PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



66795 to 66817. 



From Montevideo, Uruguay. Seeds presented 

 by Luis Guillot, director tecnico, Direccion de 

 Paseos Publicos. Received April 9, 1926. 



66795. Alstroemeria pulchella L. f. Am- 

 aryllidaceae. Parrot alstroemeria. 



A tall slender tuberous-rooted plant, native 

 to Brazil, with dark-red flowers in a simple 

 umbel on a scape 2 or 3 feet high. 



66796. Berberis glaucescens St. Hil. Ber- 

 beridaceae. Barberry. 



A shrubby Brazilian barberry with three- 

 parted brownish spines, glaucescent leaves 

 about an inch long, and black berries. 



For previous introduction see No. 40208. 



66797. Calycotome spinosa (L.) Link. 

 Fabaceae. 



A low spiny shrub, about 5 feet high, with 

 trifoliolate leaves, hairy beneath, and yellow 

 flowers about three-fourths of an inch long. 

 Native to the Mediterranean region. 



66798. Cortaderia selloana (Schult.) Aschers. 

 and Graebn. Poaceae. Pampas grass. 



A tall reedlike Brazilian grass with numerous 

 culms 3 to 10 feet high and large feathery silvery 

 white panicles 1 to 3 feet high. 



66799 to 66806. Crepis spp. Cichoriaceae. 



66799. Crepis alpina L. 



An annual composite, 2 feet or more high, 

 with oval-oblong, dentate leaves and yellow 

 flower heads. Native to eastern Asia and 

 Asia Minor. 



66800. Crepis aspera L. 



A tall prickly annual, native to Asia 

 Minor, with rather coarsely toothed leaves 

 and small yellow flower heads. 



66801. Crepis biennis L. 



A biennial composite, native to southern 

 Europe, with pinnately hastate leaves. 



For previous introduction see No. 66626. 



66802. Crepis blattarioides (L.) Vill. 



A hairy perennial, with large flower heads; 

 native to central and western Europe. 



For previous introduction see No. 66521. 



66803. Crepis dioscoridis L. 



An annual, yellow-flowered plant, native 

 to southern Europe. 



66804. Crepis foetida L. 



An annual, more or less bristly European 

 plant up to 2 feet high, with one to four heads 

 of yellow flowers. 



66805. Crepis rubra L. 



An annual red-flowered plant, native to 

 southern Europe. 



For previous introduction see No. 66617. 



66806. Crepis virens L. 



An erect plant, native to the Caucasus, 

 with narrowly oblong leaves and yellow 

 flowers. 



66807. Datura inermis Jacq. Solanaceae. 



A white-flowered annual, about 2 feet high, 

 native to Africa. 



66795 to 66817— Continued. 



66808. Indigofera articulata Gouan (/. or- 

 gentea L., not Burm.). Fabaceae. Indigo. 



An erect perennial, native to Egypt, with a 

 long taproot, a woody, much-branched stem 

 about 2 feet high, and silvery hairy leaves. 

 The small purplish flowers are in axillary 

 racemes. 



For previous introduction see No. 41929. 



66809. Lessertia brachystachya DC. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A shrubby leguminous plant, with com- 

 pound leaves composed of about 10 pairs of very 

 narrow leaflets, and purplish flowers in axillary 

 racemes. Native to South Africa. 



66810. LONCHOCARPUS 



Fabaceae. 



neuroscapha Benth. 

 Lancepod. 



An evergreen tree, native to Uruguay, with 

 alternate pinnate leaves and racemes of purplish, 

 pealike flowers. 



66811. Lonicera nervosa Maxim. Caprifolia- 

 ceae. Honeysuckle. 



A hardy, graceful Chinese shrub, about 10 

 feet high, with slender, dark-purple branchlets, 

 oval, purple-veined leaves, small pink flowers, 

 and black berries. 



66812. Mesembryanthemum adscendens 

 Haw. Aizoaceae. 



A low stemless succulent, native to South 

 Africa, with leaves about 2 inches long and 

 white or reddish flowers. 



66813. Mesembryanthemum aurantiacum 

 Haw. Aizoaceae. 



A low fleshy South African plant, about a foot 

 high, with smooth leaves an inch or less long 

 and orange flowers about 1J^ inches wide. 



66814. Nicotiana rustica L. 



Solanaceae. 

 Aztec tobacco. 



For previous introduction see No. 56614. 



66815. Oryzopsis miliacea (L.) Benth. Po- 

 aceae. Grass* 



" Smilo grass." A perennial grass, native to 

 the Mediterranean region and known in Aus- 

 tralia as velt grass. In California it has been 

 called "Smilo grass," "San Diego grass," 

 "mountain rice," and "many-flowered millet." 

 Under Californian conditions it has exhibited 

 considerable promise. It has been generally 

 introduced into Australia and New Zealand, 

 where it possesses considerable merit. (Note by 

 C. V. Piper under No. 48978.) 



66816. Physalis peruviana L. Solanaceae. 



Poha. 



For previous introduction see No. 56855. 



66817. Phytolacca dioica L. Phytolaccaceae. 



Ombu. 



For previous introduction see No. 



66818 to 66832. Fragaria spp. Ro- 

 saceae. Strawberry. 



From Maidstone, England. Plants purchased 

 from George Bunyard & Co., The Royal Nurs- 

 eries. Received April 21, 1926. Notes from 

 Bunyard's Catalog of Fruit Trees, 1924-25. 



66818. Fragaria sp. 



Aprikose. A variety producing fairly large, 

 pinkish red berries, of remarkable apricot flavor, 

 distinct from other varieties. Season medium. 



