64 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 146 



140966 to 141083— Continued 



141074. Tulipa sp. 



No. 6481-A. From Kataliyekchinar, Khorassan, August 6, 1940. A steppe plant 

 20 inches high, with yellow flowers. 



141075. Tulipa sp. 



No. 6482. From Kataliyekchinar, Khorassan, August 6, 1940. A low plant 6 

 inches high, growing on dry bare rocky slopes. 



141076. Tulipa sp. 



No. 6691-A. From Bardu Forest, Khorassan, August 20, 1940. A plant 18 

 inches high, growing at an altitude of 7,000 feet on a dry slope. 



141077. Tulipa sp. 



No. 6692-A. From Bardu Forest, Khorassan, August 20, 1940. A hardy, low 

 plant 6 inches high, growing on bare dry slopes. 



141078 to 141083. Viola spp. Violaceae. 



141078. Viola sp. 



No. 5986. From Tale, Bakhtiari, May 6, 1940. A low annual about 3 inches 

 high, with very small tricolored flowers. 



141079. Viola sp. 



No. 5974. From Pashinshurun, Bakhtiari, April 29, 1940. An annual 3 inches 

 high, with small, white flowers marked with yellow spots on the lip. 



141080. Viola sp. 



No. 6099. From Ti, Luristan, April 2, 1940. A plant growing in damp shade; 

 resembles the common purple violet. 



141081. Viola sp. 



No. 6172. Banafsh. From Tehran, June 17, 1940. Cultivated in a shady gar- 

 den; flowers blue. 



141082. Viola sp. 



No. 6315. From Gozlu, Mazenderan, July 15, 1940. 



141083. Viola sp. 



No. 6356. From Khairat, Mazenderan, July 25, 1940. A bushy plant about 6 

 inches high, growing in dense forest. 



141084. Clappertoni ficifolia Dene. Tiliaceae. 



From Tahiti. Seeds presented by Harrison Smith, Papeete, through Col. R. H. Mont- 

 gomery, Coconut Grove, Florida. Numbered April 25, 1941. 



A very striking ornamental shrub native to western tropical Africa. The branches are 

 purplish and covered with yellowish hairs. The hairy leaves are more or less deeply three- 

 lobed to seven-lobed, and the large purple flowers, 2 to 4 inches wide, are in terminal 

 racemes. 



For previous introduction see 80692. 

 141085 to 141198. 



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

 Department of Agriculture. Received March 19, 1941. 



141085 to 141119. Amygdalus spp. Amygdalaceae. 



141085. Amygdalus persica var. nectarina Ait. Nectarine. 



No. 6222. Shalil or Shalu. From Tehran, June 24, 1940. Fruit green yellow, 

 with crimson cheek; clingstone; flesh white; flavor good. 



141086. Amygdalus persica L. (Prunus persica Stokes). Peach. 



No. 6926. Shaftalu. From Turbati Haidari, Khorassan, September 10, 1940. 

 Fruit globose, 2 inches in diameter; flesh yellow; freestone. 



