14 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 151 



145856. Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urban (Cacara erosa (L.) 

 Kuntze ) . Fabaceae. 



From El Salvador. Seeds presented by the Seccion de Entomologia de la 

 Direccion de Agricultura, San Salvador. Received April 19, 1943. 



145857 to 145859. 



From Fiji. Seeds presented by K. A. Ryerson, through the American Con- 

 sulate, Suva. Received April 21, 1943. 



145857. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



145858 and 145859 were presented by Harrison W. Smith, Papeari, Tahiti, 

 Society Islands. 



145858. Bauhinia tomentosa L. Caesalpiniaceae. St. Thomas tree. 



An erect shrub or small tree that has obtusely lobed leathery leaves, 

 broader than long, and few-flowered clusters of pale-yellow flowers with 

 the upper petals spotted maroon. Native to India. 



For previous introduction see 116017. 



145859. Jacquemontia pentantha (Jacq.) G. Don. Convolvulaceae. 



An attractive greenhouse climber for summer and autumn flowering, with 

 rich violet-blue flowers. Native to tropical America. 



For previous introduction see 24595. 



145860. Forsteronia corymbosa (Jacq.) G.F.W. Mey. Apocy- 

 naceae. 



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

 boretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received April 23, 1943. 



145861. Lespedeza cuneata (Dum.-Cours.) G. .Don. Fabaceae. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained through the Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Beltsville. Received April 29, 

 1943. 



No. 6474. Grown in Virginia. 



For previous introduction see 90362. 



145862 to 145870. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Pennsylvania. Seeds purchased from the W. Atlee Burpee Co., Phila- 

 delphia. Received April 29, 1943. 



145871 to 145880. 



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

 Kimberley. Received April 16, 1943. 



145871. Chloris gayana Kunth. Poaceae. Rhodes grass. 



From Langholm Estate near Grahamstown, Cape Province. Grown from 

 Australian seed. 



For previous introduction see 143897. 



145872. Eragrostis bicolor Nees. Poaceae. Grass. 

 Collected between Cape Town and Kimberley. 



For previous introduction see 144307. 



145873. Eragrostis brizantha Nees. 



A common veld grass from the Museum Garden. 

 For previous introduction see 144667. 



145874. Eragrostis echinocloidea Stapf. 

 From semicultivated land near Postmasberg. 



