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130557 to 130564— Continued 



130560. Echinocactus rectispinus (Engelm.) Britt. and Rose (Furocactus 

 rectispinus Britt. and Rose). Cactaceae. Cactus. 



A spiny, globose to cylindric cactus, 3 to 6 feet high, with stout straight or 

 curved spines up to 5 inches long and yellowish flowers about 3 inches long. 

 Native to Baja California. 



130561. Echinocactus viridescens Torr. and Gray (Ferocactus viridescens 

 (Torr. and Gray) Britt. and Rose). Cactaceae. Cactus. 



A deep-green, somewhat glossy cactus, nearly globose when young, becoming 

 cylindric in age, with a diameter of 10 to 15 inches. It has 13 to 30 rounded 

 and undulate ribs. The areoles have 9 to 20 radial spines and 4 central spines, 

 of which the lowest one is stoutest and flattest. The spines are bright red at 

 first, but later become yellowish or horn-colored. The flowers are yellowish 

 green. Native to Baja California. 



130562. Echinocactus sp. Cactaceae. Cactus. 



130563. Fouquieria splendens Engelm. Fouquieriaceae. 



An American desert plant which produces graceful clumps of thorny, arching 

 stems up to 15 feet high. Each stem is terminated in the spring by one or more 

 racemes of scarlet flowers. The stems throughout their length are clothed 

 with leaves on short spurs. In extreme droughts the leaves are shed, but are 

 replaced after each rain. 



130564. Fouquieria sp. Fouquieriaceae. 



130565 to 130568. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato. 



From Africa. Tubers presented by the Department of Agriculture, Nairobi, 

 Kenya Colony. Received September 19, 1938. 



130565. Kiganda. 130567. Muburi. 



130566. Rumora. 130568. Nduhia. 



130569 to 130579. 



From China. Seeds collected by T. T. Yu, with the Yunnan Expedition of the 

 Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping, and presented by Mrs. J. Norman 

 Henry. Received September 13, 1938. 



130569. Anemone sp. Ranunculaceae. 

 No. 10999. 



130570. Anemone sp. Ranunculaceae. 

 No. 15055. 



130571. Aster sp. Asteraceae. 

 No. 13670. 



130572. Iris sp. Iridaceae. 

 No. 13259. 



130573 to 130577. Polygonum spp. Polygonaceae. 



130573. Polygonum sp. 

 No. 7915. 



130574. Polygonum sp. 

 No. 10733. 



130575. Polygonum auberti L. Henry. 

 No. 14121. 



130576. Polygonum cymosum Trevir. (Fagopyrum cymosum Meissn.). 



No. 14478. A tall branching herbaceous perennial with large leaves, used 

 in India as greens. Native to the temperate Himalayan region. 



