30 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 147 



141811 to 141814. 



From California. Bulbs purchased from Dr. T. H. Goodspeed, University of Cali- 

 fornia, Berkeley. Received June 6, 1941. 



141811 and 141812. (Undetermined). 



141811. An amaryllidaceous plant from Peru. 



141812. An amaryllidaceous plant. 



141813. Crocopsis fulgens Pax. Amaryllidaceae. 

 No. 39-1039. 



141814. Hippeastrum chilense (Ruiz & Pav.) Baker. Amaryllidaceae. 

 141815 to 141819. Gossypium. Malvaceae. Cotton. 

 From Peru. Seeds presented by C. Saettone, Canete. Received June 6, 1941. 



Tanguis seed cotton, hairy types. 



141815. No. 224. 141818. No. 308. 



141816. No. 225. 141819. No. 491. 



141817. No. 307. 



141820. Adenocalymna alliaceum (Lam.) Miers. Bignoniceae. 



From Puerto Rico. Seed presented by H. T. Cowles, Professor of Horticulture, 

 College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. 

 Received May 29, 1941. 



An excellent tropical climber, growing to about 40 feet long with 5 to 6 large clusters 

 of lavender flowers each year. Native to tropical South America. 



141821 to 141865. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by Dr. Edmundo Navarro de Andrade, Rio Claro, 

 Sao Paulo. Received May 27, 1941. 



A collection of seeds from trees that grew well at Rio Claro. 



141821. Eucalyptus triantha Link (E. acmenioides Schauer). Myrtaceae. 



141822. Eucalyptus alba Reinw. 



White Gum. A tall, evergreen tree, with ash-colored, rough, persistent bark and 

 glaucous leaves, varying from ovate-oblong and 3 inches long to ovate-lanceolate and 

 6 inches long. The small white flowers are in panicles at the ends of the branches, 

 and the top-shaped fruits are Y /i inch in diameter. It is native to New Guinea and 

 Java, and has been successfully established in Brazil, where it is considered of 

 much value. 



For previous introduction see 136427. 



141823. Eucalyptus angulosa Schauer. 



A desert shrub or small tree native to Australia, up to 25 feet high, with lanceolate 

 to ovate-lanceolate, rather obtuse leaves 2 to 4 inches long. Flowers and fruits 

 variable in size, the fruits up to % inch across. For trial in the milder parts of 

 southern California and the Southwest. 



141824. Eucalyptus botryoides J. E. Smith. Bangalay. 



A tall handsome tree, native to Australia, with beautiful dark-green horizontal 

 lanceolate leaves, umbels of small sessile white flowers, and obovate fruits. In 

 Australia it is used as a windbreak and as a shade tree. The wood is hard, tough, 

 and durable. 



For previous introduction see 118380* 



141825. Eucalyptus capitellata J. E. Smith. 



Stringy Bark. A large tree, native to Australia, with dark-gray, furrowed, fibrous 

 bark and thick, shining, sword-shaped leaves 3 to 6 inches long. The small sessile 

 flowers are in axillary clusters of 5 to 10, and the depressed-globose fruits, nearly half 

 an inch in diameter, have a prominent reflexed rim. 



For previous introduction see 93229. 



