46 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 136 



130443. Salvia hispanica L. Menthaceae. Sage. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by W. T. Swingle, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received September 22, 1938. 



Chia. For previous introduction see 47126. 



130444 and 130445. Cortaderia spp. Poaceae. Grass. 



From South America. Plants collected by E. W. Brandes, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try, United States Department of Agriculture. Received September 20, 1938. 



130444. Cortaderia sp. 

 From Ipiales, Colombia. 



130445. Cortaderia bifida Pilger. 



From Tulcan, Ecuador. A grass with stems mostly 3 feet high, or taller, and 

 loose panicles 4 to 8 inches long. Native to rocky or partially wooded slopes 

 from Ecuador to Bolivia. 



130446. Ananas oomosus (L.) Merr. Bromeliaceae. Pineapple. 



From Guatemala. Offshoots collected by J. L. Collins, Canal Zone Experiment 

 Gardens, Summit, Canal Zone. Received September 23, 1938. 



From near Antigua, at 5,100 feet altitude. A cultivated variety growing in 

 a yard. 



130447 to 130449. Poa pratensis L. Poaceae. Kentucky bluegrass. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by Dr. O. McConkey, Ontario Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Guelph. Received September 26, 1938. 



130447. O. A. C. No. 1. 



130448. O. A. C. No. 2. 



130449. Weioull No. 5720. 



130450. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. 



From Florida. Seeds presented by Wyndham Hayward, Winter Park. Received 

 September 22, 1938. 



Indian Pumpkin. A rank-growing, very productive vine whose fruits make ex- 

 cellent pies. 



130451. Puya alpestris (Poepp. and Endl.) Gay. Bromeliaceae. 



From England. Plants purchased from Clarence Elliott, Ltd,, Six Hills Nursery, 

 Stevenage, Herts. Received September 28, 1938. 



A herbaceous perennial with leaves like a yucca and a flower stalk 3 to 4 feet 

 high, bearing a much-branched panicle of large showy metallic-blue flowers. 

 Native to Chile. 



For previous introduction see 76485. 



130452. Bougainvillea. Nyctaginaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds collected at the Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 Soledad, Cienfuegos, by T. R. Fennell, Bureau of Plant Industry, United 

 States Department of Agriculture. Received May 5, 1930. Numbered in 

 September 1938. 



Jasper. A seedling variety of uncertain parentage. The immature bracts are 

 pomegranate purple to spinel red (Ridgway), becoming near jasper red with 

 maturity, similar in these respects to Bougainvillea spectabilis var. lateritia, 

 which is thought probably to be one of the parents. This new variety is superior 

 to the latter, however, in being more compact in growth and freer flowering. 



130453 to 130463. Solanum. Solanaceae. 



From the Dutch East Indies. Tubers presented by A. M. Cramer, Sr., Wonosobo. 

 Java. Received September 28, 1938. 

 A collection of Russian hybrid potatoes. 

 130453. Solanum demissum X Ailbeka X Ailbeka-G50Q-172-18. 



