66 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 134 



128186. Gladiolus watsonius Thunb. Iridaceae. 



From the Union of South Africa. Bulbs presented by W. S. Duke & Co., Cape 

 Town. Received February 3, 1926. Numbered in March 1938. 



A gladiolus with a single linear-subulate rigid basal leaf a foot long and a slen- 

 der stem 1 to iy 2 feet long, with 2 to 4 bright-red flowers in a lax secund spike. 

 Native to South Africa. 



128187 to 128189. 



From California. Seeds collected by E. C. Auchter and H. P. Traub, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. Received March 

 24, 1938. 



128187. Cereus sp. Cactaceae. 



Presented by the Huntington Botanical Gardens, San Marino. A cactus said 

 to be promising for its edible fruits. 



128188. Penstemon sp. Scrophulariaceae. 



Collected in the Santa Rosa Mountains, September 10, 1937. 



128189. Penstemon sp. Scrophulariaceae. 



Collected in the Santa Rosa Mountains, September 10, 1937. A species with 

 blue flowers. 



128190. Paspalum paniculatum L. (P. galmarra F. M. Bailey). 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



From the Fiji Islands. Seeds presented by Richard B. Howard, Navua, via Suva. 

 Received March 23, 1938. 



Russell River grass. A purely tropical pasture grass with about the same nutri- 

 tional value as Paspalum dilatatum. It seeds abundantly, has an abnormal 

 carrying capacity, and all kinds of stock eat it greedily. 



128191. Musa fehi Bert. Musaceae. Fei plantain. 



From Hawaii. Rootstocks presented by the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Honolulu. Received March 30, 1938. 



An upright-fruiting Hawaiian variety with red fruits. The young shoots are 

 very long and slender. 



For previous introduction see 58432. 



128192. Bromtjs catharticus Vahl. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by William Ewart, secretary, Queensland Ac- 

 climatisation Society, Brisbane, Queensland. Received March 29, 1938. 



An annual or biennial grass up to 2 feet high which forms a large stool and 

 spreads rapidly from the root divisions. It is native to South America and is a 

 good forage grass. 



For previous introduction see 111271. 



128193 to 128195. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Jestis Acuna Ordaz, Cerro Prieto Atoyac, 

 Guerrero. Received March 30, 1938. 



128193. Cajanus cajan (L.) Druce. Fabaceae. Pigeonpea. j 

 An edible bean. 



128194. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 

 A wild red tomato. 



128195. Physalis sp. Solanaceae. 

 Tomate de Cascara. 



