JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1913. 



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35918 to 35975— Continued. 



35945. Tricondylus ferrugineus (Cav.) Salisb. 



From Villarica, Chile. "(No. 113. February 17, 1913.) A particularly 

 fine bignoniaceous ornamental tree perhaps 20 to 30 feet high, with finely 

 divided fernUke foliage. Lago Villarica, north side." 



35946 and 35947. Embothrium coccineum Forst. Ciruelillo. 



36946. "From Valdivia, Chile. (No. 174. March 15, 1913.) Ornamen- 

 tal tree about 20 to 30 feet high. Said to have very handsome red flowers. " 



"This remarkable evergreen small tree perhaps hardly comes within 

 the scope of this work, for it is suitable only for the mildest parts of our 

 islands, such as Cornwall, the southwest of Ireland, and similar places. 

 It has dark glossy green, somewhat leathery leaves, ovate-lanceolate or 

 oval, 2^ to 4^ inches long, three-fourtlis inch to 1^ inches wide; blunt 

 ended, smooth and entire. Flowers brilliant crimson scarlet, produced 

 in wonderful profusion in short axillary and terminal racemes. Each 

 flower is borne on a thin stalk one-half to tliree-fourths inch long, and is 

 at first a slender tube 1 to 1^ inches long; afterwards the four strap-shaped 

 lobes (in the broadest part of which the anthers are enclosed) curl back, 

 exposing the long, erect style. Perhaps no tree cultivated in the open 

 air in the British Isles gives so striking and brilliant a display of color as 

 this does. In some of the Cornish gardens there are specimens 30 feet 

 high, and about the same through. Like many of its natural order 

 [Proteacese] it is often short lived, and after 20 to 25 years is liable to 

 die suddenly without any assignable reason. A native of Chile; intro- 

 duced by William Lobb in 1846; flowers in May. A tree 40 feet high at 

 KiLmacurragh has a trunk 1^ feet in thickness and produces suckers 

 from the roots. " {W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 

 vol. 1, pp. 510-511.) 



35947. "From Quilan, Chile. (No. 190.) Ornamental tree with hand- 

 some red flowers. Grows 20 to 30 feet high." 



35948 to 35950. Enargea spp. 

 From Chile. Received June 10, 1913. 



35948. "From Lago Villarica. (No. 101.) A vine with foliage slightly 

 resembling smUax and quite ornamental. Flowers were not seen. 

 Found in the dense forest on the north side of Lago Villarica. ' ' 



35949. "(No. 185.) A vine with attractive smilaxlike foliage, berries 

 red, flowers not seen." 



35950. "From Quilan, Chile. (No. 188.) A vine quite similar to No. 185 

 (S. P. I. No. 35949), but with white berries. Found south of Quilan.' 



35951. CoLLETiA sp. 



"From Panguipulli, Chile. (No. 128.) A shrub growiag 4 to 5 feet high; 

 very thorny and suitable for hedges. ' ' 



35952. Fuchsia macrostema Ruiz and Pavon. Fuchsia. 

 "From Quilan, ChUe. Received June 10, 1913. (No. 192.) South of 



Quilan. Probably two species mixed. These grow about 6 or 8 feet 

 high." 



35953. Fragaria chiloensis (L.) Duchesne. Strawberry. 



From Chiloe, Chile. Received June 10, 1913. "(No. 186.) These fruits 

 were much out of season and were quite round, Yery different in form from those 



