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PLANT INVENTORY NO. 151 



146408 to 146419— Continued 



146417. Senecio hualtata DC. Asteraceae. 



A large stout perennial about 5 feet high, with the lower hastate leaves 

 more than 1 foot long, and the lanceolate stem leaves much smaller. The 

 straw-colored flower heads are in dense corymbs. Native to Chile. 



146418. Solenomelus pedunculatus (Gillies) Hochr. Iridaceae. 



An iridaceous plant from South Africa, very similar in habit to Sisyrin- 

 chium. It is about 1 foot high, with yellow flowers 1 inch long. 



146419. Villaresia chilexsis (Molina) Stuntz. Icacinaceae. 

 For previous introduction see 28116. 



146420. Phyllostachys bambusoides Sieb. & Zucc. Poaceae. 



Bamboo.«| 



From China. Collected in Kwangtung Province in 1925, by F. A. McClure, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering. Plants 

 growing at the United States Barbour Lathrop Plant Introduction Gar- 

 den, Savannah. Numbered in 1943. 



Variety Slender Crookstem. A distinct horticultural variety with slender 

 culms, usually with a curve in the lower part, becoming 48 feet or more high. 

 Sprouting in the spring begins about 10 days earlier than in the typical form 

 of the species. The long slender culms are especially well adapted for use in 

 harvesting nuts. 



146421. Mentha arvensis var. piperascens Malinv. Mentha- 

 ceae. Japanese mint, 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained through the Division of Drug and Related 

 Plants, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 

 Beltsville. Received July 13, 1943. 



For previous introduction see 81646. 



146422 to 146442. Pisum SATIVUM L. Fabaceae. Common pea. 



From Michigan. Seeds purchased from the Ferrv-Morse Seed Co., Detroit. 

 Received July 13, 1943. 



146422. Alaska, wilt-resistant. 



146423. American Wonder. 



146424. Gradi's. 



146425. Hundred-fold. 



146426. Laxtonian (Blue Bantam) . 



146427. Laxton's Progress. 



146428. Little Marvel. 



146429. Xotfs Excelsior. 



146430. Premium Gem, 



146431. Thomas Lax ton, 



146432. Alderman. 



146433. Bliss' Everbearing. 



146443 to 146511. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. 



146434. Dwarf Telephone or Daisy. 



146435. Giant Stride (wilt- 

 resistant) . 



146436. McLean's Advancer or 

 Perfection. 



146437. Morse's Market. 



146438. Telephone (dark-podded). 



146439. Improved Stratagem or 



Potlatch, 



146440. Large White Marrowfat.' 



146441. Dwarf Gray Sugar (wilt- 

 resistant) . 



146442. Melting Sugar. 



Solanaceae. 

 Tomato. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained through the Division of Fruit and Vegetable 

 Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural 

 Engineering, Beltsville. Received July 13, 1943. 



146443. Ailsa Craig. 146445. Bloomingdale Early. 



146444. Beefsteak, Ace. 3964. 146446. Bloomingdale Late. 



