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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



51086 to 51094— Continued. 



a free bearer, a condition quite rare with Passiflora quadrangular is. It 

 is introduced for trial because of the possibility of its proving better 

 than the average form." 



51094. RuBUS ERlocAKPUS Liebm. Rosacese. Raspberry. 

 "(No. 423a. July 6, 1920.) Seeds of mora. From the upper slopes 



of the Volcano Irazu, at 9,000 to 10,000 feet altitude. This berry, which 

 is found only at altitudes of 9,000 feet and higher, is quite distinct from 

 the several species which I have collected in Costa Rica at lower levels, 

 mainly between 4,000 and 6,000 feet. It is more of a raspberry than a 

 blackberry in character. The slender canes, which are of a deep reddish 

 green color, grow to 8 or 10 feet in length and branch profusely, forming 

 an impenetrable tangle. The leaves are trifoliolate and the flowers small 

 and white. The fruits, which are produced in good-sized clusters, are 

 oblong or oblong-oval, up to an inch in length, and composed of numer- 

 ous small deep-red drupelets. The flavor is distinctly that of the rasp- 

 berry and is very agreeable. The plant is a profuse bearer, and seems 

 well worthy of trial in the southern United States." 



51095 to 51097. 



From Coban, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala. Seeds presented by Gustav 

 Helmrich. Received July 31, 1920. Quoted notes by Mr. Helmrich. 



51095. IscHAEMUM LATiFOLroM (Spreug.) Kunth. Poacese. Grass. 

 " Cux-kub (Indian). A very good fodder for horses." 



A stout decumbent grass, rooting at the lower nodes, with glabrous 

 blades 20 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide and a fan-shaped 

 inflorescence. Native to moist shady places in southern Mexico and the 

 Lesser Antilles to Brazil and Ecuador. (Adapted from Hitchcock and 

 Chase, Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium, vol. 18, p. S32.) 



51096. Paspalum humboldtianum Fluegge. Poacese. Grass. 

 " Taki pachadja (white grass)." 



" A handsome perennial grass producing strong scaly rootstocks, with 

 tufted culms, 40 to 80 centimeters high, erect from a woody, decumbent 

 base. The nodes are densely bearded with upwardly appressed white 

 hairs ; the flat, spreading blades, 8 to 18 centimeters long, 8 to 15 milli- 

 meters wide, are slightly narrowed toward the base into a stiff point. 

 The margins are usually stiffly fringed with hairs, and the panicles, 10 

 to 15 centimeters long, are of pale lax, spreading spikelets, beautifully 

 fringed with long, white glistening hairs. Native to rocky ground^ on 

 the highlands from central Mexico to Argentina." (Agnes Chase.) 



51097. Panicum multirameum Scribn. Poacese. Grass. 

 " Chachach onim (basket grass)." 



A delicate grass with small open primary panicles of pubescent 

 spikelets, lanceolate blades less than 10 times as long as broad, and 

 basal leaves which are distinctly different from those of the culm, 

 forming a winter rosette; the culms are at first simple, later becoming 

 much branched. The autumnal phase is decumbent with the branches 

 in fan-shaped clusters. Native to banks and dry, open ground from 

 southern Mexico to Guatemala, and also in Jamaica. (Adapted from . 

 Hitchcock and Chase, Contributions from the U. S. National Her- 

 barium, vol. 18, p. 332.) 



