Tlant Inventory No. 146 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 Washington, D. C, December 1950 



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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF PLANT EX- 

 PLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUS- 

 TRY/ IANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1941 (Nos. 139628 to 141198) 



CONTENTS Pag« 



Inventory 1 



Index of common and scientific names 72 



This inventory, No. 146, lists the plant material (Nos. 139628 to 141198) 

 received by the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction during the 

 period from January 1 to March 31, 1941. It is a historical record of plant 

 material introduced for Department and other specialists, and is not to be 

 considered as a list of plant material for distribution. 



Paul G. Russell, 



Botanist. 

 Plant Industry Station, 

 Beltsville, Md. 



INVENTORY 

 139628. Momordica grosvenori Swingle. Cucurbitaceae. 



From China. Tubers presented by Prof. G. W. Groff, Lingnan University, Canton. 

 Received January 6, 1941. 



Lo han kuo. The dried fruits of this Chinese plant are imported in quantity into the 

 United States, where Chinese residents use them for medicinal purposes. 



139629 to 139631. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds presented by Henry R. Jahn & Son, New York, N. Y. Re- 

 ceived January 8, 1941. 



139629. Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf. Poaceae. 

 Jaragua. 



For previous introduction see 133430. 



139630. Panicum maximum Jacq. Poaceae. Guinea grass. 

 For previous introduction see 138984. 



139631. Paspalum notatum Fluegge. Poaceae. Bahia grass. 

 Gengibrillo. A tropical American perennial grass, used for forage and for erosion 



control. 

 For previous introduction see 137492. 



*Now Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Agri- 

 cultural Research Administration, United States Department of Agriculture. 



