Plant Inventory No. 141 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 Washington, D. C. July 1950 





PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF PLANT EX- 

 PLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, 1 

 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1939 (Nos. 134284 to 134735) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Inventory 1 



Index of common and scientific names 27 



This inventory, No. 141, lists plant material (Nos. 134284 to 134735) 

 received by the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction dur- 

 ing the period from October 1 to December 31, 1939. It is a historical 

 record of plant material introduced for Department and other spe- 

 cialists, and is not to be considered as a list of plant material for 

 distribution. 



Paul G. Russell, 



Botanist. 

 Plant Industry Station, 

 Beltsville, Md. 



INVENTORY 



134284 to 134295. Cinchona spp. Rubiaceae. 



From New Jersey. Seeds presented by Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway. Received 

 October 25, 1939. 



134284. No. 3. 134290. No. 30. 



134285. No. 7. • 134291. No. 31. 



134286. No. 13. 134292. No. 33. 



134287. No. 21. 134293. No. 35. 



134288. No. 24. 134294. No. 40. 



134289. No. 28. 134295. No. 45. 



134296. Elliottia racemosa Muhl. Ericaceae. 



From Georgia. Seeds presented by William A. Knight, Biltmore Forest, Bilt- 

 more, N. C. Received October 21, 1939. 



A shrub or small tree with slender upright branches, small, oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong leaves, and loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with petals about % 

 inch long. Native to the southeastern United States. 



For previous introduction see 114525. 



*Now Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Agri- 

 cultural Research Administration, United States Department of Agriculture. 

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