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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOBTED 



33800 to 33911 -Continued. 



33812. Senecio sp. 



••(Xo. 669.) ^Sicte canmas' (seven sliirts). A big-leaved, hollow, quick- 

 growing, showy, and extremely ornamental small tree with immense bunches 

 of yellow aromatic flowers about 2 feet long by 15 inches wide, making it visible 

 from one mountain to another. It is a beautiful tree for lawn, park, or garden 

 decoration. The leaves and flowers of this plant are tonic, emmenagogue, etc. 

 The plant pounded or the juice mixed with oil or grease cures wounds and 

 allays inflammation caused by broken bones, etc." 



33813. Passiflora pinnatistipula Cavanilles. Passion fruit. 

 ( Tacsonia pinnatistipula Juss.) 



"(Xo. 1300.) ' Tumho: 'Granadilla de Chile.'" 

 Distribution. — The vicinity of Valparaiso in Chile. 



33814. Passiflora pinnatistipula Cavanilles. Passion fruit. 

 (Tacsonia pinnatistipula Juss.) 



"(No. 1080.) 'Granadilla de Chile,' 'Tumho.' From Aconcagua seacoast. 

 The wild fruiting variety of Chile. An elegant vine with pink flowers and 

 long stems to which the light-yellow fruit hangs. Is somewhat smaller than 

 the PeruAdan pasionaria, but is of the same flavor. Fruit, 2 to 2\ inches in 

 diameter. AVill not stand frost." 



33815. Trevoa trinervia Gill, and Hook. 



"(No. 758.) ' Trevu.' ' Trebu.' A good treelet for live fences if it is cut back 

 when young and large wood growth prevented. It makes a mass of thorns on 

 small wood so dense that nothing can pass it. In the roads where carts and 

 traffic have pruned the plants they become a splendid fence that defies destruc- 

 tion by any class of rough usage, soil, extreme drought, or perpetual dry 

 conditions. The wood is very hard and fibrous and never grows larger than 

 one's wrist. It makes extra-good fuel. The clusters of fragrant white flowers 

 and the leaves are used as soap for washing clothes, etc." 



Distribution. — Slopes of the mountains in Chile at an elevation of 2,000 to 

 2,-500 feet. 



33816. Trevoa trinervia Gill, and Hook. 



"(No. 1163.) ' Trevu.' From the prov'nce of Valparaiso." 



"A branching' shrub with horizontal spines and compressed branches. A 

 decoction of the wood is used for wounds and ulcers." (W. E. Safford.) 

 33817 and 33818. (Undetermined.) 



"A curious lemon-colored lily with brown striping; flowers about ^ inch in 

 diameter. Each plant is distinctly different, but the flowers are the same. 

 I think it is perennial." 



33817. "(No. 624.)" 



33818. "(No. 625.)" 



33819 to 33322. Alstroemeria ligtu Falck. 



"A large assortment of colors; in fact, no two plants are exactly alike in 

 color combination." 



Distribution. — Along streams in the vicinity of Concepcion in Chile. 



33819. "(No. 660.) This may be called the large variety. The plant 

 is about 24 to 36 inches in height and ha? an immense bunch of bloom 

 on each stem all in flower at the same time." 



