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SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



49745 to 49796— Continued. 



49771. "(No. 316a. Guatemala. February 26, 1920.) Seeds of 

 stock plant No. 1 from the Finca La Polvora in Antigua. The tree 

 from which the seeds were gathered is very prolific, having pro- 

 duced 450 fruits this season. The fruit ripens early at Antigua." 

 49772 to 49776. *' Seeds for stock ; from fruits purchased in the 

 market at Guatemala." 



49777. Tbiplaris Americana L. Polygonace«. 



" (No. 3350. El Barranquillo. February 26, 1920.) BaAlador. Seeds 

 of a tree said to be 25 feet high, with small white flowers, produced in 

 January." 



49778. Petrea sp. Verbenaceae. 



"(No. 326a. El Barranquillo. February 26, 1920.) Palo de amor. 

 Seeds of a shrub 5 feet high, which produces small purplish flowers in 

 May." 



49779. Phaseolus lunatus L. Fabacese. Lima bean. 

 " (No. 334a. El Barranquillo. February 26, 1920.) Jurunr 



49780. Salvia amarissima Ortega. Menthacese. Sage. 

 " (No. 304a. Antigua. February 17, 1920. Herb. No. 951.) Seeds 



of an herbaceous plant about 2 feet high, with terminal spikes of small 

 tubular flowers of the richest blue. It is found along roadsides in this 

 region at altitudes of 5,000 to 6,000 feet and is apparently an annual." 



49781. Sapindus saponaria L. Sapindacese. 



" (No. 324a. El Barranquillo. February 26, 1920.) Jahoncillo. 

 Seeds of one of the soapberry trees which grows about 25 feet high, 

 forming a dense crown of deep-green foliage. Its round fruits, about 

 three-fourths of an inch in diameter, can be used in place of soap, but 

 are rarely employed in this way by the natives." 



49782. SoLANUM SEAFORTHiANUM Audrew^s. Solanacese. 



" (No. 340a. El Barranquillo. February 26, 1920. Herb. No. 966.) 

 Adelfa. Seeds of a climbing plant, said to produce blue flowers in 

 November." 



For previous introductions, see S. P. I. No. 30894. 



49783. Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. Bignoniacese. Yellow tecoma. 

 "(No. 337a. El Barranquillo. February 26, 1920. Herb. No. 955.) 



Flor amarilla. Seeds of a plant which may be the common Tecoma 

 stans of southern California gardens, but my recollection is that the 

 flower of the latter is not of such a deep yellow as this Guatemalan plant. 

 It is a shrub about 15 feet high, producing terminal clusters of brilliant 

 yellow trumpet-shaped flowers about an inch and a half broad at the 

 mouth." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43781. 



49784. Teiniochloa stipoides (H. B. K.) Hitchc. Poacese. Grass. 

 {Muehlenbergia stipoides Trin.) 



" (No. 229a. Antigua. February 17, 1920.) Seeds of a grass from 

 the upper slopes of the Volcan de Agua at altitudes of 7,000 to 8,000 

 feet. It is about 3 feet high, with fine foliage and small seed." 



