14 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 141 



134482 to 134518— Continued 



134502. Marquille X Waratah 8. 211. 



134503. Minflor 8. 214. 



134504. Steinwedel x T. timopheevi S. 990. 



134505. Steinwedel X T. timopheevi 8. 987. 



134506. Steinwedel X T. timopheevi 8. 1003. 



134507. Thatcher 8. 71. 



134508. Female No. 73. 



134509. Female No. 74. 



134510. Female No. 75. 



134511. Female No. 76. 



134512. Female No. 77. 



134513. Female No. 78. 



134514. Female No. 80. 



134515. Female No. 81. 



134516. Female No. 82. 



134517. Female No. 83. 



134518. Female No. 84, 



134519 and 134520. Pennisettjm clandestinum Hochst. Poaceae. 



Kikuyu grass. 



From England. Seeds presented by the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 

 Surrey. Received November 22, 1939. 



A rapid-growing perennial stoloniferous grass, native to South Africa where 

 it is considered valuable drought-resistant summer pasture. 



134519. Kalete Eco-Type. 134520. Rongai Eco-Type. 

 For previous introduction see 75920. 



134521 to 134559. 



From Mexico and Texas. Seeds collected by Cornelius H. Muller, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. Received No- 

 vember 22, 1939. 



134521. Btjmelia sp. Sapotaceae. 



No. 3716. From La Morita, 60 miles west of Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, 

 Mexico, October 11, 1939. A shrub up to 30 feet high with small fruits % inch 

 in diameter, dark blue to black. Found on rocky stream banks. 



134522. Caeica papaya L. Papayaceae. Papaya. 



No. 2634. August 13, 1939. From the market in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 

 Mexico, but said to have been grown in Tampico, Mexico. Fruit about 12 

 inches long; flesh yellow and about 1% inches thick. 



134523. Ceiba acuminata (S. Wats.) Rose. Bombaceae. Pochote. 



No. 3626. A close relative of the kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra. A large or 

 medium-sized tree with a spiny trunk, compound leaves, and hard oblong fruits 

 about 7 inches long which contain a whitish down, used for stuffing pillows, 

 life preservers, and for making candlewicks. Native to western and southern 

 Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 97537. 



134524. Clitoria sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 2792. August 17, 1939. From La Trinidad, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. An 

 erect or prostrate vine from a perennial root-stock ; the light-blue flowers are 

 in clusters. 



