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134521 to 134559— Continued 



134549. Salvia texana (Scheel) Torr. 



No. 2622. August 10, 1989. Collected 7 miles south of Sabinas Hidalgo, 

 Nuevo Leon, Mexico. A perrennial herb up to iy 2 feet high with sessile, 

 lanceolate leaves and blue flowers about 1 inch long. Native to Texas. 



134550. Salvia graham Benth. 



No. 2889. August 21, 1939. From the upper west slopes of the Sierra 

 de la Cebolla, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. A Mexican shrub up to 3 feet high 

 with oval, nearly entire leaves 1 inch long and racemes of showy red flowers. 



134551 and 134552. Scutellakia stjffrutescens S. Wats. Menthaceae. 



A much-branched woody Scutellaria about 6 inches high with entire, oblong- 

 ovate leaves less than y 2 inch long and solitary axillary flowers having narrow- 

 tubular corollas % inch long, greenish yellow tinged with red. Native to 

 northern Mexico. 



134551. No. 2667. August 11, 1939. From the Canon Diente, near Monterrey, 

 Nuevo Leon, Mexico. 



134552. No. 2811. August 18, 1939. From La Trinidad, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. 



134553. Smilax sp. Smilacaceae. 



No. 2967. August 24, 1939. From the trail between Portrero, Redondo, and 

 Las Aguntas, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. A vine up to 30 feet long, common in moist 

 arroyos. 



134554. Sabacha procumbens (Cav.) Ruiz and Pav. Solanaceae. 



No. 3385. September 20, 1939. From La Junta, Chihuahua, Mexico. A 

 weed found growing in corn fields. The flower clusters are ivory followed by 

 dark-blue to black edible fruits. 



134555 to 134557. Vitis spp. Vitaceae. Grape. 



134555. Vitis sp. 



No. 2650. August 11, 1939. From the Canon Diente, near Monterrey, 

 Nuevo Leon, Mexico. A small vine climbing over bushes, found in oak and 

 hickory forest. 



134556. Vitis sp. 



No. 3154. September 6, 1939. From the Canon del Pajarito, Sierra de la 

 Madera, Coahuila, Mexico. A vine 15 feet long, sprawling over shrubs in 

 dry arroyos becoming larger in more moist habitats. 



134557. Vitis sp. 



No. 3486. September 24, 1939. From the Canon Huahuatan, 10 miles 

 southeast of Madera, Chihuahua, Mexico. A bushy or trailing vine up to 

 10 feet in height ; common along arroyos and open pine and oak forest. 



134558. Zinnia multiflora L. Asteraceae. 



No. 3350-A. September 20, 1939. From the hills about Los Tres Ojitos, 

 20 miles west of Carritas, Chihuahua, Mexico. Flowers red, ray florets per- 

 sistent and fading but little with age ; shade tolerant. 



For previous introduction see 123843. 



134559. Pistacta mexicana H. B. K. Anacardiaceae. 



No. 2970. From the trail between Portrero Redondo and Las Ajuntas, 

 Nuevo Leon, Mexico. A shrub 15 feet high with purplish-red fruit. 



For previous introduction see 127855. 



134560. Phoenix spinosa Solium. Phoenicaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds collected by Harold A. Royer, of Ames, Iowa. Received 

 November 20, 1939. 



Wild dates collected on a plateau at 4,000 feet altitude, near Jos, northern 

 Nigeria. 



For previous introduction see 118396. 



