54 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 172 



296044 to 296056— Continued 



296049 and 296050— Continued 



296050. Col. No. B-1707. Highway 15, 13 miles southeast of Tepic, 

 Nayarit. Erect annual herb to 6 feet high, branching in upper third 

 when crowded; flowers blue. 



296051. Dalea vernica Greenman 



Col. No. B-1696. Roadside 30 miles northeast of Apatzingan, Michoacan. 

 Erect annual to 5 feet high; stems straight, branching in upper third; flowers 

 purple. 



296052. Desmanthus interior (Britton & Rose) Bullock Leguminosae. 



Col. No. B-1712. Highway 15, 2 miles south of Culiacan, Sinaloa. 

 Short-lived perennial herb to 12 feet high. 



296053. Desmodium nicaraguense Oerst. ex Benth. & Oerst. Legumino- 

 sae. 



Col. No. B-1691. Seven miles northeast of Oaxaca, road to Ixtlan de 

 Juarez, Oaxaca. Elevation 5,700 feet. Plant virgate, woody-stemmed peren- 

 nial to 10 feet high; flowers blue. 



296054. Indigofera suffruticosa Mill. Leguminosae. Anil indigo. 



Col. No. B-1717. Roadside, Alamos, Sonora. Shrub to 6 feet high; 

 branches ascending; flowers pinkish. 



296055. Sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Rydb. Leguminosae. 



Col. No. B-1705. Highway 15, 15 miles southeast of Tepic, Nayarit. 

 Erect annual herb to 10 feet high; flowers yellow. 



296056. Tagetes lucida Cav. Compositae. 



Col. No. G-18078. Aqua Amarilla, 7 miles west of Chinatu, Chihuahua. 

 Elevation 7,800 feet. Aromatic perennial herb to 1.5 feet high. 



296057 and 296058. 



From Pakistan. Seeds obtained from the Gordon College, Rawalpindi, under 

 Public Law 480. Received Feb. 26, 1964. 



296057. Ducrosia anethifolia Boiss. Umbelliferae. 

 No. 42845. Col. No. 493. Biennial to 2 feet high. 



296058. Trichosanthes cucumerina L. Cucurbitaceae. 

 No. 43130. Col. No. 1501. Annual vine. 



296059. Peucedanum capense Sond. Umbelliferae. 



From the Republic of South Africa. Seeds collected by A. S. Barclay, agricul- 

 tural explorer, Crops Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Feb. 26, 1964. 



Col. No. B-939. Roadside fields 13.5 miles northwest of Plattenberg, road to 

 Uniondale. Shrubby perennial to 6 feet high; flowers yellow. 



296060 to 296066. 



From Spain. Seeds obtained from the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones 

 Agronomicas, Madrid, under Public Law 480. Received Feb. 26, 1964. 



296060. Arctium lappa L. Compositae. Great burdock. 

 No. 43059. Biennial grown as an annual, to 8 feet high. 



296061. Brassica hirta Moench. Cruciferae. White mustard. 

 No. 43862. Annual to 4 feet high. 



296062. Brassica sinapistrum Boiss. 

 No. 43075. Annual to 3 feet high. 



