INVENTORY 



Note. — 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. 



129591 to 129595. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato* 



From Puerto Rico. Tubers presented by Wallace K. Bailey, associate horticul- 

 turist, Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station, Mayaguez. Received 

 July 9, 1938. 



A collection of Puerto Rican varieties of sweetpotatoes. 



129591. Brava. 129594. Mina. 



129592. Cayo Hueso. 129595. Oquenda. 



129593. Don Juan. 



129596. Saccharum. Poaceae. Sugarcane., 



From Mauritius. Cuttings presented by the Agricultural Department, Mauri- 

 tius. Received July 11, 1938. 



M-171-30. 



129597. Terminalia oliveri Brandis. Combretaceae. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dud, 

 United Provinces, through F. G Walsingham, Atkins Institution of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Received July 7, 1938. 



An evergreen tree becoming 40 to 60 feet high, with a trunk 4 to 5 feet in girth, 

 often channelled ; ovate-elliptic leaves about 2 inches long and dense panicles of 

 small yellowish flowers. Native to dry areas in Burma. 



129598. Bambusa oliveriana Gamble. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From Florida. Plant presented by the Royal Palm Nurseries, Oneco. Received 

 July 8, 1938. 



A clump bamboo which becomes about 20 feet high ; origin unknown. 



129599. Triodia sp. Poaceae. Grass;. 



From Western Australia. Seeds presented by H. A. Mullet, Director of Agricul- 

 ture, Melbourne, Victoria. Received July 8, 1938. 



A grass, locally known as "spinifex," collected from the Port Headland-Marble 

 Bar district of Western Australia, where the average annual rainfall is 12 

 inches. 



129600 and 129601. 



From California. Seeds grown at the United States Acclimatization Garden, 

 Bard. Received July 7, 1938 



129600. Glaucothea armata (S. Wats.) O. F. Cook. Phoenicaceae. 



Blue palm. 



A stout fan-palm with a robust trunk up to 8 feet in diameter and 20 feet 

 high, crowned by numerous glaucous-blue leaves, nearly circular in outline, 

 and deeply cut into many segments. The flowers are dull purple. Native to 

 Baja California, Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 100980. 



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