158 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 165 



239674 to 239686. 



From Italy. Collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant Introduction 

 Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received May 14, 1957. 



Collected at Villa Taranto, Lake Maggiore, Palanza, May 6, 1957. Material 

 received as cuttings unless otherwise stated. 



239674. Acer acuminatum Wall. Aceraceae. Maple. 



Col. No. 3895. Deciduous tree to 20 feet high; leaves 3-lobed, to 4 inches 

 long. 



239675. Buddleia colvilei Hook. f. Loganiaceae. Butterflybush. 

 Col. No. 3901. Hardy, large shrub, sometimes 50 feet high; flowers rose. 



239676. Cavendishia acuminata (Hook.) Benth. Vacciniaceae. 



Col. No. 3891. Evergreen shrub to 10 feet high; branches pendulous; leaves 

 lanceolate to ovate, to 3 inches long; flowers bright red, tubular, the lobes 

 green. 



239677. Dierama pulcherrimum (Hook, f.) Baker Iridaceae. 



Col. No. 3900. Plant to 5 feet high; leaves basal, to 20 inches long; flowers 

 stiff, at the ends of pendulous peduncles, white, pink or purple. (Corms.) 



239678. Emmenopterys henryi Oliv. Rubiaceae. 



Col. No. 3890. Deciduous tree; leaves about 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, 

 oval or ovate. (Described by collectors of Chinese plants as one of the most 

 beautiful of flowering trees.) 



239679. Fortune aria sinensis Rehdr. & Wils. Hamamelidaceae. 

 Col. No. 3894. Deciduous shrub to 15 feet high. 



239680. Gardenia rothmannia L. f. Rubiaceae. 



Col. No. 3892. Small evergreen tree or large shrub to 15 feet high; leaves 

 to 3 inches long, hairy; flowers white, fragrant. (Plant.) 



239681. Kniphofia sp. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 3897. Herbaceous perennial with creamy yellow flowers. (Plants.) 



239682. Narcissus poeticus var. verbanensis Herb. Amaryllidaceae. 



Col. No. 3898. Meadows. Evergreen shrub to 10 feet high; flowers yellow. 

 (Bulbs.) 



239683. Osmanthus fragrans Lour. Oleaceae. 



Col. No. 3896. 'Aurantiacus'. Evergreen shrub to 10 feet high; flowers 

 yellow, fragrant. 



239684. Paulownia fortunei (Seem.) Hemsl. Scrophulariaceae. 



Col. No. 3893. Deciduous tree to 40 feet high; flowers large, light lavender, 

 spotted. 



239685. Plectranthus ciliatus E. Mey. Menthaceae. 



Col. No. 3889. Herbaceous perennial; leaves purple beneath, green above. 



239686. Paradisea liliastrum (L.) Bertol. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 3899. Perennial; roots tuberous; flowers white. (Plants.) 



239687. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



From the United States. Seeds collected by E. P. Imle, agricultural explorer, 

 Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received May 15, 1957. 



Collected in Maryland. 



239688. Piper methystictjm Forst. Piperaceae. Kava pepper. 



From Indonesia. Cuttings presented by Balai Penjelidikan Tehnik, Pertanian, 

 Bogor. Received May 15, 1957. 



