INVENTORY 1 



105933 to 105935. Cynodon spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Kweek grass. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 and plants presented by I. B. Pole Evans, 

 Chief, Division of Plant Industry, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Pretoria. Re- 

 ceived July 9. 1934. 



105933. Cynodon sp. 



Plants of a cold-resistant variety col- 

 lected at nearly 6,000 feet altitude in the 

 high country around Johannesburg. 



105934. Cynodon sp. 



Plants collected near Vereening, at 

 nearly 3,000 feet altitude. 



105935. Cynodon sp. 



Seed from the Rietondale Pasture Sta- 

 tion, Pretoria. 



105936 to 105943. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 presented by Ellis Thomas, School of Ag- 

 riculture, Grootfontein. Middleburg Cape. 

 Received July 9, 1934. 



A collection of plants native to South 

 Africa, introduced for Department special- 

 ists. 



105936. Atriplex hortensis L. Cheno- 

 podiaceae. Garden orach. 



Vaalbrak. 



105937. Euryops multifidds (Thunb.) 

 DC. Asteraceae. 



A stout bush a foot or more high, with 

 linear-filiform leaves one-half to 1% 

 inches long and numerous small yellow 

 flower heads on slender stems an inch 

 long. 



105938. Pegolettia sp. Asteraceae. 



Members of this genus are small, rigid, 

 shrubby plants with yellow flower heads. 



sphaerocephala 



DC, 



105939. Pentzia 

 Asteraceae. 



A rigid twiggy shrub with long erect 

 branches and trifid leaves an inch or more 

 long with linear lobes. The yellow 

 flower heads are half an inch across. 



105936 to 105943— Continued. 



105940. Phymaspermum PAR V I F L I U M 

 (DC.) Benth. and Hook. Asteraceae. 



A rigid, much-branched shrub, 1 to 2 

 feet high, with thinly silky tufted linear 

 leaves up to an inch long and chrysanthe- 

 mumlike flowers having reddish or yellow 

 disk flowers and white rays. It is said to 

 be a valuable pasture plant for sheep. 



For previous introduction see 93291. 



105941. Salsola glabrescens Burtt-Davy. 

 Chenopodiaceae. 



A dwarf shrub 1 to 3 feet high, with 

 very small ova L e or triangular, spirally 

 arranged leaves and inconspicuous flowers. 



arbtjscula Fenzl. 



105942. Tetragonia 

 Aizoaceae. 



A much-branched, semishrubby peren- 

 nial with fleshy leaves less than 1 inch 

 long, varying from linear to ovate-oblong. 

 The small inconspicuous flowers are- 

 borne in leafy racemes and are followed 

 by 3- to 4-winged nutlike fruits. 



For previous introduction see 91238. 



105943. Tripteris p^chypteris Harv. 

 Asteraceae. 



A bushy shrub 1 to 3 feet high, with 

 alternate linear leaves, entire or . 3- 

 toothed, and numerous small flower heads. 



105944. Sacchaeum officinarum L. 

 Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From the Dominican Republic. Cuttings 

 presented by James C. Scarffe, San Pedro 

 de Macoris. Received July 14, 1934. 



Porvenir-30. An erect vigorous variety 

 which becomes 7 to 9 feet high. It matures 

 in 5 months, is fairly drought resistant, and 

 has never been seen with mosaic. 



Introduced for the use of Department spe- 

 cialists working with sugarcane. 



105945 to 105949. Ipomoea batatas 

 (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato.. 



1 It should be understood that the names of varieties of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and 

 other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received when- 

 introduced by the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, and, further, that the 

 printing of such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in 

 this country. As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the American 

 trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in American literature becomes 

 necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be subject to 

 change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized 

 horticultural nomenclature. 



It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, seldom 

 mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible identi- 

 fication from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these inventories are 

 appearing in this country for the first time, and there are no seed samples or herbarium 

 specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The only iden- 

 tification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other species of the 

 same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identification, therefore, must 

 necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is any question 

 regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from this Division,, 

 herbarium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite identification 

 can be made. 



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