16 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 150 



143888 to 143894. Malus SYLVESTRis Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 



From Canada. Scions and trees received from Dr. M. B. Davis, Central Ex- 

 periment Station. Ottawa. Received April 24, 1942. 



143888. Angus. 143892. Elmer. 



143889. Atlas. 143893. Gretna. 



143890. Bancroft. 143894. Red Melba. 



143891. Bingo. 



143895 to 143898. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the McGregor Museum, 

 Kimberley. Received April 13, 1942. 



143895. Acacia detinens Burchell. Mimosaceae. 



A thorny shrub or small tree, with small bifoliolate leaves and showy 

 globular heads of small yellow flowers. Native to South Africa. 



For previous introduction see 111228. 



143896. Aristida obtusa Delile. Poaceae. Grass. 



143897. Chloris gayana Kunth. Poaceae. Rhodes grass. 

 Grown at Langholm Estates, West Grahamstown, Cape Province. 

 For previous introduction see 134402. 



143898. Tarchonanthus minor Less. Asteraceae. 



A resin-scented shrub up to 7 feet high, with attractive woolly flower 

 heads. It is drought-resistant, and is excellent stock feed. 



For previous introduction see 134745. 



143899 and 143900. 



From Puerto Rico. Seeds presented by H. T. Cowles, Professor of Horticul- 

 ture, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. Received April 16, 1942. 



143899. Cassia multijuga L. Rich. Caesalpiniaceae. 



A small ornamental tree, with compound leaves made up of linear leaves 

 about V2 inch long, and large yellow flowers followed by flat glabrous pods 

 6 inches long and less than an inch wide. It is native to tropical America. 



For previous introduction see 108568. 



143900. LiBiDiBiA punctata (Willd.) Britton. Caesalpiniaceae. 



143901. Palandra aequatorialis (Spruce) O. F. Cook (Phytele- 

 phas aequalorialis Spruce) . Phoenicaceae. Ivory palm. 



From Ecuador. Fruits presented by W. R. Schreiber, Office of Foreign Agri- 

 cultural Relations, United States Department of Agriculture. Received 

 April 28, 1942. 



143902. Tabebuia serratifolia (Vahl) Nicholson. Bignonia- 

 ceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by the Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, Cienfuegos. Received April 28, 1942. 



An evergreen tree, native to the West Indies, with digitately compound 

 leaves made up of 4 or 5 oblong-ovate leaflets, 3 to 5 inches long, and terminal 

 panicles of yellow, funnel-formed flowers. 



For previous introduction see 132451. 



143903. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



From Cuba. Budsticks presented by Thomas R. Towns, Holguin. Received 

 April 29, 1942. 



