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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



49385 to 49401— Continued. 



formal garden should be very attractive. It reaches about 10 feet iu 

 height, and its slender branches are clothed with small leaves arranged 

 in clusters. The fruits, which are white when ripe, round, and about 

 half an inch in diameter, increase the ornamental appearance of the 

 plants." 



49387. RuBus glaucus Benth. Rosacete. Andes berry, 

 "(No. 250a. Tucuru, Alta Vera Paz. January 12, 1920.) ToMn uuk. 



Seeds collected near Santa Cruz, Alta Vera Paz. See No. 244a [S. P. I. 

 No. 49332] for description." 



49388. RuBi s .«p. Rosacea^. Blackberry. 

 "(No. 255a. Tucuru. Alta Vera Paz. January 12. 1920.) Tokan. 



Seeds of a good blackberry found near Santa Cruz. Vera Paz. Probably 

 the same as No. 243a [S. P. I. No. 49331], but the fruits are not quite 

 as sweet as those of the plant from which the latter seed was obtained.'' 



49389. Salvia popenoei Blake. Menthacece. Sage. 

 "(No. 254a. Tucuru, Alta Vera Paz. January 12, 1920.) Tutz uniln 



(Kekchi). Seeds of a handsome plant found along the roadside be- 

 tween Tactic and Purula. It grows commonly 3 to 5 feet high and 

 bears terminal spikes of bright crimson-scarlet flowers somewhat richer 

 in color than those of Salvia splendens." 



49390 to 49399. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



49390. Vo. 1. Dark red. 



49391. Xo. 2. Dark red, but lighter than No. 1. 



49392. No. 3. Dirty white; kernels flat 



49393. Vo. 4- Dirty white ; kernels square. 



49394. Xo. 0. Dirty white with a tinge of yellow. 



49395. No. 6. Yellow ; kernels broad and flat. 



49396. Xo. 7. Yellow ; kernels longer and more square. 



49397. Xo. 8. Lighter yellow than Nos. 6 or 7. 



49398. Xo. 9. Light mulberry color with a few darker grains. 



49399. Xo. 10. Dirty white with red streaks. 



49400. CoccosiPSiLUM repens Swartz. Rubiacese. 



"(No. 267a. Tucuru, Alta Vera Paz. January 18. 1920.) An inter- 

 esting herbaceous plant found on moist slopes in Vera Paz. It creeps 

 along the ground, making stems about 2 feet iu length, and produces 

 pale-blue flowers about half an inch broad, followed bv bright-blue 

 fruits in clusters of two or three, half an inch in diameter and very 

 beautiful." 



49401. Paspalum fasciculatum Willd. Poacea?. Grass. 

 "(No. 246. Tucuru, Alta Vera Paz. .January 12, 1920.) Ochoy, a 



wet-land forage grass from Chama. on the Rio Chisoy, about 8 leagues 

 from Coban. This plant makes excellent forage, being considered one of 

 the very best. It grows vigorously, spreading by means of underground 

 rhizomes, and sends up shoots ordinarily to a height of about 3 feet. It 

 rarely flowers." 



