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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



35918 to 35975— Continued. 



35968. LiTHREA CAUSTicA (Mol.) Hook, and Am. 



From Concepcion, Chile. " (No. 43.) A small shrub on the dry hills above 

 Concepcion. Probably of interest only in a botanical garden. " 



35969. LupiNUS arboreus Sims. 



From near Talcahuano, Chile. *'(No. 57.) This species grows about 4 feet 

 high on light, rather dry soil, and may prove useful as a sand binder." 



"A low, woody shrub with succulent branches. Leaves petiolate, in 

 alternate fascicles about foiu- together; leaflets lanceolate, broadest towards 

 the point, acuminate, slightly pubescent or silky, underneath. Flowers in 

 terminal, distantly verticillated spikes, 3 to 5 in each whorl, with pedicels 

 nearly the length of the flower; sweet scented. Calyx bilabiate; lips entire, 

 acute, keeled, the upper one shortest. Corolla yellow, vexillum orbiculate, 

 reflected at -the side; wings large, covering the keel and joined together at the 

 point; keel acute, black pointed. Pod flat, pointed at both ends. Seeds 

 somewhat oblong, very little flattened, shining, black. It is usually treated 

 as a greenhouse plant, but at the Botanic Garden, Oxford, we observed in the 

 same year a large shrub growing in the open ground, in a sheltered situation, 

 in front of the greenhouse, where it produced an abundance of ripe seeds.'* 

 (Botanical Magazine, pi. 682, 1803.) 



35970. MiKANiA sp. 



From Concepcion, Chile. "(No. 46.) A vine with large clusters of small 

 white flowers. After the petals fall the reddish pappus remains, and it is even 

 more conspicuous. " 



35971. MuTisiA LATiPOLiA Don. 



From Lancotrara, Chile. Received Jime 10, 1913. "(No. 100.) From 

 south of Villarica. A vine with pink flowers (Compositse) very similar to the 

 vine with red flowers obtained in the mountains above Santiago." 



35972. MuTisiA sp. 



From Huahun, Chile, Received June 10, 1913. ''(No. 135, March 4, 1913.) 

 A composite vine with pink flowers. Apparently the same as that found at 

 Lancotrara (S. P. I. No. 35971), but this is a much higher altitude." 



35973. PsiDiuM sp. 



From Chile. " (No. 181.) A shrub 3 to 8 feet high, very compact in habit, 

 and with rather glossy foliage. The flowers are white and the fruits are a half 

 inch or more in diameter. These fruits were collected from shrubs growing 

 along the edge of a huge sand dune and half a mile or more from the seashore 

 at Quilan on the west side of the island of Chiloe, in what is probably a region of 

 very heavy rainfall. This species may probably serve as a stock for the straw- 

 berry guava. " 



35974 and 35975. Persea lingue (Ruiz and Pavon) Nees. Lingua. 

 From Chile. 



35974. " (No. 99, February 20, 1913.) From the south side of Lago Villa- 

 rica. This is a large forest tree, the bark of which is extensively used 

 in tanning. It is said to contain about 18 per cent tannin. I under- 

 stand that the seeds are very difficult to germinate. " 



35975. "From Molco. (No. 169.) Lingue. See pre\dous number 99 

 (S. P. I. No. 35974) for description." 



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