62 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 135 



129323 to 129366— Continued 



129362. Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq. 



No. 757. From Costa Rica, at 5,000 feet altitude, May 10, 1938. 1 to 1*4 

 inches in diameter, brownish red or burnt orange. A spiny undershrub 1 to 2 

 feet high, widely distributed in the Tropics. The few-flowered axillary cymes 

 of snow-white flowers, 1 inch across, are followed by globose fruits often 2 

 inches in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 116152. 



129363. Solanum sp. 



No. 769. From Machale, Ecuador. A vine used as an ornamental. 



129364. Tepheosia toxicaria (Swartz) Pers. Fabaceae. 



No. 669. Between Mercaderes and Rio Patia, Colombia, April 27, 1938. 



129365. Thunbeegia feageans Roxb. Acanthaceae. 



No. 595. From near Pasaje, Province of El Oro, Ecuador, April 12, 1938. 

 A slender, somewhat ornamental climbing vine with lanceolate to triangular, 

 cordate leaves, rough on both sides, and white trumpet-shaped flowers with 

 slender tube and limb 1% inches across. 



For previous introduction see 76749. 



129366. (Undetermined.) 



No. 672. From Pusillo, Colombia, April 28, 1938. Fruit round and very 

 hard. 



129367. Tephrosia vogelii Hook, f . Fabaceae. 



From Nyasaland, Africa. Seeds presented through the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Kew, England. Received June 10, 1938. 



For previous introduction see 128996. 



129368. Amaryllis reginae L. Amaryllidaceae. 



From Ecuador. Bulbs 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 21, 1938. 



No. 652. From Rio Verde, April 21, 1938. A tropical American hippeastrum 

 with lorate leaves 2 feet long and 2 inches wide, developed after the flowers. 

 The 2 to 4 flowers, with short tubes and bright red limbs, 4 to 5 inches long, 

 have a whitish star in the throat. 



For previous introduction see 118933. 



129369 to 129378. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the Director, National Botanic Gardens of 

 South Africa, Kirstenbosch, Newlands, Cape Province. Received June 9, 

 1938. 



A collection of South African succulents. 



129369 to 129375. Gasteeia spp. Liliaceae. 



129369. Gasteeia ceotjcheei (Hook, f.) Baker. 



A gasteria with a short stem 1 to 2 inches long and a rosette of 12 to 18 

 lanceolate leaves 15 inches long, 3 inches broad, and 1 inch thick at the base, 

 narrowed to a sharp point and marked with small greenish white spots. 



For previous introduction see 78205. 



129370. Gasteeia elongata Baker. 



A gasteria with a short leafy stem of 6 to 8 thin, rather glossy, lorate 

 leaves 6 to 10 inches long, about 1 inch broad, and many immersed, whitish 

 dots. 



