54 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 144 



139204 to 139251— Continued 



139238. MALUSsp. 



No. 5448. From 2 miles southwest of Dromgold, Perry County, Septem- 

 ber 22, 1940. 



139239. Manfreda tigrina (Engelm.) Small. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 5320. From 9 miles southeast of Greensboro, Greene County, August 

 26, 1940. 



139240. Nolina georgiana Michx. Liliaceae. 



No. 5139. From 10 miles west of Augusta, Richmond County, August 19, 

 1940. 



139241. Nyssa ogeche Marsh. Cornaceae. Tupelo. 



No. 5285. From 10 miles northwest of Fargo, Clinch County, August 24, 

 1940. 



139242. Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch. Ericaceae. 



No. 5280. From 6 miles north of Fargo, August 24, 1940. 



139243. Polygonella Americana (Fisch. and Mey.) Small. Polygonaceae. 



No. 5138. From 5 miles west of Augusta, Richmond County, August 19, 

 1940. 



139244 to 139247. Portulaca spp. Portulacaceae. 



139244. Portulaca sp. 



No. 5418. From Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina, August 

 29, 1940. 



139245. Portulaca smallii P. Wilson. 



From Greensboro, Greene County, August 26, 1940. 

 139246 and 139247. Portulaca coronata Small. 



139246. From Eatonton, Putnam County, August 19, 1940. 



139247. From Appling, Columbia County, August 19, 1940. 



139248. Prunus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



No. 5228. From Junction City, Talbot County, August 22, 1940. A red- 

 fruited plum. 



139249. Prunus sp. 



No. 5273. From near Wakulla Spring, Wakulla County, Florida. August 

 23, 1940. Fruits black. 



139250. Talinum mengesii W. Wolf. Portulacaceae. 



From Alabama. From 5 miles west of Wedomee, Randolph County, Ala- 

 bama. August 20, 1940. 



139251. Torreya taxifolia Arn. Taxaceae. 



No. 5258. From Chattahoochee, Gadsden County, Florida. August 24, 

 1940. 



139252. COELOCOCCUS amicarum (Wendl.) W. F. Wight (C. caro- 

 linensis Dingl.) . Phoenicaceae. Ivory-nut palm. 



From Florida. Plants growing at the Plant Introduction Garden, Coconut 

 Grove. Numbered October 15, 1940. 



The ivory-nut palm, 30 to 50 feet high, is native to the Pacific Islands. The 

 beautiful, brownish, scaly fruits, 3 inches in diameter, are used in the manu- 

 facture of the very large buttons used on ladies' coats. 



For previous introduction see 54515. 



