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like leaves; small, golden yellow, fragrant flowers; 
and oval, blue-black berries about an inch long. 
An attractive thing, particularly when, in bloom." 
(Popenoe.) 
Berberis rigidifolia (Berberldaceae) , 51787. Barberry. 
Prom Bogota, Colombia. Seeds collected by Mr. Wilson 
Popenoe, agricultural explorer. "No. 492a. From the 
mountains near Sibate , Cundinamarca, at an altitude of 
about 9,000 feet. A thorny shrub about 6 feet high, 
with small leaves, small deep-yellow flowers, and 
oval black fruits about one-fourth of an inch long. An 
attractive ornamental shrub, recommended for trial in 
the South and on the Pacific Coast." (Popenoe.) 
Brownea grandieeps (Caesalpiniaceae) , 51796. Prom Bo- 
gota, Colombia. Seeds collected by Mr . Wilson Popenoe , 
agricultural explorer. "No. 497a. A magnificent flower- 
ing tree, native to the Magdalena Valley in Colombia. 
These seeds are from Guaduas, Cundinamarca, at an. al- 
titude of about 3,300 feet. The tree is not large, - 
about 20 feet in height, - but it produces flame-scarlet 
flowers in compact clusters (they could almost be 
termed heads ) 6 to 8 inches 1 ong and broad. While this 
plant is tropical, the fact that it is grown at Guaduas 
makes me think that it might succeed in southern 
Florida." (Popenoe.) 
Crotalaria serieea (Fabaceae), 51839. From Gizeh, Mou- 
derieh, Egypt . Seeds presented by Mr . Thomas W. Brown, 
director, Horticultural Section. A robust undershrub, 
1 to 1.5 m. high, with oblong or broadly spathulate 
oblong leaves which are moderately firm in texture, 
glabrous above, finely silky beneath, 7.5 to 15 cm. 
long. The follaceous stipules are persistent. The 
yellowish-purple flowers 22 mm. long are in 20 to 40- 
f lowered racemes, 3 to 5 dm, long. The plant is native 
to India, ascending to an altitude of 3,000 feet in 
Kumaon. It is cultivated as a garden flower in the 
Punjab, India, where it is known as Sauni ; but is ap- 
parently never cultivated there as an agricultural 
product, though fiber is sometimes prepared from it. 
(Adapted from Rock, Leguminous Plants of Hawaii, p. 
127.) 
Ilex sp. (Aquif oliaceae) , 51788. From Bogota, 
Colombia. Seeds collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, agri- 
cultural explorer, "No. 494a. From Sibate , Cundinamarca, 
