Asteraceae. 



No. 129. Collected near Agadir. Mo- 

 rocco, on the road to Mogador, June 8 r 

 1925. A very striking tree composite, 

 native to the Sahara Desert of western 

 Algeria and Morocco, which forms a tree- 

 10 feet or more high and bears great 

 yellow flowers which are almost as large 

 as those of the artichoke. 



65046 and 65047. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 



65046. No. 182. Collected near Uga, 

 Lanzarote, Canary Islands, July 31, 

 1925. The dwarf maize of Lanza- 

 rote, which I take to be a distinct 

 race and which is practically the 

 only variety grown on that vol- 

 canic cinder-covered island, appears 

 to be a brachytic dwarf with stems 

 as large in diameter as ordinary 

 corn but only about 24 inches high. 

 Ordinarily only a single ear of corn 

 is borne, and its lower end is 

 close to the ground that it gives the 

 impression of rising right out of the 

 gray cinders. I was told that six 

 months are required to produce 

 these small ears. This corn does not 

 appear to be of especially good qual- 

 ity. Lanzarote has a cool cli- 

 mate, there being heavy dews every 

 night, although for two years there 

 has been no rain. 



65047. No. 219. From Las Palmas, Grand 

 Canary, Canary Islands, July 25, 

 1925. A very brilliantly colored 

 variety grown extensively all over 

 this island of Grand Canary. It 

 has a translucent appearance quite 

 foreign to the corns in America. In 

 the dry portion of the island this 

 corn makes a stunted, slow growth, 

 but it is not a true dwarf such as 

 No. 182 [S. P. I. No. 65046]. 



