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33800 to 33911— Continued. 



3388 i. Embothrium coccineum Forst. Notra. 



"(No. 853.) 'Ciruelilla.' 'Notra.' An elegant, crimson-flowered, ornamental 

 tree." 



"A beautiful tree, 30 feet liigh. Wood used for furniture." {W. E. Safford.) 



33865. ExARGEA RADicANS (R. and P.) Mueller. 

 {Luzuriaga radicans R. and P.) 



"(No. 1332.) 'Esparto.' 'Quilinejo.' Fruit called Tora?.' A deliglitfully 

 ornamental vine that clings closely to the bark of trees, stumps, and logs and 

 adorns them with a dainty grace without hiding their natural forms. The light- 

 green leaves, white or crimson flowers, with crimson or yellow fruit at the same 

 time, gives a floral decoration of rare elegance. The vine is used by the Indians 

 for making ropes, brooms, brushes, and baskets, some of which are of great 

 beauty. This plant is worth consideration as an industrial and ornamental 

 plant of value." 



33866. Enarge A RADICANS (R. and P.) Mueller. 

 {Luzuriaga radicans R. and P.) 



"(No. 851.) 'Quilinejo.' 'Esparto.' Fruit is called 'CoraV and 'Coral 

 del monte.' " 

 See No. 33865 for description. 



33867. Hepetis sp. 

 "(No. 911.) 'Cardoncilh:'' 



33863. Eryngium rostratum Cavanilles. 

 •'(No. 908.) 'Cardilla.'" 



"A glabrous plant with thick roots found in the province of Valparaiso to 

 Concepcion and Malleco; also Polynesia and Australia. Used as an antidote 

 for the bite of the very poisonous spider, Latrodectus formiddbilis." {W. E. 



Safford.) 



33869. EucRYPHiA cordifolia Cav. Muermo. 

 "(No. 1333.) 'Ulmo.' 'Muermo.' From the interior altitude of the cor- 



dillera." 



"A magnificent evergreen tree which whitens the forest with its blossoms, 

 The flowers yield an abundance of honey. The wood is excellent and with- 

 stands moisture. Perfectly hardy." (W. E. Safford.) 



33870. EucRYPfflA cordifolia Cav. Muermo. 

 "(No. 1292.) 'Ulma.' 'Muermo.' From the coast lowlands of Chiloe." 

 See No. 33869 for description. 



33871. Flaveria bidextis (L.) Robinson. 

 {Ethulia bidentis L.. Mantissa, p. 110, 1767.) 

 (Milleria contrayerba Cav., Icones, vol. 1, p. 2, 1791.) 



(Flaveria contrayerba (Cav.) Perscon, Synopsis, vol. 2, p. 489, 1807). 



Seeds of this asteraceous biennial from Chile were received under the name 

 Flaveria contrayerba (Cav.) Persoon. The earliest name to be applied to the 

 plant, however, is Ethulia bidentis L., as shown by Robinson (Proc. Amer. 

 Acad., vol. 43, p. 42, 1907). 



"(No. 1006.) 'Contra Yerba.'" 



Distribution. — ^Along roads and in cultivated fields in Peru and Chile. 



33872. Flourensia thurifera (Mol.) DC. Maravilla 

 {Helianthus thurifer Molina.) 



"(No. 1135.) 'Maravilla del Campo.' From the Aconcagua seacoast." 



