294 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 165 



242545 to 242616. 



From Great Britain. Plants and cuttings collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural 

 explorer, Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received October 4, 1957. 



From Talbot Manor, Kings Lynn, Fincham, Norfolk, England. 



242545. Adenium obestjm (Forsk.) Roem. & Schult. Apocynaceae. 



Col. No. 5573. Fleshy stemmed shrub; leaves tufted at the ends of the 

 branches; flowers pink. 



242546. Begonia augustae Irmscher Begoniaceae. 



Col. No. 5558. Perennial; leaves bronze green above, lustrous, reddish below. 



242547. Begonia bakkeri Knowl. & Westc. 



Col. No. 5572. Rank growing perennial; stems erect, thickish, little branched; 

 leaves peltate, oblique, shallowly dentate lobed, dull green. 



242548. Begonia caroliniaefolia Regal 



Col. No. 5557. 'Riga Cross'. Perennial with an arborescent habit; stems 

 to 3 inches thick, erect; leaves digitately divided into 7 leaflets. 



242549. Begonia cathayana Hemsl. 



Col. No. 5542. Perennial, velvet-hairy throughout; leaves oblique, to 6 

 inches long, dark green above, veins red. 



242550. Begonia cooperi C. DC. 



Col. No. 5511. Perennial to 2 feet high; leaves elm-shaped, strongly veined. 



242551. Begonia convolvtjlacea A. DC. 



Col. No. 5571. Perennial to 14 inches high; stems erect; leaves semiorbic- 

 ular or oblique, lustrous green above. 



242552. Begonia daedalea Lem. 



Col. No. 5553. Rhizomatous perennial to 24 inches high; leaves strongly 

 maculate, red and green ciliate. 



242553. Begonia dregei Otto & Dietr. 



Col. No. 5539. Perennial, semifurrowed and angled stems; leaves strongly 

 oblique, sinuate-dentate, with a lustrous metallic sheen, dark green above, 

 reddish below. 



242554. Begonia epipsila Brade 



Col. No. 5579. Perennial to 14 inches high; leaves lustrous green above, 

 reddish below with rusty indumentum. 



242555. Begonia fagifolia Fisch. 



Col. No. 5541. Perennial with creeping, semiscrambling stems; leaves 

 ovate in outline, lustrous green above, uniformly scattered pubescent above 

 and below, petioles and stems reddish. 



242556. Begonia gigantea Wall. 



Col. No. 5567. Rhizomatous plant; stems robust to 24 inches high; leaves 

 strongly oblique, acuminate, lustrous green above. 



242557. Begonia inflata C. B. Clark 



Col. No. 5555. Rhizomatous plant; stems succulent, erect, reddish; leaves 

 oblique, deep green above. 



242558. Begonia (hybrid). 



Col. No. 5566. (B. fuchsioides X B. nitida). Perennial to 24 inches high; 

 stems erect; leaves to 3 inches long, serrate and undulate, lustrous green above, 

 scattered puberulent above and below; flowers pink. 



242559. Begonia sp. 



Col. No. 5562. 'Leminshi'. Climbing habit. 



