48 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 139 



133054. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Nigeria. Seeds presented by Kenneth H. Prior, C. M. S. Training College, 

 Awka, Southern Nigeria. Received May 17, 1939. 



A locally grown cotton, used by the natives for weaving. Found growing 

 reasonably well at the end of the dry season, in very heavy clay soil. 



133055 to 133057. Gossypium spp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From the British West Indies. Seeds presented by J. B. Hutchinson, Cotton 

 Research Station, Trinidad. Received May 18, 1939. 



133055. Gossypium mustelinum Watt. 



A wild, bushy, perennial cotton with cordate, 3-lobed, thick leaves over 

 3 inches long and yellow, purple-tinged flowers. Native to Brazil and Colombia. 



133056. Gossypium raimondii Ulbrich. 

 A shrub or small tree, native to Peru. 

 For previous introduction see 132512. 



133057. Gossypium taitense Pari. 

 A wild cotton, native to Polynesia. 

 For previous introduction see 129568. 



133058. Hibiscus. Malvaceae. Hibiscus. 



From Florida. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction Garden, 

 Coconut Grove. Numbered in May 1939. 

 P. I. G. No. 9048. Var. Lutea. A large single, cream-colored hibiscus which 

 has been growing for several years at the Coconut Grove Plant Introduction 

 Garden, but is believed to have been introduced from the Hawaiian Islands. 

 The flowers are from 4 to 6 inches across, petals moderately full, Pale Ochrace- 

 ous Buff (Ridgway) merging into white which surrounds a large carmine eye, 

 over 1 inch across in the larger flowers. The column is white above and carmine 

 below, the carmine extending into the white in 5 lanceolate teeth ; the stigmas 

 are Baryta Yellow (Ridgway). The leaves are small and the bush is fairly 

 low and compact in habit, but only moderately vigorous in growth. It is be- 

 lieved to be a hybrid. 



133059. Prunus mahaleb L. Amygdalaceae. Mahaleb cherry. 



From Switzerland. Seeds presented by B. P. Hochreutiner, Jardin Botanique, 

 Universite de Geneve, Geneva. Received May 16, 1939. 



Seeds from wild trees. 

 133060 to 133064. Sorghum spp. Poaceae. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Secretary of the Imperial Council of Agri- 

 cultural Research, India, Department of Agriculture, New Delhi. Received 

 May 8, 1939. 



133060. Sorghum cernuum var. orbiculatum Snowden. 



Safed Bandila. A variety cultivated in the Central Provinces of India. 



133061. Sorghum cernuum var. agricolarum (Burkill) Snowden. 

 Gunjya. A variety cultivated in the Central Provinces, India. 



133062. Sorghum membranaceum var. ehrenbergianum (Koern.) Snowden. 

 Jogdhan. A cultivated variety. 



133063. Sorghum roxburghii var. hians Stapf. 



Motichura. An annual grass with tall stout stems cultivated in India. 



133064. Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash. Grass. 



Gander grass. A stout grass with tufted stems 2 to 5 feet high, rigid leaves 

 1 to 2 feet long, and erect conical panicles up to a foot long. Native to southern 

 India. 



For previous introduction see 67412. 



