30 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 144 



138507 to 138688— Continued 



138674. No. 5211. Palak. From Bandar Abbas, December 21, 1939. 



138675. No. 5475. From Tomogaon, February 3, 1940. 



138676. No. 5475-A. Possibly different from No. 5475. 



138677. No. 5375. From Khabis, Kirman, January 11, 1940. 



138678. No. 5426. From Bam, January 25, 1940. 



138679. No. 5724. From Jahrum, Fars, March 20, 1940. 



138680. No. 5714. From Shiraz, Fars, March 15, 1940. 



138681. No. 5800. From Shiraz, Fars, April 2, 1940. 



138682. No. 5724-A. From Jahrum, Fars. 



138683. No. 5614. From Taft, February 23, 1940. Small but well flavored. 



138684. No. 5614-A. From Taft. 



138685 to 138688. Trigonella foenum-graecum L. Fabaceae. Fenugreek. 



138685. No. 5740. Shamlil. From Jahrum, Fars, March 24, 1940. Used as 

 greens. 



138686. No. 5660. Shamlil From Isfahan, March 4, 1940. 



138687. No. 5804. Shamlil From Shiraz, Fars, April 4, 1940. 



138688. No. 5204. Shambiri. From Bandar Abbas, December 20, 1939. 

 Used as potherbs. 



138689. Ligustrum ciliatum Blume. Oleaceae. 



From Japan. Seeds collected by Dorsett & Morse, Mowiayama Mountain, near 

 Sapporo, Hokkaido. Received November 9, 1929. Numbered August 14, 

 1940. 



A hardy shrub, up to 6 feet high, with black fruits. Native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 72875. 



138690. Gerbe^a anandria (L.) Schultz Bip. Asteraceae. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by the Moun- 

 tain-Taiga Station, Far Eastern Branch of the Academy of Sciences, 

 Voroshilov-Ussuriaky. Received December 3, 1937. Numbered August 

 14, 1940. 



138691. Albizzia kalkora (Roxb.) Prain. Mimosaceae. 



From North Carolina. Seeds presented by William A. Knight, Biltmore For- 

 est, Biltmore. Received December 12, 1939. Numbered August 14, 1940. 



An ornamental small tree, with finely pinnated leaves and flowers with pale 

 pink tassels. Not very common. 



138692. Ptychosperma sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Maryland. Plants growing at the Plant Introduction Garden, Glenn 

 Dale. Numbered August 14, 1940. 



138693. Hedera nepalensis var. sinensis (Tobl.) Rehd. 

 Araliaceae. 



From Maryland. Plants growing at the Plant Introduction Garden, Glenn 

 Dale. Numbered August 14, 1940. 

 Plants originally received from the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, 

 Massachusetts. 



138694 to 138775. 



From Iran. Seeds presented by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received July 2, 1940. 



