64 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 175 



319332 to 319385— Continued 

 319373 to 319376— Continued 



319376. Col. No. 22253. 'Chicharo'. Market in Uruapan, but brought 

 from Morelia, Michoacan. Small, round. 



319377. Poinsettia sp. Euphorbiaceae. 



Col. No. 22028. Two to 4 miles above Capala, Sinaloa. Elevation 3,000 

 feet. Rank growth in rocky gulches. Shrub; branches long; bracts an 

 intense red. 



319378. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. Castorbean. 



Col. No. 22245. 'Iguerillo'. Along road to Apatzingan, Michoacan, 10 

 miles south of Uruapan. Elevation 4,400 feet. All perennial, to 3.5 meters 

 high; racemes terminal. 



319379 to 319381. Sesamum indicum L. Pedaliaceae. Sesame. 



319379. Col. No. 22258. 'Ajonjoli'. Market in Uruapan, but grown near 

 Apatzingan. Seeds small, pale yellowish. 



319380. Col. No. 22293. 'Ajonjoli'. Alamos, Sonora. Cultivated on 

 sandy soils in foothill region. 



319381. Col. No. 22294. 'Ajonjoli'. Alamos, Sonora. Elevation 1,200 

 feet. Seed predominately "white". Locally grown. 



319382. Tecoma sp. Bignoniaceae. 



Col. No. 22088. Along road to Mesquital, 25 miles south of Ciudad 

 Durango, in oak woodland. Elevation 6,650 feet. Shrub to 2 meters high; 

 flowers yellow, showy. On mountain slope subject to winter freezes. 



319383 and 319384. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi Leguminosae. 



319383. Col. No. 22287. 'Frijol riata'. Cuchubampo, Rio Mayo, Sonora. 

 Elevation 800 to 1,000 feet. Annual bush; pods 7 to 8 inches long, 

 whitish; seeds gray. Local. 



319384. Col. No. 22288. 'Frijol riata'. Cuchubampo, Rio Mayo, Sonora. 

 Elevation 800 to 1,000 feet. Pods 8 inches long, red; seeds large, red. 

 Local. 



319385. Zinnia linearis Benth. Compositae. 



Col. No. 22052. Along road to Huachochic, Chihuahua, 72 miles west of 

 Parral in grama grassland. Elevation 6,000 feet. Summer annual with 

 yellow rays. 



319386 to 319393. 



From Pakistan. Seeds presented by E. Nasir, Gordon College, Rawalpindi, 

 under P.L. 480 Project A17-CR-5. Numbered Mar. 30, 1967. 



319386. Adonis aestivalis L. Ranunculaceae. 



Temperate Europe and Asia. Annual, 3 to 6 dm. high; branched mostly 

 toward top; flowers solitary at ends of branches. Cultivated as an 

 ornamental. 



319387. Cardamine impatiens L. Cruciferae. 



Widespread in Europe and North and Central Asia. Annual herb, 2.5 

 to 6 dm. high; seed retention probably poor. Habitat includes roadsides, 

 forests and fields, usually occurring in shade at 1,000 to 3,400 meters. 



319388. Gastrocotyle hispida Bunge Boraginaceae. 



Sandy deserts; Egypt, Israel to Pakistan. Annual, bristly, procumbent; 

 stems numerous, simple or branched; flowers solitary in leaf axils. Often 

 found in cultivated fields. 



