170 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 165 



239991 to 240009— Continued 



240001. FlCUS HETEROPHYLLA L. f. Fig. 



Col. No. 3920. Small evergreen tree; leaves linear-lanceolate. 



240002. Ficus bibracteata Miq. Fig. 



Col. No. 3916. Evergreen tree to 50 feet high; trunk diameter three to four 

 feet. 



240003. Malpighia fucata Ker. Malpighiaceae. 



Col. No. 3918. Small evergreen tree or large shrub; flowers white. 



240004. Citrus aurantium L. Rutaceae. Sour orange. 

 Col. No. 3925. Evergreen shrub to 6 feet high; berries black. 



240005. Peperomia fenzelii Regel Piperaceae. 



Col. No. 3930. Erect perennial, 6 inches high; leaves 0.5 inch long, thickish. 



240006. Peperomia incana A. Dietr. 



Col. No. 3933. Mostly erect, tomentose, succulent-stemmed perennial; 

 leaves broadly ovate to nearly oval. 



240007. Peperomia pereskiaefolia H.B.K. 



Col. No. 3932. Sprawling, procumbent perennial; stems square; leaves 

 rhombic, whorled; veins prominent. 



240008. Peperomia rubella Hook. 



Col. No. 3931. Rhizomatous perennial; stems reddish; leaves whorled. 



240009. Vitex glabrata R. Br. Verbenaceae. 



Col. No. 3929. Shrub to 8 feet high; leaves digitately compound, lustrous. 



240010 to 240027. 



From France. Plants collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant 

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

 May 21, 1957. 



Collected at the Jardin Botanique, Les Cedres, St. Jean, Cap Ferrat, Alpes- 

 Maritimes. May 1, 1957. 



240010. Ceropegia serpentina E. A. Bruce Asclepiadaceae. 

 Col. No. 3877. Plant succulent; branches brownish, long, whiplike. 



240011. Cynanchum perrieri Choux Asclepiadaceae. 

 Col. No. 3874. Plant scrambling; stems green, naked. 



240012. Euphorbia beaumeriana Hook.f. & Coss. Euphorbiaceae. 



Spurge. 



Col. No. 3871. Plant succulent; ribs strong. 



240013. Euphorbia caerulescens Haw. Spurge. 

 Col. No. 3869. Plant spiny, fleshy, succulent. 



240014. Euphorbia fruticosa Forsk. Spurge. 

 Col. No. 3870. Fleshy perennial covered with spines. 



240015. Euphorbia gossyspina Pax Spurge. 



Col. No. 3879. Plant succulent, erect, much-branched, leafless; stems 

 green. 



240016. Euphorbia intisy var. maintyi (Decorse) E. H. Poiss. Spurge. 

 Col. No. 3875. Succulent, much-branched; stems green. 



240017. Euphorbia intisy Drake Spurge. 



Col. No. 3878. Much-branched, sprawly, leafless shrub; has been exploited 

 as a source of rubber. 



