20 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 137 



130951. Lactuca serriola L. Cichoriaceae. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by the Director, Botanic Garden, Goteborg. 

 Received November 21, 1938. 



130952 to 130957. Zea maxs L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Bolivia. Seeds presented by J. W. Webster, La Paz, at the request of 

 Dr. 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 Agriculture. Received 

 November 23, 1938. 



130952. Amarillo. From the lower La Paz region at 8,000 feet altitude (1938 

 crop). 



130953. Amarillo. From the Sucre region at 7,000 feet altitude (1937 crop). 



130954 and 130955. From the lower La Paz region at 8,000 feet altitude (1938 

 crop). 



130954. Blanco. 



130955. Chuspillo. 



130956. Gros. From the lower La Paz region at 8,000 feet altitude (1938 crop). 



130957. Pacheco. From the Sucre region at 7,000 feet altitude (1937 crop). 



130958. Crataegus durobrivensis Sarg. Malaceae. 



From California. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction 

 Garden, Chico. Numbered November 23, 1938. 



Growing under Chico P. I. G. 14253. Originally received as seeds from the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, England. A shrub up to 18 feet high, with ovate 

 leaves and many large showy flowers in compact corymbs. Native to the north- 

 ern United States. 



130959. BiCxNOnia radicans X chinensis. Bignoniaceae. 



From Florida. Seeds presented by Hubert Buckley, Ruskin. Received Novem- 

 ber 27, 1937. Numbered in November 1938. 



A woody vine, intermediate in character between its two well-known parents, 

 the variety Aurea of the native trumpet creeper and the Chinese trumpet 

 creeper. It may be trained as a bush or may be used as a low climber. The 

 orange to scarlet flowers are borne profusely in early summer, even after winter- 

 killing of the tops. 



130960 to 130962. Oryza sativa L. Rice. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by Alberto Martin Lynch, Chief, Lambayeque 

 Experiment Station, Lambayeque. Received November 17, 1938. 



130960. Benllok. 130962. Rubio. 



130961. EA8 3. 



130983 and 130964. 



From California. Seeds purchased from Howard S. Gates, Anaheim. Received 

 November 22, 1938. 



130963. Echinocactus acanthodes Lem. Cactaceae. 



A very spiny cactus, globular, becoming cylindric, sometimes 8 feet high, 

 with many acute ribs about % inch high; white to bright-red, weak radial 

 spines and awllike central spines. The campanulate yellow to orange flowers 

 are 1% to 2% inches long. Native to southern California. 



130964. Ferocactus johnstonianus Britton and Rose. Cactaceae. 



A simple, short-cylindric cactus up to 2 feet high, with many spines in a 

 cluster and red-tinged, yellowish flowers about 2 inches long. Native to Baja 

 California. 



