INVENTORY 1 



No-te.— This inventory is a historical record of plant material introduced for 

 Department and other specialists. It is not to be considered as a list of plant 

 material for distribution. 



118411. Zephyeanthes sp. Amarylli- 

 daceae. 



From Mexico. Bulbs purchased from Dr. C. 

 A. Purpus. Zacuapam, Huatusco, Veracruz. 

 Received October 15, 1936. 



Salto de Ayua. From the high sierra north 

 of the volcano Orizaba. 



118412. Coccocypselum 

 (Ruiz and Pav.) Pers 



LANCEOLATUM 



Rubiaceae. 



From Brazil. Seeds collected by Dr. Doris 

 Cochran, Smithsonian Institution, Wash- 

 ington. D. C. Received November 11, 1935. 

 Numbered in October 1936. 



A herbaceous creeper, densely pubescent 

 throughout, with opposite, lanceolate, acute 

 leaves, pale-violet flowers in small umbels, und 

 small brilliant blue berries. Native to Peru. 



118413. Mesembryanthemum. Aizoa- 

 ceae. 



From California. Plants presented by Mor- 

 ris Schick, Glendale. Received October 19, 

 1936. 



A hybrid mesembryanthemum (Mesem- 

 bryanthemum linguiforme X echinatum), 

 freely branching, forming a low mound of 

 weak terete stems, yellow-green to bright- 

 green falcate leaves, and light-yellow flowers. 



118414. Nicotiana tabacum L. Sola- 

 naceae. Common tobacco. 



From Mexico. Seeds received through the 

 American Legation, Mexico City, D. F., at 

 the request of W. A. Archer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received October 20, 

 1936. 



T aba co Habanero. 



118415 and 118416. Cassia spp. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by J. How- 

 ard Johnson, St. Peters, South Australia. 

 Received October 13, 1936. 



118415. Cassia eremophila A. Cunn. 



An Australian shrub 8 to 10 feet high, 

 with 2 pairs of long narrow terete leaflets 

 and yellow flowers. Found growing in red 

 sandy soil on limestone at Murray Bridge. 

 The shrub has a long blooming season and 

 the leaves and pods are eaten by stock. 



For previous introduction see 113760. 



118416. Cassia sturtii R. Br. 



A bushy attractive evergreen shrub 3 to 

 6 feet high, with pinnate leaves of 3 to 

 5 pairs of linear to almost obovate leaflets 

 and short dense axillary racemes of small 

 yellow flowers. Native to Australia. 



118417. Allium sp. Liliaceae. 



From Ankara, Turkey. Bulbs collected by H. 



L. Westover and F. L. Wellman, Bureau 



of Plant Industry. Received October 7, 

 1936. 



No. 940. From the Erzinjan bazar, August 

 8, 1936. Wild garlic brought in from the 

 mountains. 



118418. Dillenia indica L. Dillenia- 

 ceae. Indian dillenia. 



From India. Seeds collected by Walter 

 Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 June 26, 1936. Numbered in October 1936. 



No. 709. From the Saharanpur Gardens, 

 United Provinces. April 21, 1936. A hand- 

 some medium-sized tree with a round com- 



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 tbe 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. 



