10 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 148 



142203 and 142204. Prunus sttbhirtella Miquel. Amygdalaceae. 



Higan cherry. 



From Massachusetts. Scions presented by the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain. 

 Received August 7, 1941. 



142203. Yae-shidare-higan. A. A. No. 233-39 (PI. Holland, 1939). 



142204. A. A. No. 3674 (PI. Bot. Gard. Tokyo). 



142205 to 142208. 



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

 Glenn Dale. Numbered August 9, 1941. 



142205. Agave utahensis Engelm. Amaryllidaceae. 



I. P. 9539. From Deadman Canyon, Clark County, Nevada. A cespitose 

 trunkless agave, with thick, stiff, erect-spreading, gray leaves 6 to 12 inches 

 long, having a slender terminal spine and toothed margins, an inflorescence 

 5 to 15 feet long, and small cup-shaped flowers. Native to the Grand Canyon 

 region. 



142206. Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. Saururaceae. 



I. P. 9591. From near Moapa, Clark County, Nevada. A stoloniferous, 

 erect, aquatic herb, with long-petioled oblong-obovate cordate basal leaves, 

 broad clasping cauline leaves, and minute crowded flowers forming a conical 

 spadix with a whorl of whitish petialoid bracts below it, giving the appearance 

 of an anemone flower. The pungent, aromatic, astringent rootstalks are believed 

 by the Indians of the Southwest to have medicinal virtues. 



142207. Yucca angustissima Engelm. Liliaceae. 



I. P. 11548. From Panaca, Lincoln County, Nevada. A stemless yucca with 

 narrow, linear leaves 8 to 16 inches long. The pure-white bell-shaped flowers 

 are in a panicle 3 to 5 feet high. Native to dry mesas and hillsides up to 7,500 

 feet altitude in western Arizona, southern Utah, and southern Nevada. 



142208. Rebutia minuscula Schum. Cactaceae. 

 Plants presented by Claude Hope. 



142209. Pitcairnia sp. Bromeliaceae. 



From Washington. Seeds presented by Harry Stinson, Seattle. Received Sep- 

 tember 29, 1939. Numbered August 9, 1941. 



142210 and 142211. 



From Nicaragua. Seeds presented by John Ashton, Agricultural and Mechanical 

 College, College Station, Texas. Received August 6, 1941. 



142210. Attalea sp. Phoenicaceae. 



142211. Melinis minutifloea Beauv. Poaceae. Molasses grass. 

 For previous introduction see 138982. 



142212. Cupressus benthami Endl. Pinaceae. Bentham cypress. 



From Guatemala. Seeds presented by J. R. Johnston, Chimaltenango. Received 

 August 11, 1941. 



A cypress of elegant habit, often up to 90 feet high, with regularly pinnate 

 flattened branchlets. Native to southern Mexico and Central America at alti- 

 tudes of 4,000 to 10,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 114036. 



142213 to 142218. 



From South America. Seeds collected by David Fairchild, Coconut Grove, 

 Florida. Received July 26, 1941. 



142213. Annona squamosa. Annonaceae. Sugar-apple. 



No. 1025. From the market in Cali, Colombia, July 10, 1941. Fruits firmer and 

 of more uniform shape than those in Florida. 



