26 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 176 



324909 to 324911. 



From Honduras. Seeds collected by Arthur T. Semple, Longmont, Colorado, 

 for the University of Hawaii. Received Jan. 18, 1968. 



324909. Centrosema sp. Leguminosae. 



Col. No. 2. Near artificial lake at Escuela Agricola Panamericana, 

 Zamorano. Vinelike; stems fine; leaves narrow, few. 



324910. Desmodium barbatum (L.) Benth. Leguminosae. 



Col. No. 4. In pasture crossed by new airstrip at Escuela Agricola 

 Panamericana, Zamorano. Plant large, vigorous. 



324911. Dolichos lablab L. Leguminosae. Hyacinth-bean. 



Col. No. 3. Near library at Escuela Agricola Panamericana, Zamorano. 

 Vine; flowers in two shades of purple. 



324912 to 324920. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Arthur T. Semple, Longmont, Colorado, 

 for the University of Hawaii. Received Jan. 18, 1968. 



324912. Indigofera sp. Leguminosae. 



Col. No. 9. Along highway from Merida, beyond Tical, Yucatan where 

 thick stands of almost pure Bouteloua sp. are common. 



324913 to 324918. Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit Leguminosae. 



Leadtree. 



324913. Col. No. 8. Local name, Huaxin. Ungrazed, thick growth of 

 bushes near windmill at end of Seventh Calle, Merida, Yucatan, beyond 

 ISSSTE hospital. Tree to 10 feet high. Pods green. 



324914. Col. No. 10. Near House of Turtles at ruins of Uxmal, Yucatan. 

 Pods wide. 



324915. Col. No. 11. Local name, Huaxin. Ungrazed, thick growth of 

 bushes near windmill at end of Seventh Calle, Merida, Yucatan. Tree 

 small; pods green; considerable insect damage. Tree in same locality 

 as P.I. 324913. 



324916. Col. No. 14. Local name, Huaxin. In abandoned lot near 

 Km. 1071, on edge of Uman toward Merida. Pods very smooth, almost 

 completely free of insect damage. Flowers both mature and immature. 



324917. Col. No. 16. Ruins of Dzibichaltun between Merida and Pro- 

 gresso, Yucatan. 



324918. Col. No. 17. Ruins of Dzibichaltun between Merida and 

 Progresso, Yucatan. Different tree from P.I. 324917. 



324919. Leucaena sp. 



Col. No. 12. Local name, Salan. Lone tree along highway near top of 

 ridge beyond Muna from Merida, Yucatan, about 0.20 km. below the cross. 

 Tree showed signs of pollarding. Bushel-size parasite growing on upper 

 part of one branch. 



324920. Leucaena sp. 



Col. No. 13. Local name, Salan. About 20 m. west of cross at top of 

 ridge beyond Muna from Merida, Yucatan. Tree small with signs of 

 pollarding. 



324921 to 324923. Hibiscus CANNABINUS L. Malvaceae. Kenaf. 



From Iran. Seeds presented by United States Agency for International 

 Development, Tehran. Original stock received from Ail-Union Institute 

 of Plant Industry, Leningrad, Soviet Union. Received Jan. 18, 1968. 



Grown in 1967 at Varamin Cotton Station near Tehran. 



