162 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 163 



227119 to 227133— Continued 



227129. Phyllodoce nipponica Makino Ericaceae. Nippon mountainheath. 



Col. No. 211. Mount Asarna, Karuizawa. Elevation 1,400 meters. Small 

 shrub; flowers white, campanulate. 



227130. Rhododendron tschonoskii Maxim. Ericaceae. Tschonoskii azalea. 



Col. No. 219. Mount Asama, Karuizawa. Elevation 1,400 meters. Growing in 

 full sun. Prostrate, rock-covering species; flowers small, white. 



227131. Shortia soldanelloides (Sieb. & Zucc.) Makino Diapensiaceae. 



Col. No. 210. Mount Asama Karuizawa. Elevation 1,400 meters; among lava- 

 flow rocks. Plant small; flowers pink to red. 



227132. Tripetaleia bracteata Maxim. Ericaceae. 



Col. No. 216. Mount Asama, Karuizawa. Elevation 1,400 meters. Deciduous 

 shrub; flowers pink. 



227133. Vaccinium uliginosum L. Vacciniaceae. Bog bilberry. 



Col. No. 218. 'Alpinum'. Mount Asama, Karuizawa. Elevation 1,400 meters. 

 A dwarf form with leaves much smaller than normal; flowers pink. 



227134 and 227135. 



From Kenya. Seeds collected by J. L. Stephens, Agricultural Explorer. Plant 

 Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received July 18, 1955. 



227134. Erythrina abyssinica Lam. Fabaceae. Coraltree. 



Col. No. 347. Bell Nurseries, Nairobi. May 3, 1955. Native tree about 40 

 feet high. 



227135. Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 

 Col. No. 316. K52245. Kitale Station, Nairobi. April 29, 1955. 



227136 to 227153. 



From Iran. Collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, Plant Introduction 

 Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. Received July 

 19, 1955. 



Unless otherwise noted, material collected consists of roots and bulbs. 



227136 to 227148. Collected in limestone mountain south of Dastana, and Shahr 

 Kord. July 10, 1955. 



227136. Agropyron sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15218. Leafy perennial common on high slopes; culms to 2 feet high. 

 Elevation 10,500 feet. 



227137. Agropyron sp. 



Col. No. 15219. Elevation 10,000 feet. Slender, leafy perennial. 



227138. Agropyron sp. 



Col. No. 15221. Elevation 9,500 feet. Tall coarse perennial; (culms to 3 feet 

 high. 



227139. Agropyron sp. 



Col. No. 15222. Elevation 10,000 feet. Widespread, browsed 'perennial. 



227140. Agropyron sp. 



Col. No. 15227. Elevation 9,500 feet. Perennial on steep slope. 



227141. Festuca sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15230. Elevation 9,500 feet. Tufted perennial. 



