JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1913. 



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36137 to 36159— Continued. 



36142 to 36144. Triticum spp. Wheat. 



36142. Triticum sp. 



"(Xo. 148. Panguipulli, Chile.) Chilean wheat brings a higher price 

 in the European market than that of Argentina. Several varieties may 

 often be found in the same field, and some of these may prove of interest, 

 as they have doubtless been grown in the country for a long period." 



36143. Triticum sp. 



"(Xo. 149. Llifen, Chile. March 8, 1913.) Wheat. For further 

 notes, see Xo. 148 (S. P. I. Xo. 36142)." 



36144. Triticum aestivum L. 

 ( Triticum vulgare Yill.) 



"(Xo. 150. Llifen, Chile. March 8. 1913.) For further notes, see Xo. 

 148 (S. P. I. Xo. 36142)." 



36145. SoPHORA tetraptera J. Miller. Pelu. 



"(Xo. 151. Llifen, Chile. March 8. 1913.) For description, see Xo. 105 

 (S.P. I. Xo. 36135)." 



"A shrub or small tree, varj'ing from 15 to 40 feet high in a wild state, the 

 trunk 6 inches to 2 feet in diameter. It is deciduous or nearly so in the open, 

 but evergreen in a greenhouse. Branches of young specimens very zigzag, 

 slender, and often interlacing; on older ones the branches become short jointed, 

 or even stunted . Branchlets, leaf stalks, flower stalks, and especially the calyx, 

 all covered with a short, tawny. down. Leaves pinnate, 1^- to 4| inches long; 

 leaflets, one-eighth to three-fourths inch long, narrow, oblong to roundish; their 

 number is very variable; on young plants there are only 7 or 9, but on plants that 

 have reached the flowering stage they are much more numerous, and up to as 

 many as 80. Flowers somewhat tubular, golden yellow, 1 to 2 inches long, 

 pendulous, clustered, from 4 to 8 in each raceme. Calyx obliquely bell shaped, 

 one-half inch or more across, shallow toothed. Pod 2 to 8 inches long, four 

 winged, with constrictions between the seeds. " {W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 521.) 



36146 and 36147. (Undetermined.) 



36146. (Xo. 153. March 6, 1913.) An ornamental shrub found between 

 the pass Llifen and Banos Chihuic." 



3 6 1 4 7 . " ( Xo . 184 . ) A tree 20 to 30 feet high with dark-green linear leaves 

 and very handsome red flowers about 2 inches long. This grew in a very 

 dense, moist forest on the west coast of the island of Chiloe, in a region not 

 heretofore visited by any collector. It should make a very fine orna- 

 mental." 



36148. Aextoxicox puxctatum Ruiz and Pavon. Palo muerto. 

 "(Xo. 187. Quilan, Chile.) A tree growing to a height of 40 or more feet; 



the foliage resembles that of Elaeagnus, but darker green, " 

 See description under S. P. I. Xo. 36123. 



36149. (Undetermined.) 



" (Xo. 193.) A shrub with red berries. " 



