144 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 165 



239372 to 239380. 



From France. Collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant Introduc- 

 tion Section, Crops Research Division, Belts ville, Md. Received May 7, 

 1957. 



239372. Asphodelus cerasiferus J. Gay Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 3838. Open mountain slopes, Peira Cava, above Menton, Alpes- 

 Maritimes. Elevation 4,800 feet. Apr. 28, 1957. Tuberous-rooted perennial 

 to 5 feet high; leaves mostly basal, sword-shaped; flowers white. (Plants.) 



239373. Grewia occidentalis L. Tiliaceae. 



Col. No. 3867. Jardin Botanique "Les Cedres", St. Jean Cap Ferrat, Alpes- 

 Maritimes. Small tree or large shrub; flowers about 1 inch long, pink or 

 purplish. (Plants.) 



239374. Heptapleurum sp. Araliaceae. 



Col. No. 3853. Small evergreen tree, to 20 feet high. 



239375. Jasminum polyanthum Franch. Oleaceae. Jasmine. 

 Col. No. 3858 A. (Plants.) 



239376. Mahonia lomarifolia Takeda Berberidaceae. 



Col. No. 3825. Garden above Malone, Alpes-Maritimes. Evergreen shrub 

 to 15 feet high; flowers terminal, yellow, winter; fruits blue, in large pendulous 

 clusters. (Seeds.) 



239377. Osteospermum moniliferum L. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 3883. Jardin Botanique "Les Cedres", St. Jean Cap-Ferrat, Alpes- 

 Maritimes. Much-branched shrubby bush to 4 feet high; leaves green above, 

 cobwebby beneath; rays yellow. (Plant.) 



239378. Sarcococca ruscifolia Stapf Buxaceae. 



Col. No. 3828. Garden above Menton, Alpes-Maritimes. Evergreen shrub 

 to 5 feet high; leaves dark lustrous green, to 2 inches long; flowers small, whitish, 

 inconspicuous; fruit currantlike, dark, shiny red, fleshy. (Seeds.) 



239379. Schefflera delavayi (Franch.) Harms Araliaceae. 



Col. No. 3852. Jardin Botanique, "Les Cedres", St. Jean Cap-Ferrat, Alpes- 

 Maritimes. Shrub or tree to 20 feet high; leaves digitately divided, tomentose. 

 (Cuttings.) 



239380. Wilkesia gymnoxiphium A. Gray Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 3847. Jardin Botanique "Les Cedres", St. Jean Cap-Ferrat, Alpes- 

 Maritimes. Plant aborescent, to 20 feet high, monocarpic; disk flowers yellow. 

 (Plants.) 



239381 to 239425. 



From Mexico.^ Tubers presented by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mexico City. 

 Received May 7, 1957. 



Collected as noted. 



239381 to 239402. Solantjm bttlbocastantjm Dun. Solanaceae. 



239381 to 239384. Pedregal de San Angel, Mexico City. 



239381. S-359. 239383. S-361. 



239382. S-360. 239384. S-362. 



239385. S-376. Patzcuaro, Michoacan. 



239386. S-377. Zacapu, Michoacan. 



239387. S-378. Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan. 



239388. S-379. Zacapu, Michoacan. 



