32 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 135 



128837 to 128859— Continued 



128858. No. 558. From Lima, April 4 ; large yellow kernels with red streaks. 



128859. No. 560. From the market at Tacna, March 26 ; yellow corn with red 

 stripes ; 12 rows on the ear. 



128860 to 128863. 



From New Zealand. Seeds purchased from Mrs. B. C. Richards, Round Top, 

 Windwhistle, Canterbury. Received April 27, 1938. 



128860. Carmichaelia tjniflora T. Kirk. Fabaceae. 



A dwarf matted shrub with slender, often subterranean stems 1 to 2 inches 

 high, forming large patches, and solitary purplish flowers % inch long. Native 

 to New Zealand. 



128861. Dacrydium laxifolium Hook. f. Taxaceae. 



A prostrate evergreen shrub with slender branches 3 to 24 inches long. The 

 leaves of young plants are lax, narrow-linear, and up to y 3 inch long ; the leaves 

 of mature plants are broader and thicker. Native to New Zealand. 



128862. Hibiscus trionum L. Malvaceae. Flower-of-the-hour. 



128863. Viola filicaulis Hook. f. Violaceae. 



A New Zealand violet with many slender prostrate stems sometimes ascending 

 at the tips, cordate leaves, and very pale blue flowers % inch across. 



128864 to 128868. Trifolium spp. Fabaceae. Clover. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by Dr. Frederik Nilsson, Vasternorrland substa- 

 tion of Sveriges Utsiidesforening, Undrom. Received April 28, 1938. 



A collection of Angermanland clover strains from northern Sweden. 



128864 to 128867. Trifolium pratense L. Red clover. 



128864. Bollsta. 128866. Offer. 



128865. Bredyn. 128867. Sidensjo. 



128868. Trifolium repens L. White clover. 



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128869. Malus sylvestris Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 



From Canada. Scions presented by Kenneth McDonald & Sons, Ltd., Ottawa. 

 Received May 4, 1938. 



Peach of Montreal. 

 128870 to 128883. 



From Chile. Seeds collected by H. L. Blood, Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Logan, Utah, cooperating with the Division of Fruit and Vegetable Crops 

 and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agri- 

 culture. Received April 22, 1938. 



128870 to 128873. Alstroemeria spp. Amaryllidaceae. 



128870. Alstroemeria ligtu var. pulchra (Sims) Baker. 



No. 415. Presented by Augustin Garaventa, Limache, March 14, 1938. A 

 bulbous plant, native to Chile, with thin linear-lanceolate leaves 2 to 3 inches 

 long and a flower stem 2 feet long, bearing a compound umbel of whitish lilac 

 or pale-red flowers 1 to 2 inches long, streaked with purple. 



For previous introduction see 92946. 



128871. Alstroemeria inodora Herbert. 



No. 413. Presented by Augustin Garaventa, Limache, March 14, 1938. An 

 alstroemeria 2 to 3 feet high, with thin lanceolate or oblong leaves narrowed 

 into winged petioles and an umbel of 2 to 6 flowers over 1 inch long. Native 

 to Brazil. 



