150 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 165 



239500 to 239540— Continued 



239521. Ophiurus exaltatus (L.) Kuntze Poaceae. 

 Col. No. 589. Twenty-eight miles from Lae. 



239522. Rottboellia (R. Br.) Druce Poaceae. 



Col. No. 625. Edge of Snake River, 17 miles from Bulolo on way to Lae. 



239523. Piper sp. Piperaceae. 



Col. No. 591. Botanic Garden, Lae. 

 239524 to 239526. Pogonatherum paniceum (Lam.) Hack. Poaceae. 



239524. Col. No. 606. Edge of Korlte River near Menyamya. 



239525. Col. No. 619. Hillside below Wau. 



239526. Col. No. 622. Above Wau on Edie Creek Road. 

 239527 to 239529. Polytoca macrophylla Benth. Poaceae. 



239527. Col. No. 597. Wantoat. 



239528. Col. No. 600. Pine Tops, Bulolo River, near Bulolo. 



239529. Col. No. 630. Edge of Muirasa River near Madang. 



239530 and 239531. Saccharum spontaneum L. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



239530. Col. No. 605. Edge of Korlte River near Menyamya. 



239531. Col. No. 634. Gusap Airfield. 



239532 and 239533. Sorghum laxiflorum F. M. Bailey Poaceae. 



239532. Col. No. 596. Wantoat. 



239533. Col. No. 602. Bank of Korlte River near Menyamya. 

 239534 to 239537. Sorghum nitidum (Vahl) Pers. 



239534. Col. No. 588. Twenty-eight miles from Lae. 



239535. Col. No. 595. Wantoat. 



239536. Col. No. 607. Edge of Korlte River near Menyamya. 



239537. Col. No. 620. Native village near Wau. 



239538. Themeda gigantea var. villosa (Poir.) Hack. Poaceae. 

 Col. No. 604. Bank of Korlte River near Menyamya. 



239539. Themeda sp. 



Col. No. 635. Gusap airstrip. 



239540. Themeda sp. 



Col. No. 639. Gogal River about 20 miles from Madang. 



239541 to 239548. 



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

 duction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received May 

 9, 1957. 

 From the Jardin Botanique, Les Cedres, Stg. Jean, Cap Ferrat, Alpes-Mari- 



times. May 1, 1957. 



239541. Erythrina sp. Fabaceae. 

 Col. No. 3857. (Plant.) 



239542. Grevillea alpina Lindl. Proteaceae. 



Col. No. 3860. Evergreen shrub to 3 feet high; leaves linear, 0.5 inch long; 

 flowers reddish. (Cuttings.) 



239543. Heptapleurum sp. Araliaceae. 



Col. No. 3853. Small tree; leaves evergreen. (Cuttings.) 



239544. Malvaviscus conzattii Greenm. Malvaceae. 



Col. No. 3868. Large evergreen shrub; leaves to 6 inches long; flowers 

 simulating red lanterns. 



