288 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 165 



242427. Pentas sp. Kubiaceae. 



From Ghana. Seeds presented by the University College, Achimota. Re- 

 ceived September 26, 1957. 



242428. Triticum (hybrid). Poaceae. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by Bayerische Landersaatzuchtanstalp, 

 Freising. Received October 1, 1957. 



'Ml'. Spring type; seed red. Susceptible to stem rust and resistant to mildew. 



242429 to 242489. 



From Scotland. Collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant In- 

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

 September 27, 1957. 



From Botanical Garden, Edinburgh. Cuttings unless otherwise noted. 



242429. Cornus hessei Koehn. Cornaceae. 



Col. No. 5490. Dwarf deciduous shrub; leaves elliptic, reddish-purple 

 above, glaucous beneath; flowers white. Probably of garden origin. 



242430. Grevillea rosmarinifolia A. Cunn. Proteaceae. 



Col. No. 5497. 'Wakehurst'. Much-branched evergreen shrub to 3 feet 

 high; leaves linear; flowers coral red. 



242431. Ilex crenata var. nummularia (Fr. & Sav.) Yatabe Aquifoliaceae. 



Holly. 



Col. No. 5492. Evergreen shrub to 3 feet high; leaves nearly oval; berries 

 black. 



242432. Lobelia fulgens Willd. Campanulaceae. Mexican lobelia. 



Col. No. 5500. 'Queen Victoria'. Rhizomatous perennial to 4 feet high; 

 leaves reddish ; flowers scarlet. 



242433. Magnolia (hybrid). Magnoliaceae. 



Col. No. 5499. (M. campbellii X M. mollicomata) . Deciduous tree; 

 flowers to 10 inches in diameter, pink. 



242434. Reevesia pubescens Mast. Sterculiaceae. 



Col. No. 5473. Evergreen shrub to 10 feet high; leaves elliptic. 



242435. Rhododendron (hybrid). Ericaceae. 



Col. No. 5452. (R. albescens X R. ciliicalyx) . Extremely floriferous; 

 flowers white to pinkish. 



242436. Rhododendron araiophyllum Balf. f. & W. W. Smith. 



Col. No. 5454. Evergreen shrub to 16 feet tall; flowers white, flushed rose 

 or lavender, with a basal crimson blotch and crimson dots. 



242437 and 242438. Rhododendron arboreum J. E. Sm. 



Tree rhododendron. 



242437. Col. No. 5461. Flowers red. 



242438. Col. No. 5476. 'Wallich'. Shrub to 20 feet high; flowers blood red. 



242439. Rhododendron argyrophyllum var. nankingense. Franch. 



Col. No. 5494. Evergreen shrub to 6 feet high; leaves elliptic, lustrous 

 green above, silvery tomentose below; flowers red. 



242440. Rhododendron bureavii Franch. 



Col. No. 5496. Evergreen shrub to 6 feet high; leaves rusty tomentose 

 while young; flowers red. 



242441. Rhododendron (hybrid). 



Col. No. 5485. (R. assamicum X R. burmanicum) . Leaves to 3 inches 

 long; flowers white, spotted red. 



