50 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 151 



146720. Hydrastis canadensis L. Ranunculaceae. Goldenseal. 

 From Wisconsin. Seeds purchased from W. G. Petters, Antigo. 



146721. Arthrostylidium sp. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Dr. F. A. McClure, Office of Foreign 

 Agricultural Relations, United States Department of Agriculture, 

 through Dr. A. Wetmore, Smithsonian Institution. Received August 24, 

 1943. 



Collected August 5, 1943, on the mountain range La Dispensa, 30 km. east 

 of Rosario, Sinaloa. 



146722. Caesalpinia spinosa (Mol.) Kuntze (C. pectinata Cav.). 

 Caesalpiniaceae. Tara. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by Alberto Salmon de los Heros, Inspector 

 General de Agricultura, Lima. Received August 13, 1943. 



A tall upright spiny shrub or small tree, native to Peru. The pods, pro- 

 duced in large clusters, contain a high percentage of tannin. 



For previous introduction see 144922. 



146723. Landolphia sp. Apocynaceae. 



From the Belgian Congo. Root cuttings presented by the Eastern Regional 

 Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Phila- 

 delphia (Wyndmoor), Pa. Received August 27, 1943. 



146724. Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. Rutaceae. Lemon. 



From California. Trees presented by the Armstrong Nurseries, Ontario. 

 Received August 27, 1943. 



146725 and 146726. Juniperus virginiana L. Pinaceae. 



Redcedar. 



From Massachusetts. Seeds purchased from F. W. Schumacher, Jamaica 

 Plain, Boston. Received August 27, 1943. 



146725. Common type. 



146726. Platte River type. 



146727 and 146728. 



From New Mexico. Seeds purchased from Mrs. C. E. Locke, Mesilla. Re- 

 ceived August 28, 1943. 



146727. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 

 Early Yellow Grano. 



146728. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. Redpepper. 



No. 9. Chili pepper (New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic 

 Arts). 



146729 and 146730. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by H. W. Alberts, Agricultural Adviser, Ameri- 

 can Embassy, Lima. Received August 23, 1943. 



146729. Medicago hispida Gaertn. Fabaceae. Medic. 



Growing wild in the canyons and river valleys on the west slope of the 

 Andes Mountains at an elevation of 300 feet. 



For previous introduction see 141477. 



146730. Melilotus sp. Fabaceae. 



Collected in the mountains near Huanuco at an altitude of 5,500 feet. 



