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134521 to 134559— Continued 



134537. Loniceka albiflora var. dumosa (A. Gray) Rehder. Caprifoliaceae. 



No. 3307. September 14, 1939. From the Canon de San Salvador, Sierra 

 Mojada, Mexico. A vine to 10 feet long found sprawling over shrubs, in moist 

 shaded arroyos of the high canyons. 



134538. Monarda pringlei Fernald. Menthaceae. 



No. 2874. August 20, 1939. On the trail from La Trinidad to Sierra de la 

 Cebolla, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. A handsome herbaceous perennial with simple 

 stems about 3 feet high, thin lanceolate leaves 3 to 4 inches long and terminal 

 clusters of 12 to 15 flowers. The vermilion corollas are less than 2 inches 

 long, with a slender long-exserted tube tapering gradually to the curved throat. 

 Related to Monarda didyma. Native to Mexico. 



134539 to 134541. Nicotiana tabacum L. Solanaceae. Common tobacco. 



Collected October 5 and 6, 1939, about La Nopalera, El Rio Bonito, Sonora, 

 Mexico. 



134539. No. 3641. The most commonly planted type. The plants become 4 

 feet tall. 



134540. No. 3642. A long-leafed form of No. 3641 [P. I. 134539]. 



134541. No. 3671. Tabaco aromatico. 



134542. Penstemon campanulatus (Cav.) Willd. Scrophulariaceae. 



Beardtongue. 



No. 2894. August 21, 1939. From the upper west slopes of Sierra de la 

 Cebolla, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. A plant, with purple flowers, which seeds 

 abundantly. 



134543. Physalis ixocarpa Brot. Solanaceae. Tomatillo. 



No. 2692. August 13, 1939. From the market in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 

 Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 91541. 



134544. Psidium guajava L. Myrtaceae. Guava. 



No. 2693. August 13, 1939. From the market at Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 

 Mexico. Fruit green, about 2 inches in diameter. 



134545. Rhus microphyixa Engelm. Anacardiaceae. 



No. 3008. August 29, 1939. From the Larrea-Flourensia Desert, Coahuila, 

 Mexico. A densely branched shrub up to 8 feet high with small oblong to 

 oval leaflets and red fruit. Native to northern Mexico and the adjacent United 

 States. 



134546. Rhus trilobata Nutt. Anacardiaceae. 



No. 3489. September 25, 1939. From the Caiion Huahuatan, 10 miles south- 

 east of Madera, Chihuahua, Mexico. An upright shrub 2 to 6 feet high. The 

 leaves are composed of 3 crenately lobed leaflets and the inconspicuous yellow 

 flowers are followed by short panicles of small bright-red fruits. Native to 

 Canada and the northern United States. 



For previous introduction see 77596. 



134547 to 134550. Salvia spp. Menthaceae. 



134547. Salvia regla Cav. 



No. 2883. August 20. 1939. From the upper slopes of the Sierra de la 

 Cebolla, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. A shrub up to 6 feet high with obtuse, coarsely 

 crenate, green leaves and scarlet flowers about 2 inches long in axils or in 

 short racemes. Native to northern Mexico. 



134548. Salvia greggii A. Gray. 



No. 2600. From San Antonio, Texas. A shrub up to 3 feet high with 

 oblong entire leaves y 2 inch long and red or purplish-red. autumn flowers 1 

 inch long in racemes up to 4 inches long. Native to Mexico. 



