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to these inventories, which direct attention to the 
more important introductions.. One of these statements 
will appear in each of Plant Immigrants. 
Inventory No. 45. Covering the period from Oc- 
tober 1st to December 31st, 1914. 
Although this Inventory chronicles the arrival 
of only 370 new plant immigrants, it describes some- 
that are of unusual interest and deserving of special 
mention. It covers certain plants of the high Peru- 
vian Andes collected by Mr. 0. F. Cook while attached 
to the Yale University-National Geographic Society 
Expedition. These include a remarkable wild relative 
of the tomato (No. 41318), which has a pleasant, 
slightly acid flavor, resembling that of an apple, 
and remarkable keeping qualities which may make it of 
particular interest to tomato breeders; one of the 
Mutisias (No. 41317), a large trailing composite vine 
worthy of trial in our greenhouses for its beautiful 
orange to scarlet pendent flowers which suggest this- 
tles; a passion fruit (No. 41316), the pulp of which 
separates from the hard shell, making it possible to 
peel the shell away; the tara (Caesalpinia peetinata, No. 
41323), a spiny leguminous tree or shrub which may 
make a striking hedge plant in our Southwestern States , 
its bright scarlet pods contrasting with its deep, 
polished-green leaves as holly berries do; the tasta 
(No. 41324), a fine-leaved shrubby Eseallonia, which may 
make a desirable hedge plant as far north as San Fran- 
cisco; the lengli (Hesperomeles oblonga, No. 41325), an 
attractive tree with evergreen leaves and brilliant 
red fruits, hanging on all winter like holly berries; 
the capuli cherry of Peru {Prunm salieifolia, No. 41328), 
from an altitude of 12,000 feet, which resembles a 
chokeberry but has a firm flesh of good texture and 
agreeable taste; a variety of the sweet cassava (Mani- 
hot duleis, No. 41320), which species, according to Cook, 
is represented by varieties maturing at 6,000 feet on 
the^eastern slopes of the Andes and in the cold cloudy 
coastal climate of the Pacific coast; a species of 
tree {Datura sanguinea, No. 41329), with green, orange, 
and scarlet flowers, which occurs where frosts are 
encountered every night; the lucuma of Peru (No. 
41332), a popular fruit with rich mealy flesh, resem- 
bling a cooked sweet potato and with a hardiness which 
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