206 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 165 



240795. Dioscorea composita Hemsl. Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Don K. Cox, Syntex, District Federal. Re- 

 ceived June 18, 1957. 



'CR-92'. Tierra Blanca, Veracruz. 



240796 to 240803. 



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

 Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received June 18, 1957. 



From the Stazione Sperimentale di Floricultura "O. Raimondo" San Remo. 

 June 12, 1957. Cuttings unless otherwise noted. 



240796. Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl Verbenaceae. Beautyberry. 



Col. No. 4111. Semideciduous, tomentose shrub to 8 feet high; leaves elliptic, 

 serrate; berries pure white, in dense clusters. 



240797. Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. Trochodendraceae. 



Col. No. 4099. Deciduous tree to 30 feet high; leaves elmlike. 



240798. Hypoestes sanguinolenta Hook. Acanthaceae. 



Col. No. 4097. Perennial herb to 18 inches high; leaves green and mottled 

 pink above; flowers rose pink. 



240799. Lopezia miniata DC. Onagraceae. 



Col. No. 4098. Much-branched perennial to 3 feet high; flowers rose; excel- 

 lent bedding plant. 



240800. Phygelius capensis E. Mey. Scrophulariaceae. 



Col. No. 4092. Much-branched perennial to 3 feet high; flowers brick red> 

 tubular, penstemonlike. 



240801. Phytolacca dodecandra L'Her. Phytolaccaceae. 

 Col. No. 4095. Shrub to 20 feet high; flowers white. 



240802. Rosmarinus officinalis L. Menthaceae. Rosemary. 

 Col. No. 4100. 'Prostratus'. Prostrate evergreen shrub; leaves narrow. 



240803. (Undetermined.) 

 Plant. (No field note.) 



240804 to 240808. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From the United States. Seeds presented by the University of Illinois, Urbana, 

 Illinois. Received June 18, 1957. 



'Black Mexican' sweet corn. 



240804. 56-150-1. 240807. 56-151-11. 



240805. 56-150-4. 240808. 56-151-12. 



240806. 56-151-6. 



240809. Vitis tiliaefolia Hunib. & Bonpl. Vitaceae. Grape. 



From Costa Rica. Presented by the Instituto Inter- Americano de Ciencias. 

 Agricolas, Turrialba. Received June 18, 1957. 



From farm of Jose Ma Arios, Rio Segundo. 



240810 to 240814. 



From Italy. Cuttings collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant 

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

 June 18, 1957. 



From Stazione Sperimentale di Floricultura "O. Raimondo," San Remo. June 

 12, 1957. 



240810. Bosea amherstiana Hook. f. Amaranthaceae. 



Col. No. 4106. Scrambling shrub; leaves small, white- variegated. 



