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yams would be well advised to try to obtain a few tu- 
bers when the next planting season comes around. " (From 
Report of Department of Agriculture, Barbabos, 1919 
and 1920.) 
"This is a white-fleshed yam of excellent qual- 
ity. The skin is smooth and thin, but tough; the va- 
riety should be a good shipper. The tubers are cylin- 
drical, and rather small." (R. A. Young.) 
Fuchsia sp. (Onagraceae) , 53991. From Ecuador. Col- 
lected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer. 
"(No. 637a. From La Rinconada , Ecuador . ) Seeds of ' Zar- 
cillejo.' A half -climbing wild shrub from the moun- 
tains of Carchi Province, where it grows at altitudes 1 
of 10,000 to 12,000 feet. It bears handsome scarlet 
flowers about 2 inches long* and should be sufficiently 
hardy for cultivation in California." (Popenoe.) 
Ormosia hosiei (Fabaceae), 54033. From Chungking, 
Szechwan, China. Seeds presented by Mr. P. R. Josselyn, 
American consul. "The seeds were secured through the 
kindness of friends in Chengtu." (Josselyn.) 
"For high-grade cabinetwork, picture frames, and 
the very best furniture, the timber most highly es- 
teemed in Szechwan is the 'Hung-tou Mu, ' derived .from 
Ormosia hosiei, a. tree allied to the Sophora. In the spring 
0. hosiei produces large panicles of white and pink pea- 
shaped flowers, and at all seasons of the year it is a 
striking tree. The wood is heavier than water, of a 
rich red color, and beautifully marked. It is the most 
high-priced of all local timbers, and is now very 
scarce. In north central Szechwan it is still fairly 
common, but on the Chengtu plain it is found only in 
temple grounds or over shrines. The native name sig- 
nifies, 'Red Bean tree,' the seeds being red and -con- 
tained in beanlike pods." (Wilson, A Naturalist in 
Western China, vol. 11, p. 21.) 
Passiflora reflexiflora (Passif loraceae) , 54035. From 
Guayaquil, Ecuador. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, 
Agricultural Explorer. An exceedingly attractive orna- 
mental vine, native in Ecuador, with small three-lobed 
leaves, and bearing in its axils beautiful flowers 
about an inch in length. These have centers of blue 
filaments, very- striking scarlet reflexed petals, and 
ashy-yellow sepals, and are succeeded by roundish 
fruits about three inches in diameter. (Adapted fr<Jm 
Cavanilles, Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum Hispania, 
vol. 5, p. 15.) 
