4 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 149 



142285 to 142287. Panicum maximum Jacq. Poaceae. Guinea grass. 



142285. XII. From northern Transvaal. Very good in ranching areas. 



142286. XIII. From the South African coast area. Good hay and pasture grass. 



142287. X. Collected at Lake Tanganyika by General Smuts in 1929. A giant 

 buffalo grass, good for hay and ensilage. 



142288. Urochloa trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf. Poaceae. Grass. 



VIII. Rietondale strain. White buffalo grass. A good hay and pasture grass; 

 very good in ranching areas. 



142289. Panicum sp. Poaceae. Grass. 

 XI. Kavirondo Gulf strain. Lake Victoria region. Very fine buffalo grass. 



142290. Panicum sp. 



IX. Lodwa strain. From Turkana Desert, East Africa. A good hay and grazing 



grass. 



142291 and 142292. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link (P. cenchroides Rich.). 



Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass, with ascending stems up to 2 feet long. Native to South Africa. 



142291. VI. Lysamas strain. Collected by General Smuts in the Turkana 

 Desert in 1937. A good grass for dry areas. 



142292. VII. Blue buffalo grass. Collected on the Equator. A good hay and 

 grazing grass; will do well in dry areas. 



For previous introduction see 139965. 



142293. Leucothoe populifolia (Lam.) Dipp. Ericaceae. 



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

 Glenn Dale. Numbered October 15, 1941. 



142294. Quercus acutissima Carruthers (Q. serrata Sieb. and Zucc). 



Fagaceae. Oak. 



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

 Glenn Dale. Numbered October 15, 1941. 



142295 and 142296. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Cien - 

 fuegos. Received October 8, 1941. 



142295. Albizzia palcata (L.) Backer (A. moluccana Miquel). Mimosaceae. 



A rapid-growing tropical Asiatic tree, with large feathery leaves and small globular 

 flower heads. It is used for shade in coffee plantations. 



For previous introduction see 123146. 



142296. Pithecellobium polycephalum Benth. Mimosaceae. 



142297. Aleurities fordii Hemsl. Euphorbiaceae. Tung-oil tree. 



From Brazil. Scions presented by the Secretaria da Agricultura, Industria e Com- 

 mercio, Instituto Agron6mico de Sao Paulo, Campinas. Received October 10, 

 1941. 



From tree No. 96, Tatui Experimental Station. 



For previous introduction see 105588. 



142298 to 142303. 



From Costa Rica. Plants collected by M. H. Langford, San Jose. Received October 

 21, 1941. 



142299. Hevea sp. 142305. Hevea sp. 



G. F-60. G. F-71. 



