JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30^ 1913. 



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35918 to 35975— Continued. 



Flowers on drooping racemea IJ to 2 inches long, each flower on a 

 slender stalk longer than itself, deep golden or orange colored, tinged 

 with red; petals elliptical, notched at the tip. Fruit plum colored, 

 roundish oval, the size of small peas. 



"Native of Chile; first discovered by Charles Darwin in 1835, when 

 attached as naturalist to the Beagle on her famous voyage. It was intro- 

 duced in 1849 by William Lobb for Messrs. Veitch, from the Island of 

 Chiloe. One of the finest of all evergi-een shrubs; this is also tolerably 

 hardy. It likes a good loamy soil and should be given a position sheltered 

 from cutting winds. It is in its greatest beauty, of course, during April 

 and May, when laden with its profusion of golden blossom, but it is often 

 very attractive also in early autumn, bearing a large crop of the bluish 

 berries and occasionally a small crop of flowers. Should be propagated 

 by seeds. " (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 

 1, p. 238.) 



35925. Carica caxdamarcexsis Hook, f . Mountain papaya. 

 From Quillota, Chile. Received June 6, 1913. " (No. 254.) Seeds of papaya. 



These fruits were grown in Quillota and are therefore perhaps as hardy as any 

 to be had in Chile. Otherwise they are not noteworthy." 



See S. P. I. Nos. 35142 and 35143 for previous introductions and descriptions. 



35926. Cissus striata Ruiz and Pa von. 

 ( Vitis striata ]Miq.) 



From Concepcion, Chile. Received June 6, 1913. "(No. 133.) An orna- 

 mental climber which produces an enormous quantity of dark-blue berries. 

 Found on the hills above Concepcion." 



"An evergreen climber; young stems slender, angled, hairy, and very leafy; 

 tendrils threadlike. Leaves 1^ to 3 inches across, composed of five scarcely 

 stalked leaflets radiating from the end of a common stalk three-fourths of an inch 

 to 1\ inches long. Leaflets obovate or oblanceolate, one-half inch to 1^ inches 

 long, one-fourth to three-fourths inch wide ; tapered at the base, coarsely toothed 

 towards the apex, each tooth tipped abruptly with a short gland ; dark glossy 

 green, and smooth on both surfaces. Flowers green, produced in small cymes. 

 Fruits about the size and shape of small red currants, but of a reddish purple 

 color. 



"Native of Chile and south Brazil; introduced about 1878. Against a wall 

 this survives all but the hardest winters, but is tender in the open. It is a very 

 elegant plant, luxuriantly leafy, and with beautifully cut leaves. Tweedie, 

 the Kew collector in South America, called it the 'i\'y of Uruguay,' and says it 

 covers the bushes with red berries in winter. It thrives very well in the south 

 and west [of England] and bore large crops of fruit at St. Leonards as long ago 

 as 1885, but the berries were purplish rather than red. When cut down to the 

 ground by frost it will often break up again the following summer, but on the 

 whole it is only well adapted for the mildest counties. " ( W. J. Bean, Trees and 

 Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 676-677.) 



35927. Cissus striata Ruiz and Pavon. 

 ( Vitis striata Miq.) 



From Chile. Received June 10, 1913. 



"(No. 138.) Similar to No. 133 (S. P. I. No. 35926). Found between Con- 

 cepcion and Talcahuano." 



