196 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 165 



240597 to 240608— Continued 



240598 to 240606— Continued 



240603 to 240606. From Hollandia. May 24, 1957. 



240603. Col. No. 203. 240605. Col. No. 205. 



240604. Col. No. 204. 240606. Col. No. 206. 



240607 and 240608. Saccharum robustum Brandes & Jesw. Sugarcane. 



240607. Col. No. 201. Tami River, near Hollandia. May 23, 1957. 



240608. Col. No. 202. River bottom, Hollandia. May 24, 1957. 



240609. Dichanthium aristatum (Poir) C. E. Hubb. Poaceae. 



Angleton grass. 



From the Philippine Islands. Rootstocks presented by the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, Los Banos, Laguna. Received June 5, 1957. 



'Alabang X'. 



240610. Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq. Sapindaceae. 



Clammy hopbush. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, Plant 

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

 June 5, 1957. 



Col. No. 16664. Sierra west of Moctezuma, Sonora. May 22, 1957. 

 Elevation 3,500 feet. Slender shrub to 7 feet high; good for ornamental hedge. 



240611 to 240613. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Bernice G. Schubert, agricultural explorer, 

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

 ceived June 4, 1957. 



240611. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 

 Chiapas. 



240612. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulaceae. 



Col. No. 1511. Northeast Tapachula. Mar. 24, 1957. 



240613. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 

 Col. No. 1532. (No field note.) 



240614 to 240623. 



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

 Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received June 6, 1957. 



From the Botanical Garden, University of Pisa, Pisa. 



240614. Anthurium scandens Engl. Araceae. 



Col. No. 4050. Erect perennial; leaves oblong, to 4 inches long; flowers 

 inconspicuous. (Cuttings.) 



240615. Arundinaria sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 4061. 'Variegata'. Rank-growing bamboo to 8 feet high; foliage 

 yellowish-variegated. (Plants.) 



240616. Begonia erythrophylla Neuman Begoniaceae. 



Col. No. 4053. Rhizomatous perennial; leaves kidney-shaped, thick, 

 lustrous green above, reddish beneath. (Rhizomes.) 



240617. Eryngium pandanifolium Cham. & Schlecht. Apiaceae. 



Col. No. 4048. Rank perennial to 15 feet high; leaves strap-shaped, to 6 

 feet long, spine-tipped; flowers purplish, in small round heads. (Plant.) 



