40 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 150 



144294. Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Malvaceae. Roselle. 



From El Salvador. Received without data July 18, 1942. 

 For previous introduction see 143963. 



144295 to 144300. Aleurites Montana (Lour.) Wilson. 



Euphorbiaceae. Mu-oil tree. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by C. C. Webster, Agricultural Officer, Nyasa- 

 land. Received July 21, 1942. 



144295. Tree F. 9. 144298. Tree M. 13. 



144296. Tree H. 14. 144299. Tree N. 10. 



144297. Tree M. 8. 144300. Tree N. 24. 

 For previous introduction see 143844. 



144301. Licania rigida Benth. Rosaceae. 



From South America. Seeds presented by Dr. David Fairchild, Coconut 

 Grove, Fla. Received July 23, 1942. 



For previous introduction see 108015. 



144302. Musa textilis Nee. Musaceae. Abaca. 



From Puerto Rico. Suckers presented by the Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Mayagiiez. Received July 24, 1945. 



For previous introduction see 65217. 



144303. Prosopis strombulifera (Lam.) Benth. Mimosaceae. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by Rudolfo Martinez, Rector of the Univer- 

 sity of Cordoba, Cordoba. Received July 16, 1942. 



A low shrub, not over 12 inches high, with peculiar screw-shaped, persistent 

 pods that look like bright-yellow spikes of flowers a short distance away. 



For previous introduction see 124043. 



144304 and 144305. Oxalis TUBEROSA Molina. Oxalidaeeae. 

 From Bolivia. Tubers presented by H. Cutler, La Paz. Received July 28, 1942. 



144304. Yellow tubers. 



144305. Purple tubers. 



For previous introduction see 144224. 



144306. Scorzonera sp. Cichoriaceae. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds obtained through the 

 American Embassy at Kuibyshev. Received July 30, 1942. 



Tau Sagyz. 



144307 and 144308. 



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

 Kimberley. Received July 22, 1942. 



144307. Eragrostis bicolor Nees. Poaceae. Grass. 

 Collected at Leeuwfontein, between Capetown and Kenib. 



144308. Eragrostis lehmanniana var. ampla Stapf. Grass. 



Collected in the Museum Garden, Kimberley; more stoloniferous than the 

 type but not so hardy. 



For previous introduction see 142033. 



