28 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 147 



141760. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. Papaya. 



From Honduras. Seed presented by Edward T. Stanwood, Lancetilla. Received 

 May 19, 1941. 



141761. Prestonia mollis H. B. K. Apocynaceae. 



From Ecuador. Seeds collected by H. L. Blood, Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Logan, Utah. Received May 26, 1938. Numbered May 21, 1941. 



No. 602. From Pasaje, Province of El Oro, April, 1938. A woody twiner, with 

 opposite, petiolate, ovate-oblong, subcordate leaves 2^ to 3 inches long and large, 

 showy, salver-shaped yellow flowers. Native to tropical South America. 



141762. Saccharum. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From India. Cuttings presented bv the Central Farm, Pyinamana, Burma, Received 

 May 24, 1941. 



Pyinmana Red Sugarcane. 



141763 and 141764. Hibiscus. Malvaceae. 



From Florida. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction Garden, 

 Coconut Grove. Numbered in May, 1941. 



141763. A hybrid variety. The flower is 5 to 6 inches or more in diameter, circular, 

 flat; petals very broad, full, and overlapping, the overlapping edge crimped; color 

 Antimony yellow (Ridgway) to paler, with white center flushed pink at base of 

 petals; column white, thick, and stiff; stigma Nepal red to Brazil red. The plant 

 is of moderate vigor, but cuttings root with much difficulty. 



141764. David May. This attractive flower is 7 inches in diameter, with moderately 

 full petals, which are white, very close to yellow, but which in the newly opened 

 flower are touched with purplish pink; this color fades out later in the day. The 

 stigmas range from lemon to yellow. Cuttings root with some difficulty, and the 

 variety is best propagated by grafting. 



141765. Ficus columnaris C. Moore & F. Muell. Moraceae. 



From Australia. Seed presented by H. Wenholz, Department of Agriculture, Sydney* 

 New South Wales. Received May 24, 1941. 



A tree of the banyan type, native to Lord Howe Island, having up to a hundred 

 stems formed from aerial roots. It is said to bear some resemblance to Fiais macro- 

 phylla. The domelike top of the tree, resting on these stems, is covered with dark 

 evergreen foliage. 



141766 to 141809. Rhododendron. Ericaceae. 



From Maryland. Plants originated at the United States Plant Introduction Garden, 

 Glenn Dale. Numbered May 29, 1941. 



141766. Dimity. Early, up to 6 feet high; flowers white, slightly flaked and striped 

 with brick red. 



141767. Limerick. 



141768. Mavourneen. 



141769. Caress. 



141770. Alabaster. Late, of medium height; habit somewhat spreading; flowers 

 hose-in-hose, white with occasional pink flecks. 



141771. Stardust. Midseason, tall, erect; in effect a "late white Kaempferi." 



141772. Minuet. Early, tall, erect; flowers \]4. to 2 inches across, white, slightly 

 flaked with magenta. 



141773. Juneglow. 



141774. Geisha. Flowers white with occasional purple lines. 



141775. Fantasy. Early, of medium height and rather spreading; flowers white, 

 broadly rayed and striped with dull red, occasionally entirely red. 



