22 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 140 



133891 to 133893. Prunus avium L. Amygdalaceae. MazzarcL 



From Austria. Seeds presented by the Direktion des Botanischen Gartens der 

 Universitat, Graz. Received August 22, 1939. 



133891. From Platte bei Graz at 600 m. altitude. 



133892. From Rickerlberg bei Graz at 400 m. altitude. 



133893. From Tanneben bei Peggau (Grazer Bergland) at 815 m. altitude. 



133894. Mundulea suberosa (Roxb.) Benth. Fabaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by F. G. Walsingham, Atkins Institution of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received August 22, 1939. 



A stout erect shrub with thick, corky bark, native to India and Ceylon. The 

 coriaceous leaves are made up of 6 to 10 pairs of oblong-lanceolate leaflets 1 to 2 

 inches long, and the red, pea-shaped, thinly silvery flowers, 1 inch long, are in 

 dense terminal racemes. 



For previous introduction see 99672. 

 133895 to 133897. Prunus avium L. Amygdalaceae. Mazzard. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by Dr. Daniel Peterson, Botanic Garden, Gote- 

 berg. Received August 30, 1939. 



Strains of wild cherries growing near Lake Vetter, in the south of Sweden. 



133895. Black fruits. 



133896. Red fruits. 



133897. Black fruits. 



133898 to 133904. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Division of Plant 

 Industry, Pretoria. Received August 10, 1939. 



133898. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link. Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass with ascending stems up to 2 feet high. Native to South 

 Africa. 



For previous introduction see 129587. 



133899 to 133901. Digitaria spp. Poaceae. Grass. 



133899. Digitaria gazensis Rendle. 



A compactly tufted perennial grass. Native to South Africa. 



133900. Digitaria seriata Stapf. Fingergrass. 

 For previous introduction see 111105. 



133901. Digitaria smutsii Sten^. 



133902. Ehrharta sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



133903. Panicum deustum Thunb. Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass up to 4 feet high, tufted on a short rhizome. Native to 

 South Africa. 



133904. Setaria sphacelata Stapf and Hubbard. Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass iy 2 to 6 feet high, densely tufted on a short, rarely 

 elongated and creeping rhizome. Native to tropical Africa. 



133905 and 133906. Prunus spp. Amygdalaceae. 



From Rumania. Seeds presented by the Gradina Batanica a Universitatii Oluj. 

 Received August 17, 1939. 



133905. Prunus avium L. Mazzard. 



133906. Prunus mahaleb L. Mahaleb cherry. 



