NVENTORY 



142271 and 142272. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. 



Tomato. 



From Hawaii. Seeds presented by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Hono- 

 lulu. Received October 1, 1941. 



142271. No. 309. Small wild tomato. 



142272. No. 308. Local plum tomato. 



142273 to 142276. 



From the United States. Seeds collected by Rogers McVaugh, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, United States Department of Agriculture. Received October 10, 1941. 



142273. Amelanchiek sp. Malaceae. 



No. 5966. From Wilson's Ranch, Clark County, Nevada, July 18, 1941. 



142274. Amelanchier sp. 



No. 6409. From north of Wells, Elks County, Nevada, August 18, 1941. 



142275. Amelanchier sp. 



No. 6429. From east of Salt Lake City, Utah, August 19, 1941. 



142276. Malus fusca (Raf.) C. Schneid. Malaceae. Oregon crab. 



No. 6353. From east of Long Beach, Washington, August 12, 1941. A shrub or 

 small tree, sometimes 30 to 40 feet tall, with ovate-lanceolate, sharply serrate leaves. 

 The white flowers, 1 inch in diameter, are borne on slender pubescent pedicels and 

 appear when the leaves are nearly or quite full grown. The fruit is oblong, % inch 

 or less long, and yellowish or greenish in color. It is native from northern California 

 to Alaska. 



142277 to 142292. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by General Jan Smuts, Pretoria, 

 Transvaal. Received October 3, 1941. 



142277. Cynodon sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



I. Star grass, Kozinga Channel strain. A good hay and pasture grass; does well 

 as a soil binder. 



142278. Cynodon sp. 



II. Kivu River strain. Good for lawns and grazing. 



142279. Cynodon sp. 



III. Rietondale strain. Known as "kweek gras" (self-planting by runners). 



142280. Cynodon sp. 



IV. Star grass, Mount Moroto strain. A good pasture grass. 



142281. Cynodon sp. 



V. Lake Shirwa strain. In Nyasaland. Good for grazing. 



142282. DiGiTARiAsp. Poaceae. Grass. 



XV. Zomba Plateau strain. Nyasaland. Good for pasture and hay. 



142283. Digitaria sp. 



XVI. Thomson's Falls strain. A fingergrass from east Africa; does well with 

 heavy rainfall, and makes good sheep pasture. 



142284. Panicum coloratum L. Poaceae. Grass. 



XIV. Buffalo grass. From the Great Makarikari Lake region. A very good 

 hay grass, very soft and leafy, about 33^ feet high. Originally from the Kavirondo 

 Gulf, eastern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 142145. 



