236 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 165 



241374 to 241377. 



From Ethiopia. Seeds presented by Coffee Production Advisor, United States 

 Operations Mission, Addis Ababa. Received July 18, 1957. 



241374. Albizzia sp. Mimosaceae. 

 No. 1. 



241375. Albizzia sp. 



No. 2. Tree to 75 feet high; well-branched, providing excellent shade. 



241376. Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl. Pinaceae. 



East African juniper. 



Tree to 120 feet high; wood red to brown; aromatic, fine and straight grained. 

 Local name: Tidh. 



241377. Podocarpus gracilior Pilg. Taxaceae. 



Tree to 130 feet high; wood white to yellow; fibers stringy, tough, sometimes 

 twisted; not resinous or aromatic. Local name: Zigba. 



241378. Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf Poaceae. Jaragua. 



From Panama. Seeds presented by the Servicio, Interamericano de Cooperacion. 

 Received July 18, 1957. 



241379 to 241385. 



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

 Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received July 19, 1957. 

 Cuttings, unless otherwise noted. 



241379. Bosea amherstiana Hook. f. Amaranthaceae. 



Col. No. 4989. 'Variegata'. Stazione Sperimentals di Floricultura, San 

 Remo. Shrub; leaves variegated; flowers small. 



241380. Cistus sp. Cistaceae. 



Col. No. 4987. La Mortola, Villa Hanbury, near Ventimiglia. Evergreen 

 shrub; flowers pink with a dark eye. 



241381 to 241385. Greenhouse, Stazione Sperimentale di Floricultura, San 

 Remo. 

 241381 and 241382. Crossandra nilotica Oliver Acanthaceae. 



241381. Col. No. 4991. Perennial; leaves ovate, acuminate long petio- 

 late, and pubescent; flowers salmon red. (Plant.) 



241382. Col. No. 4991. (Seed). 



241383. Hypoestes sanguinolenta Hook. Acanthaceae. 



Col. No. 4990. Perennial to 18 inches high; leaves velvet green, mottled 

 pink above; flowers rose-pink. 



241384. Jacobinia suberecta E. Andre Acanthaceae. 



Col. No. 4996. Perennial to 18 inches high; leaves silvery tomentose; 

 flowers orange-red, tubular. 



241385. Podranea brycei (N.E.Br.) Sprag. Bignoniaceae. 

 Col. No. 4988. Vigorous scrambling vine; flowers pink. 



241386 and 241387. 



From Libya. Seeds presented by an unknown donor. Received July 23, 1957. 



241386. Lotus sp. Fabaceae. 



241387. Lotus sp. 



